I became one because I spent years feeling mislabeled, misunderstood, and given answers that never quite fit.

My Story

From age 19 to 26, I worked with therapists who I thought meant well, but they kept applying the same framework — more diagnoses, more medication, more symptom management. Something inside me always knew there had to be more.

Before graduate school, I had already spent years studying human behavior from a different angle. My bachelor’s in marketing immersed me in consumer psychology — how personalities form, what truly drives decisions, and how patterns shape what people choose (and why they stay stuck). That foundation never left me.

When I entered the Marriage and Family Therapy program, I expected to finally get the missing pieces. Instead, I discovered how much was being left out: the brain's engineering patterns, the timing of trauma, the defense structures that once protected us but now limit us. Even the doctoral programs I explored were still focused on adding more labels and more medication.

During COVID, I saw the mental health system from three sides at once — as a pharmaceutical sales rep in doctors’ offices, through the lens of pharmaceutical solutions, and through my training in analytical psychology and depth work. The disconnect was clear. That realization led me to make a deliberate decision: four years ago, I got off all psychiatric medication (including Vyvanse for ADHD) and never looked back.

That personal journey is what led me to create Analytical Psychotherapyand the Capacity Method — a structured integration of EMDR, hypnosis, and Reiki, grounded in analytical psychotherapy. I designed and tested everything I now teach from what I personally needed during my own struggles with depression, anxiety, perfectionism, procrastination, and the deep feeling of not being good enough.

I am a tough therapist, but my approach is gentle. I will challenge you directly, but I will never rush or overwhelm you. We work at the pace that allows your nervous system to truly expand its capacity so you can finally hold and resolve what you previously couldn’t.

Who Are My Clients

My clients are primarily high-achieving professionals — engineers, entrepreneurs, physicians, writers, realtors, and marketing leaders. They are successful on the outside, yet sense that something deeper needs attention. They want real answers, not another diagnosis or another pill.

This clinical work lives at The Psychology Projects.