How I can help
I work with individuals and couples who are physically located in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. I may also work with clients who are temporarily located outside the United States, depending on local laws and regulations. If you reside outside of the U.S., please reach out so we can determine what services are available based on your location. If you relocate to an area where therapy services are restricted, I can help you explore appropriate alternatives.
American Expats
Many Americans overseas struggle to find culturally attuned therapists who understand the unique pressures of expat life - such as isolation, cultural adjustment, and distance from familiar support systems. My practice provides a safe, understanding space where expats can process these experiences, establish a support network, and feel more connected in a foreign land.
Military and Federal Employee Families
I understand the profound sense of duty that comes with serving one’s country, as well as the personal and familial challenges that can accompany that commitment. Frequent relocations, demanding responsibilities, and constant adaptation to new environments can take a real toll on emotional well-being and relationships. Together, we’ll create a safe, supportive space to honor your experiences and sacrifices, strengthen resilience, and cultivate a greater sense of balance, connection, and fulfillment - wherever life and service may lead you.
Individual Therapy
My work with individuals centers on helping you make sense of your past and present experiences, navigate significant life transitions, and manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Together, we’ll explore the patterns and emotions that shape your relationships - with yourself and others - so you can create greater clarity, balance, and self-understanding.
I also work with individuals impacted by substance use or addiction, as well as those seeking to re-evaluate their relationship with drugs or alcohol.
For those working to manage anger or anyone struggling with anxious attachment, therapy offers a safe space to develop emotional awareness and healthier ways of connecting. When we desire growth and self-improvement, change is possible - and therapy can be the place where that change begins.
Marriage/Couples Counseling
"I finally found my rhythm when I realized that even the steps backwards were part of the dance" - Melody Godfred
A healthy relationship is much like a dance in that it requires awareness, coordination, and practice. Each partner brings their own rhythm, steps, and style, and when both move in tune with one another, the connection can feel effortless. But even in the best relationships, one misstep can throw the dance off balance.
In couples counseling, I help you observe the dance you and your partner are currently engaged in - the patterns of interaction, emotion, and communication that shape your relationship. Together, we’ll work to build greater attunement, more curiosity, and compassion for each other so you can rediscover your natural rhythm and move together in a more fluid, connected, and fulfilling way.
Coaching Services
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I bring my training and experience in relationships to coaching individuals and couples through a collaborative, goal-oriented process designed to help clients gain clarity, build confidence, strengthen relationship skills, and turn insights into action. Coaching is distinct from psychotherapy and is focused on growth, skill-building, and achieving specific relationship or personal goals rather than diagnosing or treating mental health conditions.
Individual Coaching
One-on-one coaching is designed for individuals who want support navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, dating, communication patterns, boundaries, or personal growth. Whether you're looking to better understand your relationship patterns, prepare for a new chapter, or feel more confident in how you show up in your relationships, individual coaching provides a supportive space to identify your goals and create meaningful, intentional change.
Relationship Coaching
Relationship coaching is designed for couples who want to strengthen their connection and create a healthier, more fulfilling partnership. Sessions focus on practical skills such as communication, conflict resolution, emotional connection, intimacy, and navigating transitions together. It can be especially helpful for couples who are doing relatively well but want to be more intentional about their relationship, as well as couples looking for guidance around a specific challenge or transition.
Relationship Discernment Coaching
Are you contemplating divorce/separation but not sure if you want to close the door on couples therapy? If you are not sure about how to proceed in your relationship, discernment might be the right fit for you. I will meet with you for a two-hour intensive intake, and up to four 90-minute sessions structured specifically to help you gain clarity and confidence about your decision, to move towards reconciliation, or to go your separate ways. While discernment is not therapy, it can precedes couple's therapy, and is recommended for couples where one partner is leaning out of the relationship (considering separation/divorce) while the other is leaning in (hoping to save the relationship).
See if Discernment Coaching is right for you: