My Services

I provide therapy for children, adolescents, and adults who are navigating emotional, relational, and identity challenges. I enjoy working with kids who are coping with life stressors such as family changes, school difficulties, or struggles with confidence and connection. With adults, my work often focuses on anxiety, depression, and the impact of early experiences on current relationships and self-understanding.

I also have a special interest in supporting individuals exploring questions of gender identity and sexuality, helping them build a sense of comfort, authenticity, and self-acceptance. My approach is warm, collaborative, and direct. Together, we work toward insight, emotional stability, and a stronger sense of self.

Relationships can be both our greatest source of comfort and our most painful struggle. I work with couples who are facing challenges such as conflict, communication breakdowns, emotional distance, or difficulty rebuilding trust after a rupture. Whether you’re trying to repair your relationship, strengthen your connection, or gain clarity about next steps, therapy offers a space to slow down and really understand what’s happening between you.

My approach helps each partner recognize underlying patterns, improve communication, and reconnect in more secure and supportive ways. I draw on attachment-based principles to help couples move from blame and defensiveness toward empathy, understanding, and genuine connection. Together, we work toward creating a relationship that feels safe, balanced, and emotionally fulfilling.

Our early experiences shape how we connect, trust, and experience safety in relationships. When those early bonds are inconsistent or disrupted, it can lead to patterns that affect how we relate to ourselves and others later in life. I work with children, adolescents, and adults who are exploring adoption-related identity, difficulties with attachment, or struggles to form and maintain meaningful relationships.

As an adoptee from Romania, I bring both personal understanding and clinical expertise to this work. Therapy focuses on helping clients make sense of their stories, understand how early experiences influence current relationships, and build more secure, stable ways of connecting. This work can be deeply healing for those seeking to understand who they are and how to feel safely connected to others.

Parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder can feel confusing, isolating, and exhausting. You may find that no matter how much love, patience, or structure you give, your child still struggles to trust, connect, or show affection. Outbursts, defiance, emotional withdrawal, or control struggles can leave even the most dedicated parents feeling defeated and unsure where to turn.

Reactive Attachment Disorder develops when a child’s early experience of care and safety is disrupted, often through neglect, trauma, or multiple changes in caregivers. These early breaks in attachment can make it difficult for children to feel secure or rely on others, leading to behaviors that can be painful for everyone involved.

I work closely with families to help rebuild safety, consistency, and emotional connection. Therapy focuses on strengthening relationships, improving emotional regulation, and helping caregivers respond to challenging behaviors in ways that build trust rather than power struggles. My approach is structured, collaborative, and grounded in trauma-informed care.

As both an adoptee and a clinician experienced with attachment disorders and court-involved families, I understand how complex this work can be. Together, we’ll focus on helping your child feel secure and helping you feel supported and empowered in the process.

I provide specialized therapy for adolescents and adults who are struggling with sexual behaviors that have caused harm, risk, or distress. This includes individuals involved in the court system, those on probation or parole, and those seeking help voluntarily to understand and change their behavior.

My work focuses on helping clients identify the emotional, cognitive, and relational factors that contribute to problematic or offending sexual behavior. Through structured, evidence-informed treatment, clients learn to manage impulses, develop empathy, build healthy coping skills, and create safer, more meaningful relationships.

I approach this work with a balance of accountability and compassion. I believe that real change comes from understanding—not shame—and from learning how to take responsibility while rebuilding a sense of control and integrity.

For families and partners, I also offer support and guidance to help them navigate the impact of these behaviors, understand treatment goals, and promote safety and healing at home.