Therapy for Women

Individual therapy for anxiety, trauma, attachment, self-worth, and relationships

When Knowing Better Doesn’t Always Feel Better

You can understand yourself incredibly well and still struggle. You can know that a thought isn’t rational, recognize where a reaction comes from, practice self-compassion, and have plenty of insight and still find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or pulled back into familiar ways of responding.

That’s because change doesn’t always happen by simply thinking differently.

Sometimes we need the opportunity to work with an experience in a different way. Therapy can offer space to slow down, pay attention to what your mind and body are telling you, and begin working with experiences that haven’t shifted through insight alone.

And you don’t have to arrive ready to “love yourself,” think positively, or have everything figured out. You get to start exactly where you are.

Why therapy for women?

There isn’t one way to be a woman and there isn’t one reason women come to therapy. You may be navigating anxiety, self-worth, relationships, motherhood, identity, loss, trauma, changing roles, or the expectations you’ve carried about who you’re supposed to be.

For many women, there can also be a long history of taking care of others, keeping things moving, making room, getting it right, or appearing fine even when things don’t feel fine. Therapy offers a place where you don’t have to perform competence or have the answer.

Our work can make room for the parts of your experience that have been difficult to understand, express, or prioritize and help you develop a different relationship with yourself and with the people who matter to you.

Making Room for All of It

Therapy isn’t about creating a new version of you. It’s about getting to know yourself with greater curiosity, including the emotions, reactions, and parts of yourself you may wish were different.

I don’t tend to think of emotions as “good” or “bad.” Even the ones we would rather not feel often have something important to tell us. The same is true of the ways we protect ourselves. Rather than trying to get rid of them, we can become curious about why they’re there, what they’ve been doing for you, and whether you still need them in quite the same way.

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If you’re curious about working together, I offer a brief consultation where we can talk about what you’re looking for, answer any questions, and see if it feels like a good fit.