You don’t have to wait until everything falls apart to ask for help.

Therapy can be a place to understand what’s keeping you stuck, make sense of patterns that no longer work, and create meaningful change in the life you’re already living.

Individual therapy for adults and adolescents in Houston and throughout Texas.

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Maybe nothing is obviously wrong.

You may be functioning well by almost every external measure. You handle your responsibilities, show up for the people who count on you, and keep moving even when things are hard.

But functioning isn’t the same as feeling well.

Maybe your mind rarely turns off. Maybe you’re exhausted from constantly trying to get things right. Maybe your relationship with food or your body takes up more space than you want it to. Or perhaps you keep finding yourself in patterns you understand intellectually but can’t seem to change.

You don’t need to have a diagnosis or even know exactly what’s wrong to know you want something to feel different.

That’s where therapy can help.

  • For when you’re tired of being the person who always has it handled.

    You may be capable, driven, thoughtful, and incredibly good at getting things done. Those qualities have probably helped you build much of the life you have. They can also make it surprisingly difficult to recognize when something isn’t working. Therapy gives us space to look beyond how well you're functioning and pay attention to what your life actually feels like from the inside.

    Individual therapy might be helpful if you’re struggling with:

    Perfectionism and self-criticism · Overthinking and rumination · Burnout and overwhelm · Relationships and attachment · People pleasing and boundaries · Grief and loss · Life transitions · Identity and self-worth · Depression · Career concerns · ADHD/neurodivergence · Difficulty knowing what you actually want

    Our work might involve understanding patterns and where they came from, learning to tolerate emotions you've spent years avoiding, developing boundaries, changing the way you relate to yourself, processing experiences that continue to carry weight, or simply figuring out what you want your life to look like from here.

    The goal isn’t to make you less driven, less caring, or less capable. It’s to help those qualities stop costing you so much.

  • When your mind won’t let something go.

    Anxiety can make almost anything feel urgent. It can show up as constant overthinking, difficulty relaxing, fear of disappointing people, worrying about what others think, or feeling like you always need to be prepared for what might go wrong.

    You may replay conversations, anticipate what could go wrong, search for certainty, question your decisions, or try to think your way into finally feeling safe. OCD can take that need for certainty even further. Intrusive thoughts or doubts can become difficult to dismiss, and checking, reassurance seeking, researching, reviewing, avoiding, or mentally analyzing may provide temporary relief—only for the doubt to return.

    You may recognize things like:

    Intrusive thoughts · Reassurance seeking · Checking · Rumination · “What if?” thinking · Fear of making the wrong decision · Social anxiety · Health-related fears · Relationship doubts · Harm-related fears · Perfectionism · Avoidance

    Treatment doesn't require proving that the feared outcome won't happen. Instead, we'll work on changing your relationship with uncertainty, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts so they have less power over the choices you make.

    When appropriate, I incorporate Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) alongside relational, acceptance-based, and emotion-focused work. That means we can address both the OCD or anxiety itself and the larger emotional and relational context in which it exists.

  • You deserve a life that takes up more space than food and your body.

    You don't have to look a certain way or even be sure that what you're experiencing “counts” as an eating disorder to deserve support. Food, exercise, weight, and body image can gradually take up enormous amounts of mental space. What may have started as an attempt to feel healthier, more confident, or more in control can become a complicated set of rules, fears, expectations, and self-judgments.

    We might work with concerns such as:

    Restrictive eating · Binge eating · Compensatory behaviors · Body image concerns · Fear around food or weight changes · Exercise concerns · Perfectionism and control · Shame · Eating-disorder recovery · Identity and self-worth

    Eating disorders are rarely only about food. Together, we can explore the emotions, relationships, beliefs, experiences, and patterns underneath the behaviors while also supporting meaningful behavioral change.

    When appropriate, I collaborate with dietitians, physicians, and other members of your treatment team so that your care addresses both psychological and physical needs.

  • People are more complicated than a list of symptoms.

    You may come to therapy because of anxiety and discover that much of it is connected to relationships or perfectionism. You may seek help with eating concerns and realize how closely they've become tied to identity and self-worth. Or you may simply know that something needs to change without knowing what to call it yet.

    You don’t need to diagnose yourself before you reach out.

    Part of our work is understanding what’s happening, how the different pieces fit together, and what might actually help.

  • Therapy that goes deeper and gives you something to work with.

    I work from a relational and humanistic foundation, which means I’m interested in understanding you as a whole person rather than treating a collection of symptoms.

    At the same time, insight alone isn't always enough. Depending on what you need, our work may include practical strategies, behavioral experiments, exposure work, emotion regulation skills, boundary practice, or new ways of responding to familiar situations.

    Some sessions will go deep. Some will be practical. Usually, it’s a combination.

  • You don’t have to figure out exactly what you need before you begin.

    If something here sounds familiar, we can start there.

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    Not sure whether what you're experiencing fits one of these areas? That's okay. You don't need to know before reaching out.