Why do certain patterns in life keep repeating—
even when you understand them?
You may be thoughtful, self-aware, and successful in many areas of life. Yet certain struggles remain stubborn:
• relationships that follow the same painful script
• anxiety that never fully settles
• a persistent sense of dissatisfaction or emptiness
• feeling stuck despite insight and effort
Sometimes the difficulty isn’t a lack of insight or coping skills.
Often the deeper issue lies in unconscious patterns shaped by earlier relationships and emotional experiences.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy offers a place to explore those patterns carefully and honestly.
In-person therapy in Barrington, Illinois
Telehealth across Illinois and California
What I Offer
I provide psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults seeking a deeper understanding of their emotional life and relationships.
Our work focuses not only on current difficulties, but on the underlying patterns that give rise to them.
This approach can be particularly helpful for people who:
• tend to reflect deeply on their inner life
• feel stuck in repeating relational dynamics
• have tried short-term therapy but want deeper work
• are curious about the unconscious forces shaping their experience
Common Reasons People Reach Out
People consider starting therapy for many reasons. You might recognize yourself in some of these experiences:
You find yourself repeating the same patterns in relationships.
You feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck.
You struggle with self-criticism or a persistent sense that something isn’t quite right.
Past experiences continue to shape how you feel in the present.
You want to understand yourself more deeply, even if there isn’t one clear “problem.”
Whatever brings you here, therapy can be a place to explore these experiences without judgment.
My Approach to Therapy
I practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy, a form of therapy that focuses on understanding the deeper emotional patterns that shape our lives.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, this approach creates space to explore:
recurring relationship patterns
unconscious expectations and fears
emotional experiences that may be difficult to name
the ways past experiences continue to influence the present
Over time, this process can help create greater freedom in how you relate to yourself and others.
Areas of Focus
Many clients I work with are thoughtful and reflective people who feel stuck in ways that are difficult to fully understand on their own.
Common areas of focus include:
Anxiety and chronic overthinking
Relationship difficulties or recurring relational patterns
Depression and feelings of emptiness
Trauma or difficult early experiences
Grief and loss
Identity questions and life transitions
Neurodivergence
Substance use
Sometimes people come with a clear concern. Other times the goal is simply to understand oneself more fully.
