Psychodynamic therapy aims to look beneath the problems you face to understand where they come from and develop a new conscious way of living. We take a step back from symptoms and see you as a whole person with a long and unique history of life experiences that brought you to the place you are now. All of our experiences are filtered though a lens colored by our past. 

One of the fundamental principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy is people's personalities develop in relationship to their earliest childhood caretakers. And these early relationship dynamics tend to repeat in future relationships, unless a new kind of relationship is experienced within the context of therapy.

Our work together is based on a fundamental curiosity about you. Instead of evaluating thoughts and behaviors as “good” or “bad,” we will instead try to understand the meaning underneath. This work will include exploration of emotions, thoughts, fantasies, dreams, and feelings within therapeutic relationship.

As we progress in therapy and build a deeper understanding of you, you may feel that old behaviors no longer serve the purpose they once did. And that a new behavior or reaction may take its place. Therapy is a continuous cycle of experiencing, exploring, understanding, and adapting.