I practice psychiatry as a relational process - an effort to collaboratively understand how patterns shape a life - 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 that shape us and how we feel. Our work is predominately experiential - I may move between listening, reflection and immediate experience. At times, I may listen attentively or offer thoughts about patterns that emerge, at other times we may slow down and attend close to what is happening in the moment - emotionally, relationally or in the body. Medication may be used thoughtfully while held 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 the universe, with curiosity, compassion and courage - something else becomes possible.