Counseling
A space to understand yourself and navigate what feels difficult.
There are times when you may find yourself returning to familiar patterns, navigating difficult emotions, or noticing how past experiences continue to shape the way you relate to yourself and the world around you. The ways you've learned to cope and adapt often developed for a reason, even when they no longer feel helpful or aligned with how you want to live.
Therapy offers space to slow down, explore your experiences, and develop a deeper understanding of yourself. At Heart Stone, you can begin to make sense of what feels difficult while exploring what might be possible for you.
How We Work Together
My approach draws from relational, trauma-informed, somatic, and mindfulness-based perspectives. I consider the ways our experiences, relationships, and environments shape us, while recognizing that each person's needs and experiences are different.
Our work is collaborative and responsive to you, with room for different perspectives, approaches, and possibilities as we find what feels meaningful and useful along the way.
Areas of Focus
Our experiences shape how we understand ourselves, relate to others, and move through the world. Sometimes, the ways we've learned to cope or adapt continue to influence us long after our circumstances have changed. Understanding these patterns can open up new ways of relating to ourselves, our experiences, and the people around us.
My work includes supporting people as they explore the lasting effects of difficult experiences, make sense of familiar patterns, and discover new possibilities for moving forward.
Trauma and its lasting effects
Difficult experiences can shape our sense of safety, our relationships, and how we respond to the world around us. You might notice patterns or responses that are difficult to understand, feel disconnected from yourself or others, or find that past experiences continue to influence the present. Therapy offers space to explore these experiences, develop a greater understanding of yourself, and consider new ways of responding.
Addiction and recovery
Our relationships with substances and other ways of coping can develop for many reasons. Sometimes, they offer relief from emotional pain, stress, or experiences that feel difficult to manage. For people who experience the world particularly deeply or intensely, substances may become a way to quiet internal experiences or find a sense of balance.
My approach to addiction and recovery considers the person as a whole, including the experiences, sensitivities, and needs that may shape these patterns. Therapy offers an opportunity to explore what these ways of coping have made possible, what you might want to change, and what other forms of support and regulation may be available to you.
Anxiety, depression, and emotional well-being
Anxiety, persistent stress, and depression can influence how we experience ourselves, our relationships, and daily life. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or uncertain about what comes next, therapy can offer space to better understand your experience and explore what might help you feel more connected and supported.
Relationships and recurring patterns
Our relationships are shaped by our experiences, our needs, and what we've learned about connecting with others. You may find yourself returning to familiar patterns or wanting to better understand how you relate to others and yourself. Therapy offers an opportunity to explore these patterns with curiosity, consider new perspectives, and make room for different ways of connecting.
My clinical approach is grounded in trauma-informed care and shaped by extensive and ongoing education and training across a range of therapeutic modalities. I integrate psychodynamic, relational, somatic, and depth-oriented approaches with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (M-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). I also draw on mindfulness, relational neuroscience, and Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) principles, emphasizing safety, choice, agency, and awareness of lived experience. These approaches inform a flexible, individualized practice that honors each person's history, needs, and capacity for change.