Services
I offer consultation and individual psychotherapy for older adolescents (18+) and adults.
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Panic Attacks
Although panic attacks may seem to occur “out of the blue,” your nervous system is responding to perceived threats, even when no actual danger is present.
What You May Be Experiencing
Panic attacks can feel frightening and overwhelming, often leading to avoidance, interfering with daily functioning, and diminishing the ability to experience joy. The fear of another panic attack, a sense of “impending doom,” and difficulty tolerating uncomfortable physical sensations can become emotionally and physically consuming. You may find yourself withdrawing socially, avoiding new experiences or connections, or limiting everyday activities such as driving, taking public transportation, riding elevators, or being in crowded spaces.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will explore what triggers your fight-or-flight response, develop skills to manage anxiety and physical symptoms, reduce avoidance, and help you regain a sense of confidence and freedom in your daily life.
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Worry, Rumination & OCD
“What if…?” “You should have…” “You might get sick.” “You could lose your job.” “Did you forget to turn off the stove?” These thoughts can feel urgent, convincing, and difficult to ignore. You may begin treating them as facts, responding to their demands, allowing them to take over.
What You May Be Experiencing
Generalized anxiety and rumination can keep your mind caught in a constant loop of worrying about what might go wrong, replaying past experiences, and questioning your decisions. These persistent thought patterns can take a toll on your mood, energy, and daily functioning. When intrusive thoughts are accompanied by an overwhelming urge to seek reassurance, check, undo, or neutralize them through repetitive behaviors or mental rituals, they may be part of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will work at disengaging from rumination and intrusive thoughts, reducing the need to respond to or accommodate them, and breaking the cycle of anxiety.
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Dissatisfaction in Relationships
Meaningful, secure connections are essential to our well-being.
What You May Be Experiencing
If you find yourself repeating unhealthy relationship patterns, choosing partners who are not right for you, feeling stuck in unfulfilling relationships, or struggling to identify and communicate your needs, desires, and values, therapy can help.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we can explore the patterns that keep you stuck, deepen your understanding of yourself and your relationships, and work toward building healthier, more secure, and fulfilling connections.
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Avoidance & Feeling Stuck
Avoidance works, at least at first.
What You May Be Experiencing
Avoidance works, at least in the short term. It can protect you from discomfort, emotional pain, and anxiety. Many unhealthy coping strategies are forms of avoidance. Skipping a difficult conversation, numbing your feelings, or putting off an important application can bring immediate relief. Over time, however, avoidance comes at a cost. Your world becomes smaller, you miss out on meaningful experiences and the full range of human emotions, and you may find yourself feeling increasingly stuck.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will explore what you avoid, understand the purpose avoidance serves in your life, and identify the changes you want to make. Through small, meaningful steps, we will work toward breaking patterns of avoidance and building a fuller, more rewarding life aligned with your values.
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Perinatal Mental Health Challenges
Pregnancy and parenthood bring significant physical, emotional, and psychological changes.
What You May Be Experiencing
For some women, this transition can intensify anxiety and depression, raising concerns about the baby’s health, relationships, career, identity, and the challenges of becoming a parent. Feelings of ambivalence, guilt, or shame may arise, especially when the expectation of happiness doesn’t match the reality of their experience. Postpartum depression and anxiety may bring persistent sadness, excessive worry, irritability, self-doubt, intrusive thoughts, and difficulty bonding with the baby.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will navigate these challenges without judgment, manage symptoms, strengthen attachment, adjust to changing roles and relationships, and identify meaningful sources of support. We will also explore old patterns and unresolved experiences that parenthood may bring to the surface, helping you build confidence, emotional well-being, and a more mindful, fulfilling experience of parenthood.
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Young Adults Navigating Transitions & Charting a Life Path
Your twenties are a defining decade, filled with opportunities and challenges that help shape the life you want to build.
What You May Be Experiencing
After the relatively structured years of adolescence, you may suddenly feel pressure to “figure it all out.” Navigating career decisions, building meaningful relationships, finding a sense of community, and defining your identity and values can feel overwhelming.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will explore the emotional challenges and patterns that may be holding you back, identify what matters most to you, and take meaningful steps toward your goals. You don’t have to have everything figured out in your twenties, but beginning to chart an intentional path aligned with your values can strengthen your sense of self, confidence, and overall well-being.
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Navigating Jewish Identity
Jewish individuals deserve a safe, supportive therapeutic space where their experiences of antisemitism and microaggressions are acknowledged and understood, rather than dismissed or minimized by peers or in the workplace.
Whether you identify as culturally Jewish, reform, conservative, secular, or Orthodox, my practice offers a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where you can feel heard, respected, and understood.
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Other Concerns
I also work with individuals navigating trauma, grief, depression, and a range of other challenges. If your concerns are not listed here, please feel free to reach out to discuss how I may be able to help.
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Social Anxiety
“You’re not smart enough.” “You’re boring.” “You’re awkward.” These are some of the messages your inner critic may tell you.
What You May Be Experiencing
Social anxiety is often mistaken for shyness, leaving many people struggling for years without recognizing or understanding what they are experiencing. Individuals with social anxiety often fear judgment and rejection, becoming preoccupied with how they are perceived and what others might think of them. Avoidance can feel safer and more comfortable than facing these fears.
Over time, you may convince yourself that you don’t really want to attend that party, go on a date, pursue a more challenging job, or step outside your comfort zone. You may also turn to alcohol or other substances to feel more at ease in social situations. Although avoidance may provide temporary relief, it can reinforce anxiety, limit opportunities for personal growth and meaningful connections, and ultimately hold you back from living the life you want.
How We Approach It in Therapy
Together, we will work to quiet this critical voice, practice the situations you’ve been avoiding at a pace that feels manageable, and foster meaningful connections with others.