I’m so glad you are here. Welcome.
Clients may not have created all the painful things that happen in their lives, and the path forward is theirs to walk. As your therapist, I will help you figure out how to heal and reframe the painful parts of your life in order to build a stronger foundation for future contentment and happiness.
My mission as a therapist is to be one of the only people in my clients’ lives who wants nothing from them. I assist my clients in finding their way to achieve the best quality of life possible while providing a non-judgmental, empathetic and unconditionally positive space.
I look forward to speaking with you to decide if my services are a good fit for you. If I am not your ideal therapist, I will refer you to someone who is. Please feel free to contact me below to schedule your free 20 min consult.
Therapy for terminally ill clients and their families
Let’s be honest, the western culture doesn’t handle death well. News of a terminal diagnosis is often met with silence, platitudes, bargaining and a desperate rush to offer helpful suggestions to fight for life at all costs. Your doctor may have walked in, gave the news and then left the room quickly leaving you feeling confused and alone. Some clients have been fighting a terminal disease for years only to learn they have run out of curative treatment options, while other clients don’t know they have a terminal condition until it’s too late for life saving treatment and are given a prognosis of weeks or months. Maintaining a good quality of life at end of life is achievable. End of life therapy provides a supportive space to assist you and your family in sorting through all the beautiful and hard choices with thoughtful intention. I consider it an absolute honor to walk along side clients and their families as they move towards their transition from this world.
Moving Forward with Grief
My clients who are living with grief often tell me about the people in their lives who have LOTS of opinions on HOW they should grieve, how LONG they should grieve and why YOUR grief isn’t (or shouldn’t be) as bad as it feels to you. Those “people” are wrong.
Grief is individual sport, it’s a solo journey that is as unique as you are. There is no wrong way to grieve. Are there destructive ways to respond to, and cope with, grief? Absolutely. You may have found yourself in a pattern of behavior you want to stop. Isolation, substance use, losing your temper, crying spells and pretending to be okay when you are not okay, are common ways my clients tell me they have struggled with their grief.
However you are grieving, it’s okay. Bring it, we can deal with it together.
Many well intentioned people will say the pain of grief and loss will get better over time. That saying can leave people feeling like a failure when the pain doesn’t subside. I believe the pain never goes away, but it does change. My clients learn to carry the memory of their departed loved ones forward with them as they learn to navigate a new life without them. Life does move on and I know personally that it can seem like you may be frozen in time with your pain while the whole world moves forward. I get it. We can figure out what way forward is best for you.