Individual Therapy

Most of us come to therapy wanting to feel better — to worry less, hurt less, feel less stuck. That's completely understandable. But Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) starts from a different premise: that the problem isn't the presence of painful thoughts and feelings, but rather our struggle against them.

The more we fight our anxiety, push away our sadness, or try to silence our thoughts, the more power these experiences tend to have over us. ACT invites a different move — not resignation, but a kind of radical openness to your own experience. When we stop spending our energy on a war we can't win, something shifts. We become freer to act.

And act toward what? That's where values come in. ACT holds that a meaningful life isn't built on feeling good — it's built on knowing what matters to you and moving toward it, even when it's hard. Difficult emotions like grief, fear, and longing aren't obstacles to that life. Often, they're pointing directly at it.

This is the work: building the awareness, flexibility, and courage to live fully — with greater engagement, meaning, and purpose.

I work with people struggling with

• Anxiety

• Obsessive-compulsive symptoms

• Phobias

• Social anxiety

• Post-traumatic stress

• Shame and guilt

• Navigating transitions

• Finding meaning and purpose

• Postpartum anxiety and depression