It’s a human imperative to grow -
and keep growing.
However, sometimes we get stuck in systems which are too rigid to allow for the growth we need to do. At other times, life presents a huge plot twist and we need to accelerate the pace to keep up and keep moving. Therapy can be a great resource to help with either of these dilemmas.
Whatever you’re bringing to the room, we can make space for it together. We will figure out what’s negotiable and what isn’t; where you have agency and where there is a need for acceptance and perhaps grief about what can’t be resolved.
The most important cornerstone of the work is the therapeutic relationship itself. The first step is to meet and find out if we are a good fit.
Schedule a free 20 minute call to connect.
How it works
Talk
Schedule a 20 minute call. Let’s chat and see if we would be a good match. If we are not well-suited, I’ll do my best to connect you with other therapists and resources you might find useful.
Connect
We each commit to three sessions to collaborate about the approach we will take to the work. I’ll ask three questions: Why therapy? Why now? And what will success look like in our work together.
Plan
After 3 sessions we will define goals. I’ll bring my training and experience and you’ll bring the expertise in who you are and how you want to be in the world.
Grow
We will work together as discussed. After six months (or before if appropriate) we will revisit goals and recalibrate.
It’s important to know where we came from, to understand our own story. I believe the greatest value in that understanding is in taking the wisdom and knowledge and insights from that experience to guide what we choose next. Together we’ll come up with new perspectives on the problem and new behaviors to experiment with, and together we will process the results.
I’m warm and direct in my work. I offer a strengths-based approach using a systemic and trauma-informed lens. I graduated from the Wright Institute in 2021 and I’m currently working as an Associate Marriage and Family therapist (#AMFT130395) under the supervision of Ali Vogt (#MFT47693).
-Lucy
individuals
Who do you want to be?
The person you are today is a combination of the habits and choices you make on a daily basis. We are each influenced by the systems we each inhabit and guided by the values we choose to uphold.
We also carry the impact of the sum of our experiences so far, and the stories and the relationships which have shaped us. At times, we hold on to memories without fully processing them. We continue to use strategies which kept us safe in difficult times but are no longer useful and might even be getting in the way of our growth or creating obstacles to intimacy with the people closest to us.
The question we ask in therapy is who do you wish to be? What parts of the past need attention so we can leave them where they belong? What ways of being could be adapted to create softness and openness in our relationships with self and others? What values will you consciously choose to light the path forward?
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Couples
I believe humans are wired for connection. In healthy relationships we can feel safe and we can feel seen.
Each relationship offers us the opportunity to understand ourselves better, which is to say: to grow. Part of our responsibility in close relationships is to make a safe space for others, and part is to let others know what we need in order to feel safe. Only then can we do the vulnerable work of showing ourselves to each other.
A little conflict in a relationship can be a good thing. It’s how we find each other’s edges. When the goal of conflict is not to win, rather to find connection, a relationship can grow and deepen.
Conflicts which repeat without resolution can corrode the connection between partners. Therapy can be a useful tool in examining those repetitive issues and reframing them. Change takes time and requires everyone involved to commit to experimenting with new choices in how they respond and react to each other.
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