Living a meaningful and joyful life in human skin is hard, particularly when we face challenging periods of loneliness, grief, and emotional pain. In therapy, I offer a compassionate and heart-centered approach to create meaning out of difficulty, in order to heal and transform pain and sorrow into a life worth living. By facing difficult and unpleasant feelings directly in a nurturing atmosphere, even the most seemingly entrenched patterns can be healed and we can create meaning out of that which once felt hopeless. Joy and freedom are only possible when we face with awareness the feelings which we most fear and avoid. 

Informing my therapy practice is my heartfelt commitment to the Buddhist path. As part of this, I spent three years cloistered in solitary retreat in the wilds of Colorado, diligently practicing the traditional meditation practices that constitute the Tibetan Buddhist path.