ABOUT

Before discovering psychoanalysis, I had been in group and individual therapy for years, and was even training to be a therapist. While I found support and encouragement, I felt something was missing. I had been reading Lacan in a study group, and I realized that he was saying something about living a life of desire that I had not encountered previously. Thus, I sought a Lacanian analyst. 

I was able to voice my own curiosity about symptoms that had plagued me, and I began to lay on the couch.  I had never allowed myself to think out loud without self-control, to just let myself go, and say whatever came to mind (what Freud calls “free-association”).  I felt I was listening to myself for the first time, and it quickly became clear that these sessions went far beyond problem-solving and symptom-reduction.  I was encountering my unconscious, working through dreams, noting repetitions in my action,  how I would say more than I intended to say. As a result I began to enact my desire with less inhibition and experienced greater satisfaction and ownership in my life.

As someone who has spent years on the couch, I can tell you that there is no better investment than psychoanalysis.  All it takes is the willingness to follow Freud’s fundamental rule: to say whatever comes to mind, abstaining from judgment and censorship.

I have dedicated my life to practicing and studying psychoanalysis, and am currently in formation at the International Institute of Psychoanalysis. I have a Masters in Family Therapy from Trevecca University, and have experience working clinically in both residential and outpatient settings. I am currently licensed and work in private practice in both Tennessee (LMFT License #1423) and Colorado (LMFT License #2029).