Now accepting new clients in West Hartford, CT — in-person & virtual.
Now accepting new clients in West Hartford, CT — in-person & virtual.
I draw from psychodynamic, existential, and humanistic traditions, as well as Jungian and archetypal psychology
My approach to therapy is integrative — meaning I take a flexible, personalized approach rather than adhering rigidly to one or two specific methods. The person in front of me determines the approach, not the other way around.
I draw from psychodynamic, existential, and humanistic traditions, as well as Jungian and archetypal psychology, Buddhist thought, twelve-step and other recovery frameworks, and a genuine interest in anything that sheds light on the human condition.
Symptoms are not asking to be fixed.
They are asking us to pay attention to something deeper. Depression has a function. Anxiety is pointing somewhere. The question I am always asking is: toward what?
The unconscious is not a problem to be solved. Unlike many modern approaches, I take seriously what is happening beneath the surface — dreams, fantasies, daydreams, reveries, passing images and metaphors. The psyche has a language of its own. Learning to listen to it is part of the work.
People are not projects to be improved. They are mysteries to be lived. My goal is not to make you into a better-optimized version of yourself. It is to help you understand yourself more fully, to come to terms with your life as it actually is, and to find a way forward that is genuinely yours.
You have an inner healer. My job is to help you access it — to become, over time, your own therapist. That means slowing things down, tolerating uncertainty, and trusting that the process has its own intelligence.
The body matters. We hold stress, grief, and trauma in our bodies, not just our minds. Attending to what the body carries — not just what the mind thinks — is part of how real healing happens.
“Each day, my work reminds me to be curious, to check my own reactions, judgements, and assumptions, and to stay open to uncertainty and not knowing.” — Dr. Jeff Burda, Psy.D.
The first step is simply a conversation. A free 20- minute phone call — no pressure, no commitment. Most people find that one conversation makes the decision considerably easier.
