Uncover Joy

I specialize in helping women and femme-identifying adults who struggle with societal, family, relationship, and workplace pressures feel they have the support they need to navigate life.

My clients struggle as you do. Despite being independent, hardworking, and self-aware, life is hard.

When they first come to therapy, they feel exhausted from their responsibilities as a colleague, partner, friend, daughter, board member, etc.; they feel pulled in too many directions, emotionally spent, and undervalued.

They have a sense that life shouldn’t be this difficult and that there has to be another way. Whether at their job or with loved ones, they know how pieces of their identity and their lives (gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, weight, relationship status, etc.) are used against them but feel resigned to “go with the flow.” The problems just feel too big, and who knows? Maybe one day, their family will stop asking them when they’re going to settle down, have kids, lose weight, etc., etc., etc.,

They’ve listened to self-help podcasts, followed inspirational people on social media, and downloaded mindfulness apps, hoping to find solutions, hoping to find encouragement, hoping to find tools to cope. They feel like they need to run away and unplug for six months. However, this isn’t an option, and they’re afraid to let anyone down, including themselves.

Their overwhelming responsibilities and the microaggressions (and/or straight-up aggressions) they face get in the way of the life they want in so many ways. They aren’t the kind of person they want to be. They feel like they are failing at being a friend, partner, employee, and active community member, and their confidence in navigating challenges is suffering.

Before they came to see me, they felt like this was work they had to do on their own and that asking for help was a sign of weakness. They worried they had taken a wrong turn somewhere in their lives and were pretty certain they just had to deal with the consequences. They’re strong, but carrying everything alone was burning them out.

Like my clients, you deserve to know you are enough without overextending yourself. 

Experiencing joy in your life in the midst of everything else going on in the world is not out of your reach.

If you want to cultivate ways that help you navigate your life more peacefully, I’d love to help you get there. 

Ask about scheduling your individual session today. You don’t have to do this alone. I’m here.