Many of the concerns that bring people to therapy are not simply isolated symptoms, but recurring patterns in relationships, emotional life, and one's sense of self. These patterns often develop over many years and continue to influence how a person experiences themselves, relates to others, and navigates close relationships.

Our approach to therapy is psychodynamic and informed by contemporary psychodynamic approaches to understanding personality, relationships, and emotional functioning, including Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). Early relationships help shape the ways people come to understand themselves, expect others to respond to them, and navigate closeness, conflict, and vulnerability. Although these ways of relating often develop for understandable reasons, they may continue to influence emotional well-being, relationships, and one's sense of self long after they are no longer serving them.

Because many of these patterns are expressed within relationships, therapy provides an opportunity to better understand them as they unfold both in everyday life and within the therapeutic relationship itself. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, psychodynamic psychotherapy seeks to understand how longstanding ways of relating to oneself and others contribute to difficulties such as anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or feeling stuck. Through this process, therapy can support a deeper understanding of oneself and create opportunities for meaningful psychological change. Depending on an individual's needs and treatment goals, psychotherapy may be recommended on either a once- or twice-weekly basis.