Therapy is about changing the trajectory of your life and that of your descendants (should you choose). The task of growing, growing up, raising children, and being in a family and society is simply too big to do without help. 

Being a human being is an enormous task, but when we live with bravery, integrity, humor, fun, spontaneity, and discipline, we can learn to forge happiness and well-being even in the midst of profound struggle. Therapy is about learning how to be in your life in a more satisfying way, but it’s also about learning to be with other people. When do you draw a boundary with someone, and when do you transcend difference and give generously to that same person? Life is not worth living without good relationships, and no amount of consumerism or zoning-out in front of a screen can help us confront that truth. 

Being a happy person -- truly happy, with all of the trappings of responsibility, introspection, flexibility, and sense of self/identity that comes with it -- is an enormous contribution to the world. Therapy doesn’t come with guarantees of outcome -- no part of life does, for that matter. But, if we decide we are a good match to work together, I can guarantee that I will do my best to accompany you, learn about you and your life, compassionately confront you, ask you questions others may not have the bravery or respect to ask you directly, and witness you in the broadest range of your emotions. The human capacity for feeling is simultaneously a burden and a gift, and the more capacity you have to face how you truly feel inside, the more you can move on from what is weighing you down and truly meet the people in your life.