Therapy for young adults

black and white photo of white young man with shaddow of blinds on his faceI provide therapy to young adults who are struggling.

 

Figuring out who you want to be and how you want to live is a huge undertaking. It’s even harder to do while depressed, anxious, recovering from trauma, or grappling with your mental health.  Add in a continuing, ever-changing global pandemic, climate change, systemic and interpersonal racism, threats to reproductive rights and LGBTQI rights as well as to our democracy, and an uncertain economic future? What’s there to feel good about?

 

You can create something beautiful and satisfying out of your experiences, even in the face of a traumatic past and uncertain future.

The tasks of young adulthood

As an emerging adult, you are likely working through the following challenges and tasks:

  • Identity formation
  • Instability in living situation, career, and relationships
  • Self-discovery
  • Feelings of being in between, not a kid, but not fully an adult, either
  • A sense of openness and possibility

 

Sometimes we get stuck at one of these places. Therapy provides a safe space for you to work through roadblocks. We create room to forge your own path.

Made for you

My approach is catered to your needs. What brings you to therapy is a focus, but I also acknowledge that the past informs the present. We may take that past on directly or keep it in mind as a minor theme. Insight combined with action are often the keys to change.

 

I resonate most with young adults struggling with family of origin issues, discrimination, and experiences of trauma and loss. These issues and experiences often lead to depression, anxiety, and worries about not being good enough or able to make healthy decisions. I am able to be present when you are hopeless and help you see the good within.

How it works

Black man with beard wearing cap and heart sunglasses hugging back of another manMy approach to therapy is relational, attachment-based, and rooted in making sense out of what may be operating under the surface.

 

In our initial sessions, I will gather information about both your current life and your history. From there, our sessions will focus on present issues and what may be influencing them. We may look at family and unconscious patterns at work. In addition, I take a social justice stance and always consider the effects of  your identities, social forces, and differences between us and how these factors affect you and our therapeutic relationship.

Contact me

Interested in learning more or want to schedule an initial consultation? Use my secure contact form or email me directly. My online portal shows my current openings. You can also schedule an appointment via the portal.