I am a licensed psychotherapist specializing in individual and couples' psychotherapy. I am a long-time practitioner and clinical supervisor. I have been a student of many theoretical approaches and have honed my particular therapeutic style which dovetails who I am as a person and who I am as a clinician. I work best with people and couples who feel stuck. People who are seeking a new way of thinking, feeling and relating to the world, themselves, and their relationships. At the seat of my approach is understanding how relationships, both with ourselves and with others, impact our experiences in the here and now.

Our most intimate relationships can be a second opportunity to build safety and security in adulthood and they are also places we tend to get stuck. We can find ourselves in the same loop of interactions, like two magnets with opposing forces pushing each other away leaving us disconnected, isolated and feeling unseen yet being in partnership(s). Inability to make changes and shifts in relationship suggest there is a disruption in the attachment systems which drives folks together. The immense change that happens naturally after someone feels seen and their experiences validated can be life changing. Finding your way toward authentic relationships can deepen self-understanding and release old hurts which enlivens the natural drive to connect.

No matter how long your systems of affection and connection have been dormant, it only lays in wait until a new, pattern changing interaction occurs; I strive to create the conditions that new interactions are allowed to grow, and people can find themselves again or sometimes, for the first time.

Reach out to Christine: christine@westtherapygroup.com