As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I help Illinois individuals, couples, and families in Chicago, Aurora, Springfield, Carbondale, Peoria, (and beyond) navigate complex interpersonal dynamics, relationship difficulties, estranged adult children, PTSD, depression, trauma,  ADHD, identity, and deep-seated anxiety in their relationships with self  and others. 

Life is challenging. Even when we are doing  our best, we may still  experience anxiety, depression, stress, moodiness, and difficulties in our relationships. Some of those  feelings originate from experiences we remember clearly, and want to understand and organize; other feelings seem to come from nowhere and  despite our best efforts, interfere with  our feeling better and doing the things we want to do and being the  person we want to be.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy can help. You need a place that feels comfortable and safe, a person whom you trust to be empathetic, supportive, thoughtful, challenging  without being  judgmental, and curious about your life, someone who  cares. You are the expert of your life's experiences and I'll trust you to share those with me as we build our relationship.

I will respect your inherent dignity and worth, and understand how the external world through which you move shapes and impacts your internal life's experiences and relationships with yourself and others.
 

My online psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice is dedicated to helping Illinois residents experience greater quality of life, kindness for themselves, connectedness with others, and a sense of being good enough.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an evidence-based talk therapy.  You will be supported  and encouraged to speak freely about anything that comes to your mind. There are no worksheets; there is no homework.  We explore recognizing, acknowledging, understanding,  expressing, and  naming your pleasant, unpleasant, and contradictory feelings and emotions. 

The psychoanalytic approach works to improve the quality of your interpersonal experiences and relationships—how you feel and experience yourself and others, and how others experience you. 

You will learn to consider, connect, and resolve your current challenges and change your behavior in current relationships through a deep exploration and analysis of earlier experiences and emotions. Important will be recognizing how those past experiences and emotions are  showing  up today—however obvious or obscure—and how they affect your  current decision-making, feelings, actions, and relationships.

Exploring painful parts of our lived experience can be difficult. Doing so takes time and developing trust. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy prioritizes trust in the therapeutic relationship, that the change you seek is within you, and that repair comes in trusted community with  each other.environment for my clients.

Use my contact form below. Your message is confidential and will  reach my inbox. I'll reply and we'll schedule an initial phone call to  talk more together about what you're experiencing and how working  together could be helpful.