In-Person Counseling

Sometimes having a comfortable, private place to sit with someone face-to-face can make it easier to talk about what you are experiencing. In-person counseling provides a supportive and confidential setting where adults and adolescents can feel heard, better understand what they are going through, and work toward meaningful change.

Therapy begins by getting to know you as a person—not simply focusing on a problem or diagnosis. We take time to understand your experiences, relationships, strengths, concerns, and what you hope will be different. Together, we identify the areas you would like to work on and develop treatment goals that reflect your individual needs and priorities.

Counseling for Adults

Adult counseling can help with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, life transitions, painful or traumatic experiences, and other concerns affecting emotional well-being or everyday life. As therapy progresses, we may explore how past and present experiences influence emotions, thoughts, relationships, and responses to stressful situations.

Counseling can also help you develop practical ways to manage difficult emotions, strengthen existing coping skills, build new resources, and recognize patterns that may no longer be helpful.

Counseling for Adolescents

Adolescence brings many changes in emotions, relationships, responsibilities, identity, and the way young people understand themselves and the world around them. Counseling provides adolescents with a respectful space to talk about what they are experiencing, develop healthy ways to manage challenges, and feel heard without judgment.

Depending on the adolescent's needs, counseling may address anxiety, depression, grief, difficult experiences, family or relationship concerns, school-related stress, life transitions, or emotional regulation.

Privacy and trust are especially important when working with adolescents. Parents and guardians remain important partners in a young person's well-being, while providing adolescents with appropriate privacy can help build the trust needed for counseling to be meaningful. At the beginning of therapy, confidentiality and its limits are discussed with both the adolescent and parent or guardian so everyone understands what can remain private and when information may need to be shared for safety or as required by law.

A Personalized Approach

My approach is individualized and grounded primarily in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) while also incorporating Relational-Cultural Therapy and mindfulness-based approaches. Depending on your needs and readiness, therapy may focus on processing difficult experiences, understanding emotional and relationship patterns, strengthening supportive connections, and developing skills to manage emotions and respond to life's challenges.

Therapy is a collaborative process and moves at a pace that respects each person's comfort, readiness, values, and goals. Throughout counseling, we consider what is helping, the progress you are making, and whether our approach needs to change as your needs evolve.

The goal is not simply to reduce distress, but to help adults and adolescents develop greater self-understanding, resilience, meaningful connections, and skills that can continue supporting them beyond counseling.

In-person counseling is available in English and Spanish.