Individual & Couples Therapy for Chapel Hill and Carrboro

My office is just off Ninth Street in Durham, a short drive from central Chapel Hill, with online sessions available throughout North Carolina. Over the years, many of my clients have come from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the communities around UNC.

I don’t keep an office in Chapel Hill itself. But in a region where Durham and Chapel Hill are about twenty minutes apart — except, of course, when they’re not — the drive can become a useful pause between one part of life and another.

Once you arrive, geography gives way to the conversation. Therapy is a space where the pace can slow, where the tangles of anxiety, depression, grief, or conflict have room to be seen — and sometimes, gently undone.

Individual Therapy for Chapel Hill Adults

For some in Chapel Hill, it’s the relentlessness of academic life; for others, the quieter ache of transitions — a career ending, a household shifting, a loss that refuses to recede. Therapy holds all of it: the serious work, yes, but also the occasional lightness that comes when words finally find their shape.

We’ll move at a pace that fits you, in a private Durham office where difficult truths can be spoken and new possibilities discovered. Learn more about individual therapy.

Couples Therapy for Chapel Hill and Carrboro

Couples arrive with many different struggles, but the themes are familiar: communication that keeps breaking down, intimacy that feels lost, betrayals that linger. For couples from Chapel Hill, I offer a space where both partners can be heard — whether it’s:

• Communication breakdowns and recurring conflicts
• Intimacy and connection issues
• Trust and betrayal recovery
• Parenting disagreements
• Life transition stress (new baby, new job, relocation, aging parents)
• Premarital counseling

Sometimes the conversation is difficult. Sometimes it’s a relief. Often, it’s both. In my couples counseling, I draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman approach to help couples move beyond surface fights into the patterns — and longings — underneath. Learn more about couples therapy and how I work.

The Practice

I’ve worked with individuals and couples across the Triangle for more than twenty years. My training includes a postgraduate clinical fellowship at Harvard, an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work, and an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School. The work is depth-oriented and practical: attentive to the history beneath a pattern without losing sight of what might help now.

A Note on Place

Beyond the clinical work, I’m often in Chapel Hill — browsing at Flyleaf Books, seeing a film at the Chelsea Theater, or walking in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. The city has its own particular mixture of intellectual intensity, beauty, pressure, and possibility.

Can’t Make It to Durham?

Not every week leaves room for the drive to Durham. When it doesn’t, we can meet online. I work by secure video with clients throughout North Carolina.

Getting Started

Sessions are private pay, with documentation available for out-of-network reimbursement. When you’re ready, you can request an appointment, or read more about what the first appointment is like.