Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Knowing what to expect from your care plan doesn’t just ease uncertainty—it builds trust. While every patient is unique, this is how I generally approach psychodynamic psychotherapy:

Understanding Your History

Often, gaining clarity about the present requires looking back. We’ll explore your family dynamics and formative experiences to better understand the roots of your current challenges.

Exploring Relationship Patterns

Our past shapes how we connect with others. We’ll look at how your early experiences shape the way you navigate relationships, romantic partnerships, and other key relationships. Then, we’ll assess whether those patterns serve you or create friction.

Finding Productive Coping Strategies

We’ll also look at how you handle stress and conflict. When it’s helpful, we’ll identify healthier coping tools that support you in staying engaged with life instead of avoiding what feels difficult.

Developing a Healthier Sense of Self

Once we understand the why behind your behaviors and beliefs, we can begin reshaping the patterns that no longer serve you. The goal isn’t just symptom relief—it’s helping you build a more grounded, resilient sense of self, rooted in insight, self-compassion, and lasting change.

Many of my patients are new to this type of therapy and wonder if it’s the right fit. If any of the following experiences sound familiar, I encourage you to reach out:

• You keep falling into the same patterns—emotionally, relationally, or behaviorally—and don’t fully understand why.
• You suspect your early relationships may be influencing how you show up today, but haven’t had space to explore it.
• You use coping strategies that feel necessary but aren’t really helping—like shutting down, lashing out, or numbing out.
• You’ve tried surface-level treatments and want to go deeper.
• You’re not just looking to manage symptoms—you want to understand and change the root dynamics underneath them.

If you’ve tried other treatments but still feel like something’s missing, psychodynamic psychotherapy can help you move beyond surface-level fixes and feel more grounded, less reactive, and more at ease.

Through this work, you may gain:

• A stronger sense of who you are and where you fit in the world
• Greater emotional ease
• Healthier boundaries that lead to more connected relationships
• Less anxiety and depression
• A broader, more flexible range of coping tools
• A deeper relationship with yourself and others
• A sense of true understanding—something many of my patients describe as incredibly freeing

It’s not common for psychiatrists to also provide psychotherapy. But for me, it’s a key part of how I practice. Even when I’m not the primary therapist, I bring psychodynamic thinking into every aspect of our work.

This approach helps create deeper, more meaningful care. And because I also offer medication management and holistic support, many patients find it helpful to work with one provider who sees the full picture and can guide the process with clarity.