


You’re about to be so back.
Even the idea of therapy feels like a pain in the ass. Life is like a constant stream of parents, teachers, and coaches being on your case about something and you don’t see any reason to add another boring adult to your roster. Maybe you’ve even tried therapy before and found it too formal, boring, or dry. You left feeling more like a problem to be solved than a person. It makes sense that you would be hesitant to try therapy or to try again after a bad experience. I specialize in helping teens understand and respond to emotions that can feel scary, overwhelming, or confusing. Together, we talk about how you’re feeling now and what brought you to this point, so that you can live a happy and healthy life.
How I can help
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You’re a person, not a problem to be solved or a broken thing to be fixed. My job as a therapist is to get to know your side of the story and truly understand where you’re coming from. It’s important that we make the changes that you want to make—not the changes that your parents, teachers, or I think are right for you. No worksheets, no checklists, no boring activities.
Because my approach focuses on the person rather than the problem, I have helped teens through lots of hard things. I have helped people with:
Feeling anxious or nervous all or most of the time
Worrying about what people think about you so much that it’s hard to make or keep friends
Having trouble breathing, getting shaky, or zoning out when you get overwhelmed
Talking about a parent, friend, or grandparent who has died
Feeling sad all or most of the time
Thoughts of wanting to die
Cutting, burning, or hitting yourself
Discovering your gender identity and sexuality
Refusing to go to school or stay at school for a whole day
Having a hard time falling sleep, staying asleep, or staying up too late on purpose
Not knowing what to do when your parents or siblings yell at you, hit you, or insult you at home
Having a hard time moving on from a romantic relationship
Coping with a romantic partner who yells at you, hits you, or insults you
Figuring out what you want to do for college and beyond and feeling anxious about your options
Making sense of things that happened to you when you were a kid
Living life after surviving sexual assault or sexual abuse