821 La Jennifer Way
Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Adult Therapy in Palo Alto
Compassionate, Individualized Therapy for Adults
Life can feel overwhelming when anxiety, ADHD, depression, neurodivergence, relationship difficulties, or major life changes begin to interfere with your well-being. You may be functioning well on the outside while struggling internally, or you may simply know that something in your life isn't working the way you want it to.
I believe meaningful change begins with feeling understood. Together, we can look beneath the challenges you're experiencing, recognize patterns, build on your strengths, and develop practical ways to move forward.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and individualized. I draw from traditional talk therapy as well as creative and experiential approaches when helpful. Therapy is tailored to your particular needs, experiences, and goals.
Adult ADHD Therapy
Living with ADHD as an adult can affect much more than attention. You may struggle with organization, time management, procrastination, impulsivity, emotional regulation, or feeling overwhelmed by everyday responsibilities. Relationships and work can be affected, and years of frustration may leave you questioning your abilities or confidence.
Therapy can help you better understand how ADHD affects your particular life. Rather than focusing only on what isn't working, we'll identify your strengths, recognize patterns, and develop practical strategies that fit the way you think and function.
My approach is compassionate and individualized. Together, we can work on managing daily challenges, reducing overwhelm, improving relationships, and developing greater confidence in your ability to navigate work and life.
For adults who are also neurodivergent, therapy provides a place to understand and respect the way you experience the world rather than simply trying to fit yourself into expectations that may not work for you.
Therapy for Neurodivergent Adults
Being neurodivergent can shape the way you experience relationships, work, emotions, communication, and the world around you. You may have spent years feeling different, misunderstood, overwhelmed, or expected to adapt to environments that don't fit the way you naturally think and function.
Therapy offers a place to better understand yourself without assuming that who you are needs to be changed. Together, we can explore your experiences, recognize both challenges and strengths, and develop strategies that support your needs and the life you want to create.
Our work may include navigating relationships and communication, managing stress or sensory overwhelm, understanding emotional patterns, developing self-advocacy, or addressing anxiety, depression, and other concerns that sometimes accompany the experience of being neurodivergent.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and individualized. I want therapy to be a place where you feel understood and respected while developing greater self-awareness, confidence, and practical ways to navigate daily life.
Anxiety Therapy for Adults
Anxiety can take many forms. You may find yourself worrying about things you can't control, replaying conversations, anticipating what might go wrong, or feeling unable to quiet your mind. You may appear capable and successful to others while privately feeling overwhelmed, tense, or exhausted by the effort of keeping everything together.
Therapy can help us understand what is beneath the anxiety rather than simply trying to make the symptoms disappear. Together, we can identify patterns and triggers, explore the thoughts and feelings that keep anxiety going, and develop practical ways to feel calmer and more grounded.
My approach is compassionate and collaborative. We'll build on your existing strengths while developing new ways to manage worry, uncertainty, perfectionism, stress, and the physical and emotional effects of anxiety.
The goal isn't to eliminate every anxious feeling. It's to help anxiety take up less space in your life, so you can feel more confident, connected, and able to make choices based on what matters to you rather than what you fear.
Depression Therapy for Adults
I've seen depression portrayed as someone standing alone beneath a dark raincloud while rain pours down on them, even as everyone else seems to carry on under a bright, sunny sky. If that image feels familiar, you're not alone—and help is available.
Depression doesn't always look the same. Sometimes it arrives gradually, almost unnoticed. Other times it feels like a heavy weight that makes even the simplest tasks seem overwhelming. You may feel persistently sad, irritable, angry, exhausted, hopeless, or disconnected from the people and activities you once enjoyed. It can feel as though your life is no longer your own, and you don't know how to find your way back.
In therapy, we'll work together to better understand the thoughts, emotions, and life experiences contributing to your depression. As you gain insight and develop healthier ways of coping, you'll begin to reconnect with your strengths, rediscover hope, and move toward the meaningful, fulfilling life you want to live.
Life Transitions and Relationships
Life changes can challenge even the ways of coping that have worked well in the past. Changes in relationships, family roles, work, identity, loss, aging, or other transitions can leave you feeling uncertain about what comes next. Sometimes there isn't a single problem to solve—you simply know that the way you've been living no longer feels right.
Relationships can bring similar questions to the surface. You may find yourself repeating patterns you don't fully understand, struggling to communicate what you need, or wondering why certain interactions affect you so deeply.
Therapy offers a place to slow down and understand what is happening beneath the surface. Together, we can explore patterns, relationships, experiences, and expectations that may be shaping how you feel and the choices you make.
My goal is to help you better understand yourself, recognize your strengths, and develop new ways of responding to change and relationships. Transitions can be difficult, but they can also create opportunities to reconsider what matters to you and move toward a life that feels more authentic and meaningful.