My typical client is no stranger to phrases like "you’re over-thinking it" and "too smart for your own good." They are gifted reasoners and problem solvers beginning to understand that the problems they face aren't ones they can simply think their way out of. I practice a form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy informed by my own warm, Midwestern sensibility. I believe in the power of this approach to foster deep transformation and lasting improvement, even when other forms of treatment have failed. I have experienced this power time and again, both personally and in my work with clients.

I have worked with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, but have particularly deep personal and professional experience working with academics and former academics (I am a former academic myself, with a doctorate in philosophy); with creatives and their partners; with LGBTQIA2S+ folks and their families; with parents, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Our work together would begin with 2-3 sessions spent doing a deep “intake” in which I ask a wide range of questions about your personal history, your relationship dynamics, your dreams, and so on. From here we work together to establish a shared sense of what we're working toward, and how we plan to get there. Then we set out.

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