All kinds of losses—of people, pets, relationships, health, hopes, or parts of ourselves—can bring profound grief. As grief expert David Kessler writes, "If the love is real, the grief is real."

The death of someone close to us can be one of the most devastating experiences of our lives. Whether the loss comes suddenly or after a long decline, their absence can shatter our sense of reality in ways that are both emotional and physical.

Grief can also feel profoundly lonely, even when others are mourning the same person. The relationship you had with them existed only between the two of you. Your shared memories, conversations, rituals, and ways of loving each other were uniquely yours. When they are gone, you are left carrying that relationship in a way no one else can.

You don't have to carry it alone.

Therapy can offer a place where your grief is welcomed without expectation or timeline. Together, we can make space for your sorrow, honor the person or relationship you've lost, and find ways to carry their memory forward while slowly beginning to imagine life alongside your loss. Whether you have lost a parent, partner, sibling, child, friend, pet, or another loved one, your grief deserves care and compassion.

The grief that accompanies non-death losses can be just as life-altering. The end of a relationship, a serious illness, infertility or pregnancy loss, the loss of a hoped-for future, or the gradual fading of an important friendship can profoundly change how we see ourselves and the world around us. These experiences can upend our identities, alter our relationship with our bodies, and leave us questioning who we are now and what comes next.

These losses are often harder to recognize and grieve because they receive less acknowledgment from others. There may be no rituals, no shared language, and little permission to mourn. Therapy can offer space to name what has been lost, feel the grief that deserves to be felt, and gently rediscover who you are becoming in the wake of it.

There are seasons in life when we no longer feel at home in the life we've been living, but we haven't yet found our footing in what comes next.

Perhaps a relationship has ended, you've changed careers, are reimagining a life that does not include parenthood, left a faith community, retired, or received a life-changing diagnosis. Perhaps you've moved across the country or across the world and are learning how to build a sense of home in a new community while staying connected to yourself. Or maybe nothing obvious has happened—you simply have the unsettling feeling that the life you've built no longer fits who you are.

Life transitions often bring uncertainty, loneliness, grief, and self-doubt. You may wonder whether you're moving in the right direction or whether you'll ever feel settled again. Sometimes it can feel as though you've been "in transition" for a very long time.

Even changes you've hoped for, like a new relationship, graduate school, a meaningful job, a green card or other immigration milestone, or another long-awaited opportunity, can leave you feeling unexpectedly unsteady. Beginning a new chapter often means outgrowing an old identity before a new one has fully taken shape.

While these seasons can be painful, they can also become invitations to know yourself more deeply. They give you a chance to ask important questions: What matters most to me now? What kind of life feels meaningful? What do I want to carry forward, and what am I ready to leave behind?

Therapy offers a place to put your questions into words, listen closely to them, and move toward answers that feel genuinely your own. Together, we can make sense of where you've been and help you find steadier footing as you step into the next chapter of your life.

Sometimes what feels most overwhelming is not a particular life circumstance, but the sense that your own mind and body have become trapped in patterns that no longer feel like your own. Your thoughts may feel relentless. Your body may remain on high alert. You may find yourself avoiding certain situations, seeking reassurance, or feeling caught in cycles that are exhausting to escape.

These experiences can have many names, including anxiety disorders, panic disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). If you're living with constant worry, panic attacks, distressing intrusive thoughts, or compulsions that leave you feeling stuck, you're not alone—and these experiences are more common than many people realize.

I take time to understand not only your symptoms, but also how they affect your relationships, your sense of self, and the life you want to live. Together, we'll develop a treatment plan that is grounded in your unique experience. When appropriate, I integrate Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), an evidence-based treatment for OCD and anxiety, within a warm, collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Whether you are childfree by choice, childless not by choice, questioning whether parenthood is right for you, or your path regarding parenthood has been shaped by some combination of choice and circumstance, your experience deserves space to be explored with care and without assumptions.

Our culture often tells a narrow story about what a meaningful adult life should look like. For those whose lives unfold differently, there can be grief, isolation, misunderstanding, or a sense of not quite belonging, even when you feel confident in the path you're on.

If you hoped to become a parent but that possibility changed because of infertility, pregnancy loss, illness, timing, finances, the absence of a willing partner, or another circumstance, grief may continue to surface long after others expect it to. If you chose a childfree life, you may find yourself navigating pressure, stereotypes, or the feeling that your decision is misunderstood or questioned. Many people experience both grief and freedom, certainty and uncertainty, sometimes all at once.

Therapy can't erase cultural expectations or change what has happened. It can, however, offer a place to tell your story honestly, mourn what has been lost, celebrate what has been gained, and explore what gives your life meaning now. Together, we can work toward a sense of belonging and self-worth rooted not in whether you are a parent, but in who you are.