My Therapy Services

  • Individual Therapy

    This is your time. I will be there to listen, support you, and offer honest feedback as we build a relationship rooted in genuineness, trust, and healthy boundaries. Together, we will explore what has shaped you, deepen your understanding of yourself, and tend to what needs healing.

  • Group Therapy

    Grief is deeply personal but it does not have to be carried alone. In group therapy, I create a supportive space for grieving people to come together, process their losses, witness and be witnessed by others, and develop new ways of coping. My groups tend to focus on young adults grieving the loss of a parent.

Specialties

Though I welcome a variety of concerns to my practice, here are my areas of specialization:

  • Whether you are grieving the recent death of a loved one, navigating an estrangement, or feeling ready to explore the impact of a loss that occurred long ago, you don’t have to do it alone. I have a great deal of personal experience with bereavement and mindfully carry this intimate and sacred knowledge into my clinical work. I believe that grief is not something to “get past,” but something we learn to integrate into our lives. In working with me, you won’t find empty platitudes or cheerleading that overlooks the depth of your pain. You’ll find companioning as you honor who and what you have lost and learn how to reclaim joy and fulfillment.

  • Many people come to therapy to address challenges in their romantic, familial, and platonic relationships, seeking to shift patterns that leave them feeling disconnected or stuck. One area of relational work I am passionate about is family of origin, exploring early or ongoing family experiences, familial wounds, and generational cycles. I also commonly work with codependency and emotional enmeshment, which can look like people-pleasing, losing touch with your own thoughts and feelings, or identifying with the phrase, “I’m not okay if they’re not okay.” Sometimes, this work also involves healing from narcissistic abuse.

  • Sometimes anxiety centers around a specific fear or situation, and sometimes we experience it as a more general feeling of unease or low-lying dread. You may even describe yourself as an “anxious person.” Rather than taking on this restrictive label, we can explore what lies beneath your anxiety and work to understand and befriend it while developing coping skills tailored to you.

  • Life transitions, whether chosen or unchosen, can bring stress and leave us feeling destabilized. Moving, graduating, changing careers, beginning or ending a relationship, or stepping into a new life role can all shift our sense of who we are and what life looks like. During times of change, therapy can serve as an anchor, offering a steady place to process what is shifting and the emotions that arise along the way.

  • Trauma is the emotional and physiological response to a distressing experience or series of experiences, and can affect things like mood, sleep, energy, and appetite. Acute trauma can occur after a single event, such as an accident, while chronic or complex trauma can develop in response to repeated relational trauma, such as physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. Trauma work can involve gently processing these experiences, exploring their impact on your life today, and developing coping strategies to help you feel safe and grounded in the present. I occasionally recommend additional modalities, such as EMDR, as needed.

  • Therapy is not only something to turn to when you are in crisis. It can also be a space to deepen your relationship with yourself. This may look like engaging in shadow work to identify and reintegrate parts of yourself that you have disowned, exploring the roots of self-esteem challenges, and writing a new story about who you are.

Reflections from Clients

Individual Therapy

“Alex has been an empathetic, gentle supportive coach and guiding light during the last few years of complex family grief, loss, and trauma. I am beyond grateful for her open, curious approach and attentive warmth in our sessions together and would recommend her to anyone seeking assistance with walking through some of life's tougher challenges, no matter what stage of their journey they might be in at the time. Alex will meet her client at the point where they are and has been a wonderful trail partner toward a clearer Life path.”

— Ashe

“I initially started seeing Alex for grief therapy when I was feeling acutely sensitive, vulnerable, and out-of-sync with everyday life. Her compassion and gentle guidance encouraged me to move through my emotions at my own pace, while also offering questions that held a mirror to, and often challenged, my self-deprecating thoughts. I like to analogize therapy with Alex like a free swim in an open body of water. I’m able to move in any direction I want, but if I start to tread towards harmful ways of thinking, she’s the lifeguard who signals the departure and guides me back. It’s been over two years since we first met, and our sessions have gradually evolved from that place of processing grief and healing into facilitating a healthier and kinder mindset for myself.”

— Julien

Group Therapy

“Alex maintained a space where the group members and I felt empowered to share our unique experiences of loss and grief, without judgement or shame. I learned a lot about myself and grew to better understand my own grief, thanks to our group sessions.”

— Jeremy

“Though each individual in the group was a stranger to me, I felt so relieved to be around other people who understood pieces of what I had experienced with parent loss. Alex created a safe, supportive environment that I looked forward to being a part of each week. I walked away from our sessions feeling relieved and less alone in my grief journey.”

— Laura