Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy
EFIT is a groundbreaking therapeutic model that facilitates the creation of secure relationships with self and others. Depending on your life experience, you may believe that compassion is a weakness, an indulgence, or even foolish. Research suggests otherwise; overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is vital to good health.

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Do you need help understanding why certain important relationships—with your partner or other family members, friends or colleagues—aren’t working as well as you would like? Would you like to improve your relationship with yourself?
Scientifically-based and humanistic, the work I do combines cutting edge research in compassion, attachment theory, and neurobiology to support you in growing your capacity to connect with yourself and others. You may have a part of you that wants to grow and change, and another part that persistently blocks your desire for growth. This is not unusual, and we will unpack and work to integrate these parts.
Compassion Focused Therapy
(CFT) is a process of developing compassion for the self and others and has been shown to increase well-being and enhance recovery. A compassionate awareness involves recognizing pain as part of the human experience and aspiring to alleviate it.
Why Does Compassion Matter?
Compassion is comprised of multiple attributes and skills, and research consistently shows that compassionate motives organize the mind in ways that promote flourishing, connectedness and well-being. We can be compassionate toward other people; we can be open and receptive to compassion from other people toward us; and we can learn to be compassionate toward ourselves. Paul Gilbert, Ph.D., a leading researcher in the science of compassion, has shown that when we are in the flow of compassion (feeling it toward others; receiving it from others; and generating it toward ourselves) we become oriented toward caring, responsive, and engaged behavior, all of which are essential in healthy relationships.
What is Self-Compassion?