Philosophy

I believe that suffering is not a pathology to be eradicated, nor a badge to be worn. It is a message — one that deserves reverence, curiosity, and time. My role is not to paper over your pain with coping strategies or platitudes. It is to help you make contact with what lies beneath it.

In a therapeutic culture increasingly dominated by comfort, convenience, and tools, this practice is oriented toward truth, depth, and transformation. Here, change is not quick — but it is real. Our work will engage the deeper architecture of the psyche: the unconscious beliefs, survival strategies, and relational patterns that shape how you experience yourself and others.

A Practice for Those Who Are Ready to Go Deeper

I work with thoughtful, searching adults — some returning to therapy after finding that past work, while supportive, didn’t reach the deeper layers. Others are men seeking therapy for the first time, drawn to a space that respects their intelligence and challenges them without shame.

My patients are competent, kind, and high-functioning — yet often burdened, stuck, or quietly overwhelmed. They want more than tools. They want depth. And a therapist who can go there with them.

The Work

I don’t just listen passively. I track patterns, challenge what doesn’t add up, and speak directly to the tension in the room. I’m relentlessly curious, especially when your defenses kick in — because that’s often where the gold is buried: just beneath what you’re trying not to feel or say.

While our work will unfold collaboratively, I don’t believe in endlessly orbiting your story. I’ll help you go deeper, faster — not by rushing, but by refusing to collude with avoidance.

My approach is grounded in psychodynamic theory and Control-Mastery Theory, which means I pay close attention to the unconscious beliefs and early relational dynamics that continue to shape your present — often without your awareness. We’ll work to surface those old blueprints so they can be revised, not just analyzed. Informed by Control-Mastery Theory, I also hold a deep respect for the ways your psyche has strategically adapted to survive — even when those adaptations now cause distress. Therapy isn’t about dismantling your defenses for the sake of it. It’s about honoring the logic behind them — and then helping you test, over time, whether they’re still necessary.

Relationally, I show up as a real person in the room. I don’t hide behind a blank screen. I’m invested, emotionally attuned, and willing to name what’s happening between us if it seems important — because how you relate to me will often echo how you’ve learned to relate to others. When those moments arise, we won’t just analyze them. We’ll experience and explore them together, in real time.

Insight is powerful, but it’s not the final destination. It’s the moment the pattern comes into view — the threshold where real choice becomes possible. From there, the work is to integrate that insight into how you live, relate, and decide.

This is therapy as reckoning: structured, searching, and alive.