Letting down the walls, one brick at a time.

Across thirty-five years as a psychotherapist, I have been trusted with a great many personal stories and long-held secrets. What moves me most is how universal the longing underneath them is: to be accepted, valued, and genuinely understood by the people closest to us.

Most people reach out after a long stretch of discord — feeling frustrated, angry, lonely, anxious, or simply worn out. When connection frays, it is natural to protect ourselves. The walls we build take many forms: anger, silence, blame, avoidance, busyness, sarcasm, control. Taking those walls down, one brick at a time, is what makes room again for aliveness and for wholeness — in ourselves and with the people we love.

My approach is holistic, gentle, and non-judgmental. Certification as an Imago therapist and ongoing training in Emotionally Focused Therapy give me the tools to help couples and families find their way back into connection.

A forty-year marriage — each chapter with its own setbacks and growth — is a large part of why relationship therapy became my focus. So is the humbling, ongoing training of being a mother and grandmother. Alongside my degrees, continuing education, and certifications, thirty years of Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practice and a deep love of the natural world have shaped how I work.

I look forward to working with you to reawaken the open-hearted parts of who you really are, behind the walls.

As a primer for the model I practice, you may want to read what Emotionally Focused Therapy is.