IFS THERAPY | In-person in Pittsburgh
Teletherapy in Pennsylvania, California, Louisiana, & Japan
Stop beating yourself up, start making room for the beautiful complexity of you.
I help people improve their relationship with themselves.
My clients struggle as you do. Despite being creative, hardworking folks who genuinely care about the people in their lives, life just feels hard. It can sometimes feel pretty lonely too.
When they come in, they’re second guessing whether it’s OK to express their own needs without getting labeled as “needy”, “too sensitive”, or just “too much”. Usually they believe that keeping the peace means wearing many hats and many masks.
They often feel pressured to take care of other peoples’ feelings (friends, partners, the boss, the kids), even when they’re exhausted or out of bandwidth. The idea of saying no or letting people down feels unacceptable.
Any of this sound familiar? I’m glad you’re here.
Hi - I’m John. Licensed therapist, musician, parent, husband, southerner, west coast expat, east coast adventurer, and fellow human.
Like so many folks I work with, maybe you’re struggling with how that endless inner monologue of worry or that “never good enough” feeling gets in the way of the life you deserve, or just enjoying the life you have. You might notice you aren’t the kind of confident, fun-loving person you want to be (or used to be). Maybe you’re failing at finding the balance, even after downloading all the meditation apps. And, fair enough, when the inner critic gets going, it’s easy for your confidence in your own creative identity and unique awesomeness to bottom out.
I’ve been there, and I’d love to be a part of your healing journey.
Before they came to see me, my clients worried that this was just the way life had to be. They wondered if taking time to talk about their struggles was just going to result in getting a bunch of well-meaning advice they’ve already heard a hundred times from their friends or from TikTok #selfcare. And they were pretty certain that they were the problem in their own lives – that all this was somehow their fault (yeah, the inner critic doesn’t pull punches).
Like my clients, you deserve to feel OK, even when you’re not feeling OK.
Being unapologetically yourself while still being a good friend or partner or parent is not out of your reach.
If you want to build a more balanced inner life, while still having space for all the feels and all the creative, unique parts that make you YOU, I’d love to help you get there.
Contact me today. You don’t have to suffer. I can help.