Anger is frequently the most misunderstood and shamed emotional experience.

Many people come into therapy with a complicated relationship to their anger. For some, it can feel overwhelming, unsafe, too much, or something that will damage relationships. For others, anger may feel more familiar as something that gets turned inward, becoming self-criticism, withdrawal, or a quiet heaviness that’s hard to name.

I've found that anger is rarely about what it appears to be on the surface. Usually, it’s layered and complex. It can carry grief, protection, fear, unmet needs, or a sense of boundary violation that hasn't yet been named or acknowledged.

Sometimes what gets labelled as "meanness" is part of this same territory. These are often moments where something inside has reached a limit, or where protection has become more immediate than connection. While these moments can have real impact in relationships, they are also rarely as simple as the label they are given.

In my work, I don't see anger as something to eliminate or fix. Instead, I see it as something that can be befriended, if you slow down enough to understand and explore it with care. Anger holds important information when you venture past the surface: about what matters to you, your values, what has been hurt, and what has not been protected or expressed.

Befriending anger also means staying honest about its relational impact. We can hold both the meaning underneath it and the impact of it at the same time. These are not separate conversations, they are part of the same journey.

I aim to cultivate a space where anger can exist without needing to be acted on, suppressed, or judged. A space to get curious about what it is protecting, and what it might be asking for underneath its intensity.

What I am most interested in is helping people stay in relationship with their full emotional range. To live without needing to exile parts of themselves in order to feel acceptable, and without losing sight of how those emotions live in connection with others. To move instead toward a sense of presence and peacefulness within ourselves, and from there, toward more fulfilling and connected relationships.