Living with chronic pain or illness can make anxiety worse — and anxiety can make symptoms feel more intense. I work with clients who feel stuck in cycles of overthinking, fear-avoidance, or shutdown. If your mind tends to race ahead while your body lags behind, we’ll slow things down. Together we’ll explore what your nervous system is trying to protect and how you can respond with more clarity and calm.

Pain is real — and so is the toll it takes on your mind, your energy, and your sense of self. I specialize in pain psychology, using mind-body therapy to help you understand how pain is processed in the brain, reduce fear and reactivity, and reconnect with a sense of agency and ease — even if you’ve been managing for years on your own.

Whether it’s been a lifelong companion or showed up alongside illness, depression can flatten your world. You might feel stuck, shut down, or disconnected from meaning. Therapy can help you rebuild — not just your mood, but your motivation, your momentum, and a more self-compassionate way of relating to yourself.

Grief doesn’t just follow a death — it can come with pain flares, diagnoses, identity shifts, or losing the version of life you worked hard for. If you're carrying a quiet ache for what used to be, therapy can be a place to honor that loss without needing to justify it — and without pressure to “move on.”

Whether you're on long-term meds, exploring new options, or hoping to taper off safely, I offer collaborative support alongside your prescribers. We’ll make space for your questions and concerns, while helping you build strategies for feeling more grounded and in control of your care.

Pain and sleep are deeply connected — and when one’s off, both tend to spiral. I use evidence-based methods (including CBT for insomnia) to support clients struggling with delayed sleep, early waking, pain-related fatigue, or racing thoughts that make it hard to rest. Sleep isn’t a luxury — it’s a foundation we can protect together.

When your body won’t do what you want, it’s easy to turn the blame inward. Add in perfectionism, gaslighting, or years of pushing through — and your confidence might feel like a distant memory. I work with clients to rebuild self-trust and self-respect from the inside out, creating space for a gentler identity rooted in presence and pleasure, not performance.

The body keeps the score — and chronic stress often shows up as pain, tension, brain fog, or burnout. I help clients map their stress response, regulate their nervous system, and soften the pressure to over-function. Together, we’ll untangle urgency, fear, and exhaustion so you can return to a steadier internal rhythm.

Living with pain or illness can make it harder to connect — especially when you’re masking how bad things really feel. Whether you’re withdrawing to survive, tired of explaining yourself, or feeling unseen even around others, therapy can help you rebuild relational safety and rediscover how connection might feel good again.

I don’t offer formal trauma protocols like EMDR, but my entire approach is trauma-informed. That means we move at your pace, avoid pathologizing language, and make room for the impact of past experiences — including medical trauma and invalidation. You don’t need to share your whole story to be met with care.