Nurturing Creativity

“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” Pablo Picasso

Our relationship with creativity is a part of our identity and how we live our life. Your creativity is not just what you do—it’s a core part of who you are and how you experience the world. Caring for your emotional well-being is essential not only for achieving your creative goals but also for building resilience to face future challenges. I work with artists across all mediums—recording artists, actors, writers, visual artists, photographers, sculptors, painters, and beyond. Together, we’ll explore the unique pressures that come with being a creative, from managing stress and burnout to breaking through creative blocks that can hold you back personally and professionally. We’ll dive deep into how your thoughts and experiences around perfection, scope, inspiration, deadlines, and more shape your creative journey.

What does the personal foster in you? What do you think about at night?

Creativity is often the outlet for people-- it is often a coping skill, self-care, and a time to rejuvenate-- but what happens when creativity becomes your job?

Burnout...

Are you procrastinating, dreading your work, feeling stuck, tired, or irritable? Is your life a cycle of highs and lows, nonstop partying, and work? Do inspired, motivated creatives sometimes frustrate you? Are you more defensive than before? Maybe you’re no longer finding joy in what once fueled your passion. Instead of a wellspring of ideas, your creative flow feels dry. Facing creative burnout doesn’t mean your demands or expectations disappear— it can feel overwhelming. Still, success and inspiration are possible, even when it feels out of reach. Therapy can help you reconnect with your spark and break through the blocks holding you back.

How do you imagine your success? How can you tell that burnout is just around the corner? What skills do you use to make sure you don't turn that corner...?

Openness

Openness is one of the five core personality traits, fueling curiosity, a drive to learn, and a deeper connection with the world around you. People high in openness tend to break free from conventional routines and norms, finding emotional resonance in beauty, nature, pleasure, and the arts. They consciously cultivate happiness and approach life’s experiences—including uncertainty and anxiety—with balanced, non-judgmental responses. Psychological flexibility plays a vital role in this process. In therapy, we can build on these strengths and explore how to expand your openness to others and discover how meaningful relationships can enhance your clarity, self-awareness, and understanding.

Creativity in My Practice

When it comes to complex human behavior, interpretation and thoughtful exploration are essential—our complexity is what makes us unique. While my approach is grounded in hard science and evidence-based therapies backed by research, the real question is how these methods apply to you—an individual with your own distinct challenges and victories. Creativity, openness, and curiosity in psychotherapy foster a willingness in both the psychologist and client to test ideas, explore themes, question, imagine, and reflect on thoughts and experiences with depth and authenticity. It is within the therapeutic relationship and the artful integration of established knowledge with the unknown that psychotherapy becomes a deeply personal and experiential healing process. I am passionate about using the most current, scientifically supported tools to help you reach your goals efficiently and thoughtfully. Over time, I’ve refined my intuition into a creative inquiry process—one that brings fluidity, skill, spontaneity, humor, and comfort to our work together.

What do you imagine a life without your current troubles to look like? How will we get you there?

Shadow side of Fame

Even at the peak of success, do you still feel like something’s missing? Fame can be exhilarating—but also disorienting and quietly painful. As a public figure, especially in music, your voice doesn’t just belong to you anymore—it becomes a product, a brand, a constant performance. You may be surrounded by fans, team members, and noise, yet still feel profoundly alone. Praise can feel conditional. Criticism cuts deeper when it’s global. The pressure to be "on" all the time—to deliver, to please, to evolve without ever failing publicly—can be crushing. There's rarely space to grieve, rest, or even question who you are beyond the image. When your creativity becomes currency, when private moments are dissected online, and when every decision feels like it could cost you your place in the industry—it’s no wonder that anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt begin to take hold. Therapy can be a place to exhale, to feel fully human again, and to reconnect with the parts of yourself that fame often demands you hide.

Are you a partner or friend of a musician who needs support?

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