counseling for burnout, betrayal, and breakups

Counseling process

Complimentary Consultation:
You can request a virtual consultation (20min.) if you are a potential new client so we can chat and address any questions or concerns you may have prior to a first session, and make sure we’re a good fit for counseling work. 

At this time, I’m currently only accepting individual clients. Additionally, my license only allows me to serve people living in Texas.

Assessment + Treatment Planning:
During the assessment process (our first few sessions together), we'll collaboratively co-determine some healthy goals based on your wants and needs. You'll recognize that our counseling work together is complete when your goals have been achieved. I’m big on planned obsolescence—my goal is for clients to eventually sense that they no longer need my support.

Psychotherapy + Termination:
For most clients, typical counseling work with me looks like 1hr weekly sessions to begin. In some cases 1.5hr sessions are recommended to start, which can be determined through assessment. As clients begin to achieve some of their initial goals and feel more confident, it is common to switch to bi-weekly sessions, then eventually move to monthly before ending therapy (termination).

Note: Intensive weekend workshops for couples are 9am-4pm (w/ 1hr lunch break) Saturday and Sunday—still available but limited by my availability. Appreciate your understanding that at this time, a direct referral is required to book a weekend intensive (e.g., your individual or couple therapist is a colleague of mine and refers you). There is a pre-screening process to determine if an intensive is appropriate for your relationship.

COUNSELING PHILOSOPHY

Theoretical Orientation:
Counseling with me looks unique case-by-case because I integrate a number of different methods and models based on clients’ current needs and wants. I’ve been trained in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couple Therapy, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for clients with OCD. I also incorporate Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Imago Theory, Self-Compassion, somatic principles, and attachment science.

Approach:
Clients looking for a counselor who is direct, strategic, and focused on practical solutions will like my approach best. I’m an experiential therapist, so if we work together, we’ll focus a lot on doing—staging mini experiments where you can use your strengths to learn and grow in the ways you’d like. We’ll also be more likely to match well if you prefer a level of irreverence and humor in a therapist.

Themes I have a lot of experience with:
-Burnout (especially in health professionals)
-Trust and betrayal
-Sex and intimacy
-Relational discernment (should we break up or not?) and conscious uncoupling
-Perfectionism and people-pleasing
-Attachment and bonding/dating patterns (why do I keep repeating a similar relationship?)

support that's customized for people seeking healthy connection, healing reconnection, or peaceful disconnection