You just need somewhere to start.
Maybe you’re angry all the time and don’t completely understand why. Maybe you can explain every one of your patterns intellectually but still can’t seem to change them. Maybe you’re looking for someone your teenager might actually talk to.
Or maybe you know something isn’t working anymore.
I offer online individual therapy for adults and teens in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida. We’ll start with what’s actually happening in your life, instead of trying to fit you into a box.
You Don’t Need to Know What Kind of Therapy You Need
You’ve Thought About It to Death. You’re Still Stuck.
Adult Therapy
Maybe you already know why you’re like this.
You know where the anger comes from. You can trace the relationship pattern back three generations. You’ve replayed the conversation 47 times and identified exactly where it went wrong.
And somehow, knowing that hasn’t made you feel any less angry, resentful, overwhelmed, or stuck. That’s where we’ll start.
I work with adults who tend to think deeply, feel intensely, shut down when things become too much, or get frustrated when emotions refuse to behave as logically as they’d like them to.
Therapy with me isn’t about convincing you to stop thinking or treating every uncomfortable emotion like something we need to get rid of. We’ll talk about what keeps happening, why it makes sense that it’s happening, and what might actually need to change.
Anger can tell us that a boundary has been crossed.
That something feels unfair.
That a need has gone unmet for a very long time.
Sometimes it’s protecting grief, hurt, fear, or something else you haven’t had much reason to look at yet.
The goal is to understand what your anger is telling you and learn how to use that information without blowing up your relationships, your career, or your own sense of self in the process.
You might be a good fit for adult therapy if:
→ You’re angry or irritated more often than you want to be
→ Resentment has started creeping into your relationships
→ You shut down, withdraw, or disconnect when things get intense
→ You overanalyze everything but still feel stuck
→ You understand your patterns but have trouble changing them
→ You’re tired of being told to “let it go” or “think positive”
→ Traditional therapy has felt too vague, passive, or disconnected from how your brain works
Teen Therapy
Your Teen Might Not Want Therapy. That’s Okay.
Some teenagers walk into therapy ready to talk. Others would rather be literally anywhere else.
If your teen is angry, withdrawing, struggling at school, overwhelmed by relationships, feeling isolated, or having emotions that seem to go from zero to sixty, you may know they need support even if they’re not exactly thrilled about the idea.
I’m not interested in forcing a teenager to open up on command. Building trust comes first.
I work to understand how your teen communicates, what matters to them, and how they make sense of the world. That might mean talking directly about what’s happening. It might mean starting somewhere completely different. Books, movies, games, characters, humor, or whatever they’re actually interested in can sometimes give us a much easier place to begin.
The goal of teen therapy isn’t compliance.
It’s helping your teenager better understand what they’re experiencing, find language for things that may be hard to explain, build ways of handling intense emotions and difficult situations, and feel like they have somewhere they can be taken seriously.
And, parents still matter here, too.
I’ll respect your teen’s privacy while collaborating with you when appropriate so we can support what’s happening outside of sessions without making your teenager feel like therapy is just another place where adults are talking about them.
Teen therapy may be helpful for:
→ Anger, irritability, or emotional outbursts
→ Withdrawal or isolation
→ Feeling misunderstood by family or peers
→ School stress and lack of motivation
→ Friendship or relationship difficulties
→ Teens who identify as nerdy, creative, intense, or outside the mainstream
→ Teens who are skeptical of therapy or have had a difficult experience with it before
Geek Therapy
Yes, Geek Therapy Is a Real Thing.
Sometimes it’s easier to explain yourself by talking about someone who technically doesn’t exist.
A character you relate to. A storyline you can’t stop thinking about. A game that gave you a way to make sense of something you couldn’t explain anywhere else.
Geek Therapy uses the interests you connect with as another way to explore what’s happening in your own life.
That can include books, movies, television, anime, comics, superheroes, video games, tabletop role-playing games, fandoms, science fiction, fantasy, or whatever fictional world happens to matter to you.
A fictional relationship might make it easier to recognize a pattern in yours. A story about power, responsibility, grief, identity, morality, trauma, or belonging might give us enough distance to talk about something that feels harder when it’s directly about you.
Or you might simply make a wildly specific reference that explains exactly what you mean, and instead of treating it like a tangent, we use it.
So…What Does That Actually Look Like in Therapy?
We might use a character’s choices to talk about your own values.
The point isn’t the fandom. The point is that therapy doesn’t have to ignore the things that already help you understand yourself and the world around you.
And, if none of this resonates with you, we simply won’t use it. Geek Therapy is something I can bring into our work when it makes sense for you; not a prerequisite for becoming a client.
Different People Need Different Things
And sometimes, the same person needs different things depending on what we’re working on that day.
My approach is integrative, which means I draw from different kinds of therapy based on what actually makes sense for you. There may be times when we look at the story you’ve been telling yourself about an experience, challenge a thought pattern, sit with an emotion instead of immediately trying to solve it, or focus on something concrete you can do differently outside of our session.
And if something I suggest doesn’t resonate with you, you can tell me.
Seriously. You’re allowed to ask questions, disagree, and take up space here. Therapy isn’t a test you pass by doing the exercise correctly. We can scrap it, adjust it, or try something else.
You Don’t Have to Figure It All Out Before You Reach Out
If something on this page sounded a little too familiar, that’s enough of a place to start.
I offer online therapy for adults and teens in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida.