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Specialty: Behavioral Health (Private Pay)
Behavioral Health Psychodynamic Psychotherapy offers a private, highly individualized approach to the treatment of complex emotional, psychological, behavioral, and relational concerns. Grounded in contemporary psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thought, the work is designed for individuals whose difficulties may extend beyond symptom management and require a more nuanced understanding of personality, development, relationships, and the inner life.
The practice serves adults presenting with complex or longstanding behavioral health concerns, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related difficulties, substance use and recovery, relational instability, identity and self-esteem concerns, emotional dysregulation, chronic interpersonal difficulties, grief and loss, and patterns of behavior that have become difficult to understand or change. Care may also be appropriate for individuals navigating significant psychological transitions or seeking a depth-oriented therapeutic relationship as part of ongoing behavioral health treatment.
Complex behavioral health concerns rarely exist in isolation. Symptoms and behaviors may develop within the context of attachment experiences, developmental disruptions, relational histories, psychological defenses, unresolved loss, internal conflict, identity formation, and patterns of adaptation developed over time. Psychodynamic treatment creates an opportunity to examine these interconnected dimensions rather than reducing the individual to a diagnosis or presenting symptom.
Treatment is intentionally formulated around the individual. There is no predetermined therapeutic pathway or standardized experience of care. The clinical work considers the person's developmental history, personality organization, relationships, psychological capacities, strengths, vulnerabilities, and current circumstances in developing an individualized understanding of the difficulties bringing them to treatment.
A psychoanalytic perspective allows particular attention to aspects of experience that may exist outside immediate conscious awareness. Treatment may explore unconscious conflict, defenses, attachment and relational patterns, self-representation, affect regulation, dependency and autonomy, intimacy, shame, loss, aggression, identity, and recurring interpersonal dynamics. The therapeutic relationship itself may become an important source of information, providing a setting in which previously familiar patterns can be observed, understood, and considered in new ways.
For individuals with more complex presentations, psychodynamic treatment may be integrated with appropriate behavioral health interventions addressing stabilization, emotional regulation, coping, behavioral patterns, substance use, interpersonal functioning, and other immediate clinical needs. The intention is not to separate behavioral symptoms from psychological meaning, but to understand how the two interact within the individual's broader psychological organization.
The practice draws upon contemporary psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, relational, attachment-based, self-psychological, and object-relations perspectives, with treatment adapted to the particular person rather than constrained by a single theoretical model. When clinically appropriate and authorized, psychotherapy may also be coordinated with psychiatric, medical, or other behavioral health professionals to support continuity and integration of care.
This form of psychotherapy may be especially appropriate for individuals who have experienced recurrent or treatment-resistant difficulties, complicated relational patterns, significant developmental or traumatic experiences, persistent emotional distress, or behavioral patterns that have not been adequately understood through symptom-focused treatment alone.
The therapeutic experience is deliberately private, thoughtful, and highly personalized. Time is given not only to what is occurring in the present, but to understanding the psychological organization beneath it—how an individual has learned to experience themselves, relate to others, manage difficult emotions, protect against psychological pain, and make meaning of their experiences.
The aim is to develop a deeper and more coherent understanding of the individual while creating greater capacity for psychological integration, relational flexibility, emotional regulation, and meaningful change.
A Private Beginning
Complex psychological concerns deserve more than a predetermined treatment pathway. A confidential initial consultation provides an opportunity to discuss your circumstances, understand the nature of the work, and consider whether a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic approach is appropriate for your needs.
Treatment begins with a careful understanding of the person, not simply the problem.
Substance-Use Psychotherapy
Co-Occurring-Disorder Treatment
Relapse Treatment
Behavioral Change
Crisis Intervention
Recovery-Oriented Counseling
Behavioral Health Psychodynamic Psychotherapy offers a private, highly individualized approach to the treatment of complex emotional, psychological, behavioral, and relational concerns. Grounded in contemporary psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thought, the work is designed for individuals whose difficulties may extend beyond symptom management and require a more nuanced understanding of personality, development, relationships, and the inner life.
The practice serves adults presenting with complex or longstanding behavioral health concerns, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related difficulties, substance use and recovery, relational instability, identity and self-esteem concerns, emotional dysregulation, chronic interpersonal difficulties, grief and loss, and patterns of behavior that have become difficult to understand or change. Care may also be appropriate for individuals navigating significant psychological transitions or seeking a depth-oriented therapeutic relationship as part of ongoing behavioral health treatment.
Complex behavioral health concerns rarely exist in isolation. Symptoms and behaviors may develop within the context of attachment experiences, developmental disruptions, relational histories, psychological defenses, unresolved loss, internal conflict, identity formation, and patterns of adaptation developed over time. Psychodynamic treatment creates an opportunity to examine these interconnected dimensions rather than reducing the individual to a diagnosis or presenting symptom.
Treatment is intentionally formulated around the individual. There is no predetermined therapeutic pathway or standardized experience of care. The clinical work considers the person's developmental history, personality organization, relationships, psychological capacities, strengths, vulnerabilities, and current circumstances in developing an individualized understanding of the difficulties bringing them to treatment.
A psychoanalytic perspective allows particular attention to aspects of experience that may exist outside immediate conscious awareness. Treatment may explore unconscious conflict, defenses, attachment and relational patterns, self-representation, affect regulation, dependency and autonomy, intimacy, shame, loss, aggression, identity, and recurring interpersonal dynamics. The therapeutic relationship itself may become an important source of information, providing a setting in which previously familiar patterns can be observed, understood, and considered in new ways.
For individuals with more complex presentations, psychodynamic treatment may be integrated with appropriate behavioral health interventions addressing stabilization, emotional regulation, coping, behavioral patterns, substance use, interpersonal functioning, and other immediate clinical needs. The intention is not to separate behavioral symptoms from psychological meaning, but to understand how the two interact within the individual's broader psychological organization.
The practice draws upon contemporary psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, relational, attachment-based, self-psychological, and object-relations perspectives, with treatment adapted to the particular person rather than constrained by a single theoretical model. When clinically appropriate and authorized, psychotherapy may also be coordinated with psychiatric, medical, or other behavioral health professionals to support continuity and integration of care.
This form of psychotherapy may be especially appropriate for individuals who have experienced recurrent or treatment-resistant difficulties, complicated relational patterns, significant developmental or traumatic experiences, persistent emotional distress, or behavioral patterns that have not been adequately understood through symptom-focused treatment alone.
The therapeutic experience is deliberately private, thoughtful, and highly personalized. Time is given not only to what is occurring in the present, but to understanding the psychological organization beneath it—how an individual has learned to experience themselves, relate to others, manage difficult emotions, protect against psychological pain, and make meaning of their experiences.
The aim is to develop a deeper and more coherent understanding of the individual while creating greater capacity for psychological integration, relational flexibility, emotional regulation, and meaningful change.
A Private Beginning
Complex psychological concerns deserve more than a predetermined treatment pathway. A confidential initial consultation provides an opportunity to discuss your circumstances, understand the nature of the work, and consider whether a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic approach is appropriate for your needs.
Treatment begins with a careful understanding of the person, not simply the problem.
Substance-Use Psychotherapy
Co-Occurring-Disorder Treatment
Relapse Treatment
Behavioral Change
Crisis Intervention
Recovery-Oriented Counseling