Individual Therapy in Connecticut
Find Greater Clarity, Connection, and Confidence Moving Forward
Sometimes life changes suddenly through a breakup, divorce, betrayal, loss, family crisis, or career disruption. At other times, change begins with a quieter realization: the way you have been living or relating to other people no longer feels sustainable.
You may be struggling to make a decision, repeating patterns you do not fully understand, or feeling disconnected from the person you once were. You may be taking care of everyone around you while having little space to consider what you need.
Individual therapy offers a place to explore these experiences with curiosity, honesty, and support.
I provide secure online individual therapy to adults throughout Connecticut.
Individual Therapy May Be Helpful If You Are…
Experiencing relationship conflict or emotional disconnection
Recovering from divorce, separation, betrayal, or a breakup
Repeating dating or relationship patterns that leave you dissatisfied
Struggling with boundaries, people-pleasing, or excessive responsibility
Navigating a second marriage or blended-family transition
Adjusting to parenthood, an empty nest, caregiving, relocation, or retirement
Questioning your identity, career, or direction
Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, or emotionally depleted
Living with the effects of a loved one’s addiction
Pursuing recovery or building a sober life
Trying to understand painful family or intergenerational patterns
Seeking greater self-awareness and healthier relationships
You may have a clearly defined goal, or you may simply sense that something needs attention. We can begin from wherever you are.
Understanding Yourself Within the Larger Story
We do not develop our emotional responses and relationship patterns in isolation. They are shaped by our families, experiences, relationships, identities, losses, and the environments in which we have learned to function.
A response that now feels unhelpful may once have protected you. Avoiding conflict may have kept relationships stable. Taking responsibility for other people may have helped you feel needed. Remaining highly self-sufficient may have reduced the risk of disappointment.
Therapy can help you understand the purpose these patterns have served while considering whether they still fit the life and relationships you want today.
My Approach to Individual Therapy
My approach is integrative, systemic, and collaborative. This means we can attend to your immediate concerns while also exploring the larger patterns and relationships influencing them.
My style is warm and supportive while also being active and direct when helpful. I may offer observations, ask questions that invite a different perspective, and help you recognize connections between your past and present experiences.
Together, we may work toward:
Understanding the emotions beneath familiar reactions
Recognizing and interrupting recurring relationship patterns
Communicating your needs with greater clarity
Establishing healthier and more sustainable boundaries
Processing grief, anger, shame, or uncertainty
Rebuilding trust in yourself after a difficult relationship
Making thoughtful decisions during periods of change
Developing more compassionate ways of understanding yourself
Creating relationships that feel more reciprocal and emotionally healthy
The purpose of therapy is not to “fix” you. It is to help you develop greater awareness, flexibility, and choice in how you respond to your circumstances and relationships.
Specialized Training in Relationships & Change
As a marriage and family therapist, I received graduate-level training focused on individuals, couples, families, and the systems surrounding them. My clinical experience includes helping people navigate relationship conflict, addiction, divorce, family difficulties, and major life transitions.
I draw from systemic, experiential, cognitive behavioral family therapy, and narrative approaches. I have also completed Level 1 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
My perspective is informed by my earlier career in writing and storytelling, as well as my own experience with divorce, remarriage, relocation, and professional reinvention. I understand that meaningful change often involves more than leaving an old situation behind. It can also require reconsidering the stories, patterns, and expectations we carry into what comes next.
Virtual Individual Therapy Across Connecticut
I offer online individual therapy to clients throughout Connecticut, including Fairfield County, New Haven County, Hartford County, Litchfield County, Middlesex County, New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County.
Virtual sessions allow you to receive relationship-focused support from a private location without being limited by your proximity to an office. This can be especially useful when balancing work, family, commuting, parenting, or caregiving responsibilities.
Clients must be physically located in Connecticut or another state where I am authorized to practice during the session.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I expect during the first session?
We will discuss what brings you to therapy, relevant parts of your history, your present circumstances, and what you hope may change. The first session also gives you an opportunity to ask questions and decide whether my approach feels comfortable.
Can individual therapy help with a relationship if my partner will not attend?
Yes. You can work on your own responses, boundaries, communication, decisions, and relationship patterns even when another person is not participating in therapy.
Do you provide short-term or long-term therapy?
Both may be appropriate. Some clients seek focused support around a decision or transition. Others want more time to explore longstanding patterns, relationships, and personal growth. We can discuss what fits your needs.
Do I need a diagnosis to begin therapy?
No. People seek therapy for many reasons, including relationship concerns, stress, transitions, self-understanding, and personal growth.
Do you accept insurance?
I am an out-of-network provider. I can provide a superbill that you may submit for possible reimbursement. Because plans differ, contact your insurance company to ask about your out-of-network behavioral-health benefits.
Begin with a Conversation
You do not need to know exactly what therapy should look like before reaching out.
A complimentary 20-minute consultation gives us an opportunity to discuss what is happening, answer your questions, and explore whether working together may be a good fit.