I practice psychiatry as a relational process - to collaboratively understand how patterns shape us - and how they may soften and change. My work is informed by developmental theory, psychodynamic thinking, somatic practices, and contemplative traditions, with close attention paid to the lived experience between us.

Rather than focusing primarily on symptom relief, we explore how temperament, relationships, and life experiences give rise to the patterns of mind and the underlying causes of suffering. The work is predominately experiential. I may listen attentively or offer thoughts about patterns that emerge, at other times we may slow down and attend closely to what is happening in the moment - emotionally, relationally or in the body. Medication may be used thoughtfully within a broader developmental, relational and symbolic context.

Human development is a force that seeks wholeness, a process of continual unfolding and emergence. When we begin to relate more deeply to our suffering, each other and nature, with curiosity, compassion and courage - something else becomes possible.