You know what you keep doing. You don't know why.

A lot of people in this spot have already tried to read or strategize their way through it. They know the language — boundaries, attachment style, fight-or-flight, inner critic. They can name their patterns at a dinner party. None of that is wrong, exactly. But naming a pattern isn't the same as understanding what it's doing for you. And until you understand what it's for, it's not going anywhere.

Most of the people I work with are competent. They've done the reading. They can describe their own patterns in conversation. What they can't do is stop running them. That's not a willpower problem — that's a depth-of-understanding problem. And it's the one thing this kind of work is actually built for.

If you've read the books, kept the journals, done the reps, and you're still ending up in the same place — that's the spot where this kind of work actually starts to be useful.

• The relationship pattern. Different person, same dynamic — the same kind of chase, the same kind of withdrawal, the same fight from a different angle.
• Playing smaller than you are. You're capable of more than you're delivering and you know it. There's a ceiling you keep hitting that doesn't seem to be about skill.
• High-functioning anxiety and burnout. From the outside you're still handling it. Underneath, something's gone flat — or wired too tight.
• The decision you keep half-making. You can't tell anymore whether the hesitation is wisdom or fear.
• The “is this it?” feeling. You built the life that was supposed to feel like the answer, and a quiet question keeps surfacing underneath it.
• Anxiety, depression, and the things that brought you here. Whatever the symptom is on the surface, we won't just manage it.

If some of that lands, you're in the right place.

I do insight-oriented psychotherapy — which is a slightly old-school way of saying we don't just manage what you're dealing with. We try to understand it. Where it came from. Why it has the grip it has. What it's been protecting you from, or pointing you toward, all this time.

We meet for 50 minutes, usually weekly. The first session is for getting the lay of the land — you tell me what's going on, what you've tried, and what you're hoping for. I'll ask questions that probably go deeper than you expected, but never further than you're ready for.

Individual sessions are $125, and sliding scale pricing is available — the fee adjusts to fit your financial reality, with no forms and no proof of income. Some people want a few focused months on a specific knot. Others stay longer as the work opens into bigger things. Both are valid.