Thoughtful psychological work for individuals and couples navigating complexity, life transitions, and inner conflict.
Drawing on Jungian psychology, sandplay, and depth-oriented methods, the work supports reflection, emotional clarity, and meaningful change.
Rooted in depth, grounded in everyday life
People often reach out when something in their life has become difficult to carry. You may be living with persistent anxiety, low mood, or emotional exhaustion, or you may feel stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand and can’t seem to shift. You might feel overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself or others, or quietly distressed while continuing to function on the outside.
You don’t need to know why this is happening to begin.
You don’t need to have words for it yet.
You don’t need to be ready for insight or change.
My work offers a steady, reflective space where we can take time to explore what you are experiencing, at a pace that feels manageable, without pressure to improve, perform, or arrive at conclusions too quickly.
I offer a steady, thoughtful space for individuals, couples, and groups who are experiencing emotional strain, relationship difficulties, or a sense of being stuck in familiar patterns that no longer feel manageable.
This work is informed by Jungian and depth psychology and is oriented toward understanding inner life - including emotional patterns, recurring themes, dreams, relationships, and moments that feel charged, confusing, or unresolved.
In practice, this means we talk together about what is present in your life now, while also gently noticing how inner dynamics and lived experience may be shaping the way things feel. Rather than focusing on fixing or diagnosing, the emphasis is on meaning, understanding, and developing a more coherent relationship with yourself. The aim is not to change who you are, but to help life feel more understandable and more your own.
This work may be a good fit if you are:
This space welcomes people from many backgrounds, with or without prior experience in depth psychology.
Relationships can become painful places, even when there is love, history, or a genuine desire to stay connected. Many people reach out when communication has broken down, emotional closeness feels strained, trust has been shaken, or physical intimacy no longer feels easy or safe.
I work with couples and relationship constellations who are struggling with emotional disconnection, recurring conflict, mismatched desire, or patterns that leave one or more partners feeling unseen, lonely, or misunderstood. Often, what brings people here is not the absence of care, but the difficulty of staying connected when old wounds, fear, or resentment begin to take over.
Our conversations focus on slowing things down enough to understand what is happening between you - emotionally, relationally, and physically - so that new ways of relating can begin to emerge. This includes making room to speak about desire, intimacy, power, shame, and repair in a way that feels thoughtful, respectful, and grounded.
The aim is to help your connection feel more emotionally attuned, more honest, and more workable in everyday life, including in emotional and physical connection where that matters to you.
Vitality, Mystery, and the Creative Spark
I view Eros as the life force that breathes vitality into love. Eros is not limited to sexuality - it is the energy of imagination, play, mystery, and longing. It is the source of renewal in both relationship and self.
Together, we make space for the erotic as a dimension of aliveness. We explore what invites desire, what sustains attraction, and how the creative spirit moves through your connection. In this space, desire is welcomed as a form of sacred communication between two evolving souls.
Through this work, your relationship can become a vessel for conscious love - where both partners feel more seen, more free, and more connected to their inner truth. The couple becomes not just a bond, but a living symbol of the sacred marriage between Soul and Soul.
Sandplay, also known as sand tray therapy, is an in-person, nonverbal approach developed by Dora Kalff, a Jungian analyst who created this method as a form of depth work rooted in imagery, symbol, and the unconscious. Utilizing a sand tray and miniature figures, individuals or couples construct scenes that can symbolize inner states, relational dynamics, or situations that are challenging to articulate directly.
Though it may seem playful, sandplay is a focused and often intense method, closely tied to Jungian psychology, dream work, and imaginal processes. It can be particularly beneficial when verbal expression feels limited or when experiences are more emotional, bodily, or symbolic than verbal. For couples, sandplay can provide a powerful means to explore and understand what is unfolding between them, transcending habitual conversations.
Sandplay may be incorporated into sessions when it feels beneficial, always at a pace that feels manageable and respectful. Currently, sandplay is offered in person at my Falls Church, VA location only and is not available at my other site.
For more information on soul integration through sandplay, visit https://www.sandplay.org.
Jung opened the door to a psychology that takes inner life seriously - dreams, symbols, emotions, and the patterns that shape our relationships. His work has helped many people understand that what troubles us often carries meaning, and that paying attention to the psyche can soften what feels stuck and deepen how we live.
Life moves fast - full of duties, noise, and the pressure to keep going. But beneath the surface lives a quieter question: Who is living this life? We are the city - its makers, its dreamers, its dwellers - but often forget our own center. This work is a return to the one inside who longs to live with meaning, not just momentum. It’s a way of rooting your inner truth in the heart of daily life.
This is a calm, unhurried space where you can speak freely and take your time.
Beyond methods or techniques, what often helps most is being met with steady attention and respect.
We follow what feels most present: thoughts, emotions, relationships, bodily states, dreams, or questions that keep returning, without pressure to arrive at answers too quickly.
C G Jung