Therapy for Young Adults

Finding Yourself While Figuring It All Out

Your 20s are is supposed to be “the best time of your life,” right? But for many young adults, it’s also a time of big transitions, deep questions, and quiet struggles.

You're away from home—maybe for the first time—and you're suddenly navigating everything on your own:

Who are you outside of your family?
What do you really want for your future?
How do you deal with the pressure to have it all figured out?

It’s a lot. And if you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or lost—that doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It means you’re human.

You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out

Young adulthood brings a unique mix of freedom and uncertainty. Maybe you're:

Struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, or burnout
Noticing patterns from your family that you’re trying to break
Feeling unsure about your major, career path, or who you’re becoming
Managing relationships, breakups, or loneliness
Trying to keep up appearances while quietly falling apart inside

Therapy can be a place to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself—without judgment or pressure.

You get to be honest here.

You get to show up as you are.

A Space to Find Your True Self—and to Heal

I help young adults explore who they are, where they come from, and where they want to go. Together, we can look at how past experiences—especially early family dynamics—may still be shaping how you think, feel, and relate to others.

Through our work, you can begin to:

Feel more grounded and confident in your choices
Set boundaries without guilt
Understand your emotional triggers and responses
Release perfectionism and people-pleasing
Build a future that actually feels like yours

I use approaches like EMDR, parts work, and nervous system regulation to help you heal from past wounds while also building the skills to navigate the present.

It’s Okay to Ask for Help

You don’t have to carry it all alone. Whether you're in weekly therapy or looking for a focused EMDR intensive, there's a space here for you.

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What Does This Look Like?

Every client I work with is unique; therefore, I cannot predict exactly what you will do in therapy. Together we will develop a specialized treatment plan to meet your specific needs. However, this is a general overview of what you can expect to cover in therapy with me.

1. Exploring the Past to Understand the Present

Many clients come to therapy frustrated that they keep reacting in ways they don’t want to—snapping at their friends or co-workers, withdrawing from their partner, or feeling paralyzed by guilt.

We don’t just look at those behaviors in isolation. Instead, we trace them back to their origins:

What messages did you receive as a child about emotions, love, or safety?
How did your caregivers handle stress, conflict, or mistakes?
What coping strategies helped you survive back then, but are no longer serving you now?

These early experiences shape the way you parent today, often unconsciously. Therapy helps bring these patterns into awareness so you can start making intentional changes.

2. Processing & Releasing Trauma (Instead of Just Talking About It)

Many clients have spent years thinking about their trauma but haven’t actually processed it in a way that allows them to move forward.

That’s where EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) comes in. EMDR is an evidence-based trauma therapy that helps your brain reprocess distressing experiences, so they no longer trigger the same emotional charge.

During EMDR sessions, we’ll work together to:

Identify the core experiences that shaped your beliefs about yourself and the world.
Process these memories in a way that reduces their emotional intensity.
Replace limiting beliefs (e.g., “I’m not good enough”) with more adaptive, empowering ones (e.g., “I am doing the best”).

This isn’t just about feeling better—it’s about rewiring how your brain responds to stress, relationships, and challenges.

3. Learning to Regulate Your Nervous System

When you’ve experienced trauma—especially in childhood—your nervous system is often stuck in survival mode. This can show up as:

Anxiety & overthinking (What if I’m messing up?)
Irritability & outbursts (Why do I keep losing my patience?)
Shame & self-criticism (Why am I still struggling when I should have this figured out?)
Exhaustion & burnout (I have nothing left to give.)

Therapy helps you recognize these states in real time and shift out of them, using tools like:

✅ Breathwork & grounding exercises

✅ Parts work (Internal Family Systems) to heal inner conflicts

✅ Self-compassion practices to quiet the inner critic

✅ Body-based techniques to release stored stress

Instead of white-knuckling through life, you’ll learn how to soothe your nervous system, so you can respond with more calm and confidence.

4. Strengthening Boundaries & Rewriting Old Patterns

If you grew up in a home where your needs weren’t prioritized, it can feel unnatural (or even selfish) to set boundaries. You might default to:

Saying yes when you mean no
Feeling guilty for taking time for yourself
Avoiding conflict to keep the peace

Therapy helps you unpack these patterns and develop a new, healthier way of relating to others—whether it’s with your kids, partner, parents, or coworkers.

You’ll learn how to:

Set boundaries without guilt
Stop people-pleasing and start honoring your own needs
Communicate with confidence instead of shutting down or over-explaining
Parent from a place of intention, not obligation

If you are ready to do deep, meaningful work on yourself, click the button below and reach out today.

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