Therapy Approaches
Depth Work, Not Acronyms
How I found my own first therapist, and why I still practice the way I do.
I found my first therapist in the early 2000s, back when the internet hadn't yet filled up with profiles, buzzwords, and endless mental-health content. My insurance company mailed me a directory — just names, addresses, phone numbers. I chose someone because they were a psychologist who did therapy, and I called. Nothing more complicated than that.
Now the field is crowded with acronyms I can hardly keep straight myself.
The relational thread
Holding, consoling, comforting.
I practice classic talk therapy.
So here's mine, simply. I believe in it because words move us, silence moves us — both spaces evoke feeling, healing and curiosity within oneself. You already know this from the books, music, and films that have shaped you. That same power lives in the relationship built inside the therapy room between the two of us. Often we need an Other to see what we cannot see within ourselves.
Depth & The Unconscious
I'm less interested in diagnosis than I am in depth: the story unfolding in your Psyche, your Soul, your Self — a story that wants to be heard, even as it often hides behind fears. I practice from a Jungian, depth-oriented foundation — treating dreams, patterns and the unconscious as meaningful stories seeking light, using myth, fairytale, symbol, tension and perennial wisdom to understand what is happening within your soul. What I hope to help you toward is integration and wholeness — knitting the opposing parts of yourself together, leading you toward more contentment and the ability to tolerate the tension of the opposites within you.
Around that core, I draw on experiential, existential, relational, and spiritual approaches as the work calls for them: remaining present to what's alive in session, making room for life's bigger questions, and honoring whatever meaning-making framework you bring. The aim isn't just insight — it's becoming more fully yourself.
“Did you know the first half of life has to fail you? Without growth being forced on us, few of us go willingly on the spiritual journey. Why would we?”
Jungian Training
What the training actually involves.
I am currently in training with the Memphis-Atlanta Jungian Seminar. It's a calling my soul can't ignore, and I'm drawn to this framework for understanding one's Self.
Training spans 7 to 10+ years and includes extensive personal analysis, coursework in analytical psychology, and hundreds of hours of supervised clinical work with one's own analysands. Candidates finish by passing oral and written exams and presenting case material and a thesis before being certified as a Diplomate Jungian Analyst.
On the shelf
The company this work keeps.
Not ready to book? Read a little further first.
Some people want to know how the work actually goes before they say anything out loud. That's a reasonable place to start.