You don’t need to have it all figured out - reaching out is the first step.

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You may be someone others rely on—competent, thoughtful, and high-functioning in your professional life—yet privately feel unsettled. Anxiety may linger beneath the surface, or relationships may begin to feel repetitive or more complicated than they should. Despite insight and achievement, something doesn’t quite feel resolved.

I work with professionals who want to look beyond symptom management and understand the deeper patterns shaping their emotional lives. In psychoanalytic psychotherapy, we explore how earlier experiences and long-standing coping strategies continue to influence present relationships, self-criticism, and stress.

The work is collaborative, reflective, and purposeful. I offer thoughtful observations and steady guidance while helping clients make sense of the patterns affecting their lives. Over time, many people experience greater emotional flexibility, more satisfying relationships, and a clearer, more grounded sense of themselves.

You don’t need to arrive with a perfectly defined problem. If something feels off, stuck, or repetitive, that’s enough. We can begin there and make sense of it together.

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I bring over 15 years of experience and advanced training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to my work. My background includes experience across multiple levels of care, which allows me to approach complex emotional and relational challenges with steadiness and perspective.

Rather than offering quick solutions, I work with clients to understand the deeper patterns shaping their experiences so that meaningful, lasting change becomes possible.

I meet with clients in my office in Barrington, Illinois, and also offer telehealth sessions for those located anywhere in Illinois or California.

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