Specialties
Anxiety & Stress
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Anxiety can show up as racing thoughts, physical tension, overwhelm, or difficulty slowing down. In therapy, I work to better understand your internal experience, reduce reactivity, and build practical tools for managing stress while also addressing deeper contributing patterns.
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Depression can involve sadness, numbness, fatigue, and a sense of feeling stuck or disconnected. Therapy provides space to explore what may be contributing to these experiences while gently supporting reconnection, meaning, and emotional engagement.
Trauma & Life Experiences
Depression & Emotional Disconnection
Life Transitions & Personal Identity
I take a trauma-informed approach that prioritizes safety, trust, and pacing. Trauma work may involve understanding how past experiences continue to impact the present, strengthening emotional regulation, and creating space for healing without becoming overwhelmed.
Life Transitions & Personal Identity
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
Life Transitions & Personal Identity
Life transitions—planned or unexpected—can bring uncertainty, grief, and questions about identity or direction. Therapy offers space to reflect, process, and reconnect with what feels most aligned and meaningful moving forward.
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
This period of life often involves important transitions, identity exploration, and growing responsibility. I enjoy working with college students and young adults as they move through uncertainty, strengthen coping skills, and develop a more grounded sense of self. . My office is conveniently located near several Pittsburgh universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Carlow University, and Chatham University.
Executive Functioning & Overwhelm
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
Emerging Adulthood & College Life
For those experiencing difficulty with organization, focus, task initiation, or chronic overwhelm, therapy can support both insight and structure. I work on building practical systems while also understanding the emotional and cognitive patterns that contribute to feeling stuck.
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
Family relationships often carry long histories and complicated emotions. I work with individuals facing ongoing conflict or estrangement, helping them make sense of their experiences, strengthen boundaries, and move toward greater emotional clarity and stability.
LGBTQ+ & Kink-Affirming Therapy
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
I provide an affirming, nonjudgmental space for individuals and couples within the LGBTQ+ and kink communities. Therapy is grounded in respect, authenticity, and collaboration, with attention to the unique experiences, relationships, identities, and challenges that can arise while navigating personal growth, connection, stigma, or emotional well-being.
Relationship & Couples Work
Navigating Family Conflict & Disconnection
Bipolar Disorder & Cyclothymic Disorder
Relationships can be both deeply meaningful and deeply challenging. In couples work, I help partners identify and slow down reactive patterns, improve communication, and better understand one another’s emotional experience, with a focus on connection, clarity, and repair rather than blame.
Bipolar Disorder & Cyclothymic Disorder
Bipolar Disorder & Cyclothymic Disorder
Bipolar disorder involves shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that can range from periods of depression to periods of elevated mood or increased energy. These changes can feel disruptive and may impact relationships, daily life, and overall stability.
In therapy, the focus is on supporting mood stability, strengthening insight into patterns, and developing practical strategies for managing symptoms over time. Treatment is collaborative and paced to meet your needs, with attention to both emotional experience and day-to-day life.
Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders
I also work with individuals experiencing schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Treatment is grounded in respect, stability, and collaboration, with a focus on supporting insight, reducing distress, strengthening coping strategies, and improving overall functioning and quality of life. Care is individualized and may involve coordination with other providers when appropriate.
Borderline Personality Disorder Emotion Regulation & DBT
I have extensive experience working with individuals diagnosed with Borderline personality disorder and related emotional regulation challenges. I use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support clients in building skills for managing emotions, strengthening relationships, and creating greater stability and self-understanding.