My Approach
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Collaborative and Strength-Based
I believe in meeting clients where they are, emphasizing strengths while addressing challenges. My approach is collaborative and tailored to your unique needs, helping you gain clarity and confidence in navigating your personal and relational goals.
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Reframing Challenges as Shared Experiences
For couples, I help shift the focus from “my partner’s problem” to “our shared challenge.” This perspective fosters teamwork, understanding, and lasting growth in relationships.
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Non-Stigmatizing and Non-Pathologizing
I view conditions like aspergers, ADHD, autism, and bipolar disorder not as “problems” or pathologies, but as examples of neurodiversity—exceptional ways of thinking that we can celebrate. We all bring both strengths and challenges to relationships, and understanding our partner's unique language of relating unlocks barriers to fulfillment. I can help clients embrace differences and team up against the challenges they create.
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​Part of my job is to recognize the issues that perpetuate the oppression, abuse and exclusion inflicted by systemic racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and other kinds of discrimination, including against the LGBTQIA+ community. I work to learn more and to challenge myself and others when I see attitudes and behaviors that support bias, prejudice, intolerance, and injustice.