Psychotherapy and Medication

I provide comprehensive, integrated care that considers the biological, psychological, and social factors influencing each person’s well-being. My approach is grounded in psychodynamic and humanistic psychotherapy, as well as psychodynamic psychopharmacology, complementary methods that help people understand themselves more deeply and make meaningful, lasting changes.

Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a collaborative process that helps you better understand yourself and the patterns that shape your thoughts, feelings, and relationships. In psychodynamic psychotherapy, we explore how past experiences and unconscious processes influence your current life and relationships. In humanistic psychotherapy, the focus is on self-awareness, authenticity, and the capacity for growth, emphasizing empathy, curiosity, and respect for your unique perspective and values.

Together, these approaches aim not just to relieve symptoms, but to foster greater self-understanding, emotional depth, and a more fulfilling way of living.

Medication Management
When medications may be helpful, I approach them from a psychodynamic and humanistic perspective. This means that rather than simply matching a diagnosis to a prescription, I aim to understand what the medication means in the context of your life, your emotional world, and our therapeutic relationship.

This approach, known as psychodynamic psychopharmacology, recognizes that how and why someone takes medication, how it feels to them, and how they experience improvement all matter just as much as the chemical effects themselves. By attending to these psychological and interpersonal dimensions, medication can become part of a thoughtful, healing process rather than a purely biological intervention.

Integrated Treatment
Because meaningful and lasting progress usually comes from addressing both mind and body together, I provide medication management only as part of an ongoing therapeutic process. All patients who receive medication also participate in psychotherapy, either with me or, in rare cases, with another therapist. When therapy is conducted elsewhere, I collaborate closely with your therapist to ensure coordinated, cohesive care. I rarely offer medication management alone and generally reserve this arrangement for exceptional circumstances in which ongoing psychotherapy is already well established with another trusted therapist.