I specialize in working with adults affected by trauma, emotional neglect, and experiences that have left lasting marks on how they feel about themselves, connect with others, and move through life.
Sometimes those effects are obvious. Other times, they’re hidden beneath a life that appears to be going reasonably well.
Closeness may bring fear of rejection, a need to please, or an impulse to retreat. Expressing needs can feel uncomfortable or even dangerous. Some people have spent years taking care of others while remaining uncertain about what they themselves feel, want, or need.
The mind keeps scanning for what might go wrong. It’s difficult to relax, even when nothing is obviously wrong. At other times, emotions go quiet, conversations feel distant, or there’s a sense of moving through life on automatic pilot. These seemingly opposite experiences can belong to the same struggle.
Success brings little lasting satisfaction. Criticism stings disproportionately. Resting can feel undeserved, and mistakes seem to say something troubling about who you are. Life becomes an ongoing effort to stay capable, useful, successful, or beyond reproach.
They often overlap, and no one needs to recognize themselves in every description. What matters is how these difficulties are affecting life now—and whether working together might help.