You are probably seeking therapy because you are encountering difficulties that you have been unable to resolve on your own, or that are causing pain in a way that feels confusing and defeating. While all of our clinicians have unique ways of working, they are all trained and primarily work from the lens of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a type of talk therapy that helps people understand the deeper feelings and thoughts that influence their actions. In therapy, you will meet regularly with a therapist who listens closely, paying attention not just to what you say but also to how you say it and how you relate to them. This work is about noticing patterns in how you think and feel, and how you’ve learned to relate to others, often starting in childhood. The therapist helps you explore these patterns and gently challenges you to understand how these old ways of feeling and relating show up in your current life. This understanding can open the door to change.

This approach is particularly helpful for people who feel “stuck” in their lives, are behaving in ways that have stopped serving them as well, or have difficulty regulating or accessing emotion. A primary difference between the psychoanalytic approach and other modalities is that long term growth and deep change are prioritized over immediate symptom relief.

​

​

​

​

Individual therapy can be a place to explore and work through personal challenges, feelings, and patterns in your life. The focus is on understanding what’s going on for you right now, as well as how past experiences might be influencing you today. In session, you’ll have space to talk openly and safely about what’s on your mind, while the therapist listens, asks questions, and helps you make sense of your thoughts and emotions. Over time, therapy can help you feel more self-aware and able to handle difficulties with a new perspective or fresh sense of possibility and increased agency. Individual sessions are typically 45 minutes/1x week, but in some cases you and the therapist may decide to meet more or less frequently.

Couple therapy focuses on exploring the emotional undercurrents and unspoken dynamics between partners, as well as offering practical tools to incorporate the issues addressed in therapy. Rather than simply addressing disagreements or communication issues, couple work seeks to uncover how past experiences, family patterns, and unconscious beliefs shape how each partner relates to the other. Over time this work provides a new way for partners to relate moving forward. Our clinicians provide a safe space for both partners to reflect on these patterns and to better understand the motivations that drive conflict and closeness. The experience can be intense and emotionally rich, as it invites each partner to see their own role in the relationship dynamic, leading to greater self-awareness and more authentic connection.     

Family therapy focuses on uncovering how each family member’s emotional world, past experiences, and behaviors shape the current family dynamic. Rather than solely addressing surface-level arguments, family therapy helps the family understand the underlying feelings and hidden tensions that can cause misunderstandings or conflicts. Our clinicians will guide conversations to reveal the roles and expectations each person carries—often without realizing it—and how these roles can create both closeness and strain. The experience can be both challenging and enlightening, offering a chance for family members to see each other and themselves in a new light, fostering deeper empathy and healthier ways of connecting. Practical tools will also be incorporated as a means of actively working through each family’s unique goals for treatment.