Our Therapy Approach
Our work is built on the belief that a strong, trusting, and nonjudgmental relationship is the single most important factor in successful therapy. We blend the warmth of a relational therapy approach with effective, evidence-based tools to ensure your journey is both deeply meaningful and goal directed. We are proudly serving the neighborhood of Wellesley and clients in nearby cities and across Massachusetts. We don't believe in a one size fits all solution. Instead, we collaboratively tailor every session to your unique needs, experiences, and cultural background.
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Our mission is to help you move from feeling stuck to living a life aligned with your truest self. We approach every challenge with curiosity and compassion, helping you cultivate the inner resources for lasting change.
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Ready to start a therapy journey based on trust and clear goals? Contact us to learn how our compassionate approach can support your growth.
Modalities We Integrate
We use several powerful, well researched therapeutic modalities to give you a complete path to wellness. The focus is on blending insight with practical skills, understanding why you feel a certain way, and then learning how to better respond to those feelings.
By blending different styles of therapy, we address the emotional, mental, and physical sides of your life at the same time, speeding up your progress and building a solid foundation.
This integrated framework means we can help you whether you are facing a difficult moment, searching for deeper self understanding, or needing new ways to cope.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps you build psychological flexibility by accepting difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them. We focus on clarifying your core values, what truly matters to you across relationships, work, health, and meaning.
From this clarity, you learn to take committed action, moving toward your values even when facing discomfort or self doubt. Instead of being controlled by feelings, you make choices guided by what you genuinely care about, creating meaningful change that aligns with your authentic self.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences, especially early relationships and attachment patterns, shape your current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We examine unconscious patterns and recurring themes that keep you stuck in familiar but unhelpful cycles.
The therapeutic relationship itself becomes a safe space to understand and practice new ways of relating. By bringing awareness to these patterns, you gain insight into why certain situations trigger strong reactions or why you repeat behaviors despite wanting to change. This deeper understanding creates lasting transformation and more secure, fulfilling connections.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Informed Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy informed skills provide practical tools for managing intense emotions and navigating difficult situations without making things worse. We focus on emotion regulation strategies that help you identify, understand, and modulate emotional responses, reducing overwhelm and reactivity. Distress tolerance techniques teach you to survive crises and tolerate pain without resorting to destructive behaviors. You learn to ride emotional waves rather than being swept away by them, building confidence in your ability to handle whatever life brings while maintaining your values and relationships.
Self Compassion Practice Methods
Self compassion means treating yourself with the same kindness and understanding you would offer a good friend who is struggling. We practice recognizing your suffering without judgment, understanding that imperfection and difficulty are part of the shared human experience, and responding to yourself with warmth rather than harsh self criticism. This approach counteracts the inner critic that amplifies shame and keeps you stuck. Self compassion reduces anxiety and depression, increases resilience, and improves your ability to take risks and recover from setbacks because you know you will treat yourself kindly regardless of the outcome.
Mindfulness Based Techniques
Mindfulness involves intentionally paying attention to the present moment with openness and curiosity, without judgment. We practice observing thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they arise rather than getting caught up in them or pushing them away. This creates space between stimulus and response, allowing you to choose how to react rather than automatically following old patterns. Techniques include breath awareness, body scans, and grounding exercises you can use anytime, anywhere. Regular practice reduces rumination, anxiety, and emotional reactivity while increasing clarity, calm, and connection to your immediate experience.
How We Work Together to Set Goals and Track Your Progress
Our sessions are active, purposeful, and focused on helping you see real world change.
Collaborative Goal Setting
We establish clear, measurable, and meaningful goals together. From our very first session, we focus on what a successful outcome looks like to you, whether it's reducing anxiety, improving relationships, or changing self-defeating behavioral patterns.
Gentle Challenges & Insight
We provide compassionate, gentle challenges that invite you to step outside your comfort zone. This helps you challenge old beliefs and test new relational and behavioral approaches in a safe environment.
Skill Practice
We don't just talk. You will leave each session with practical tools and behavioral skills to apply to your daily life. This homework is essential for integrating insights and accelerating measurable progress.
Honest Feedback
We believe in honest, direct, and kind communication. We check in regularly on your progress and the effectiveness of our work together, ensuring the therapy remains relevant and beneficial to you.
Is This a Fit for You?
If you are ready to stop just surviving and start truly thriving, our integrated therapy approach may be the perfect fit. If you value both deep insight (the why) and practical skills (the how), and you are looking for a therapist who is warm, challenging, and highly experienced, we encourage you to reach out.
Our unique blend of psychodynamic, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness creates a powerful path toward a more authentic and peaceful life, whether you are in Wellesley, a nearby city, or anywhere across Massachusetts.
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Taking the first step toward support can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to figure it out alone. Schedule an initial evaluation today to share what’s bringing you to therapy, your hopes and goals, and to begin a thoughtful, comprehensive review of your history so we can understand how to best support you.
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