Patterns, not symptoms Psychodynamic
We trace the origin of a reaction, not only its management.
A life that feels more like your own.
Therapy for high-achieving adults and couples navigating burnout, anxiety, relationship challenges, and life transitions in New York.
In person in the Financial District and Williamsburg, and virtually across New York.
From the outside, things work. Inside, something feels off.
You are capable, responsible, the person other people rely on. And still, something has gone quiet—or loud.
Maybe the pace stopped being sustainable. Maybe a relationship, a role, or a version of yourself no longer fits. Therapy is a place to slow down enough to understand what is actually happening, and why it keeps happening.
Where this work usually begins
Burnout and high-pressure careers
When the work you are good at begins to cost more than it returns, and rest stops restoring anything.
Life transitions, identity, and self-esteem
A move, a role, a relationship, or a loss can raise the question of whose expectations you have been living by.
Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
When your nervous system stays braced long after the deadline passes, we work with the body as well as the thinking.
Relationships, intimacy, and connection
Distance, recurring conflict, or difficulty being known—individually or together as a couple.
How I work
Depth, at a pace you set.
Most of what we do is understanding: where a reaction comes from, what it once protected, and what it costs you now. Some sessions are practical. Most are slower than that, and more interesting.
More on my approachSafety before speed Trauma-informed · AEDP
Difficult material is approached deliberately and collaboratively.
The body counts as evidence Somatic
What you notice physically often arrives before you have language for it.
A note from me
I spent seven years inside the kind of pressure you are describing.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked at Boston Consulting Group for seven years, from summer intern to project leader. I know the standards, the pace, and the quiet cost of meeting them well. It means you may spend less time explaining your world to me. The work is still therapy: understanding yourself, not optimizing yourself.
— Vanessa
A first step
A short conversation can help us see if it feels like a fit.
Fifteen minutes, no cost and no obligation. If someone else would be the better fit, I will say so.
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