Psychodynam​ic psychotherapy focuses on current relational patterns and their link to past relationships. I often draw from object-relations, AEDP and attachment therapy orientations. This work focuses on identifying how a person has learned to cope with challenges and stress, navigate connections with others and make shifts where they find themselves feeling stuck.  One of the goals of this work is to gently bring to the surface uncomfortable thoughts and feelings that are showing up in different areas of his/her life.  When difficult feelings or needs are acknowledged without judgment and worked through in a trusting therapy relationship, clients often experience deep internal change and notice themselves responding with more freedom in many areas of their lives.  The point is to recognize and address issues that are impacting a client's current life, not to focus unnecessarily on the past. My interventions range between solution-focused approaches that target symptoms to deeper, long-term experiential work. I also encourage the use of self-care strategies, help clients to identify and change unhealthy thought-patterns and build upon their existing strengths and resources.