My philosophy draws on our connected human experience as much as it does on my clinical training — because meaning and healing tend to live in the wider ecology of our lives. Building outward from a strong foundation in biological and medical psychiatry, I have advanced training in psychoanalysis, systemic and family therapies, sex and couples therapy, and poetry/bibliotherapy, among other modalities. I am fortunate to have learned with and from social workers, clergy, psychologists, primary care colleagues, and psychiatrists alike.
Across the many methods I have trained in, what stays with me is the one thing they all share. Decades of research show that across psychotherapies, the quality of the treatment relationship between therapist and patient — often called the therapeutic alliance — is the strongest predictor of whether treatment helps. So I keep the practice small and unhurried, with room to know each person well. Over time, how you have learned to be with people will surface between us, where it becomes something we can see together, work with, and change.