Depth Therapy

I practice Depth Psychotherapy, which is informed by Psychoanalytic and Jungian theory. Together, we take time to notice patterns, explore your inner world, work with dreams, and become curious about the parts of you that may have been overlooked. Therapy unfolds at a pace that feels right for you, and I bring curiosity, depth, and compassion to our work together. 

Many people find Jungian ideas especially meaningful in midlife and beyond, or in an existential crisis such as during a divorce, when questions of purpose and authenticity naturally become more vivid.

Depth Psychotherapy is adapted to meet people where they are, shaped by the concerns and goals that bring them to therapy. 

Adolescents or Adults dealing with trauma or dysregulating symptoms may benefit from a more practical focus, with an emphasis on building coping skills and developing a sense of emotional steadiness. When engaged in this work, we may spend less time exploring the past and more time focusing on what is happening in your life today.  The focus here is on building resiliency by finding your voice and your strength so you can deal with whatever is happening in your life right now.

For others, meaningful change begins to emerge as self-awareness deepens.  As inner patterns related to thoughts, emotions, and relationships are brought into awareness, they often begin to loosen, allowing new ways of being to take shape on their own.

In therapy with couples, we pay attention not only to behaviors and communication, but also to deeper emotional patterns, unconscious dynamics, and meaning. 

Every relationship includes more than two people.  Alongside each partner are old emotional wounds, deeply held beliefs about love, family patterns, and parts of the self that remain outside awareness.  These hidden elements shape reactions, often instantly and powerfully.

We may explore recurring patterns of conflict, emotional triggers that feel larger than the present moment, personal histories and how they shape your relationship.

In Depth therapy, you are invited to talk about whatever feels important about yourself and your life.

Dream interpretation is one topic that may be used to understand your inner life. 

You are invited to share dreams or nightmares, which can offer a direct window into your inner world.  We would talk about your dream, what it might be symbolizing, and what that might mean for your life.

Depth Psychotherapy is rooted in the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who believed that much of what shapes our emotions, relationships, and behaviors lies outside of our conscious awareness. While we often experience ourselves as rational and intentional, our inner lives are also influenced by unconscious patterns that developed over the course of our lives.

Freud's work helps us understand how our early relationships and life experiences shape the ways we learn to protect ourselves, connect with others, and make sense of the world. Many of these adaptations were creative responses that helped us survive. Later in life, however, the very strategies that once protected us can begin to limit us.

Jung believed that healing involves more than letting go of old patterns. It also involves reclaiming the vitality, creativity, spontaneity, and authenticity that may have been sacrificed in the process of adapting.

From this perspective, symptoms such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, perfectionism, or feeling stuck are not simply problems to eliminate. They are often meaningful signals that something within us is asking for attention.

Depth Psychotherapy invites us to approach these experiences with curiosity rather than judgment. Through reflection, conversation, dreams, and the therapeutic relationship, we begin to understand the deeper patterns shaping our lives. 

As these patterns become more conscious, they often loosen their grip, creating greater freedom, resilience, and the possibility of living with more authenticity, meaning, and wholeness.