You’ve built a life that relies on creativity and from the outside that looks exciting. People think your job must be fun, expressive, and full of possibility. But the truth is: being a creative professional means living at the intersection of passion and pressure. And that mix can wear on you.

Maybe you’re an actor or musician juggling the nonstop cycle of auditions, gigs, side jobs, and “smile and network” energy. Maybe you’re a designer or writer who’s tired of turning your imagination into deliverables. Maybe you work in product, marketing, or creative direction — and you’re constantly expected to produce ideas, solutions, brilliance, and emotional availability on demand.

Creative work isn’t just a job. It’s personal. And when it’s personal, the stress lives in your body.

I work with creative professionals because I’ve been in that world for most of my life. I’ve had the late-night rehearsals, the deadline spirals, the “what am I even doing?” moments, the creative blocks that feel like identity crises, the professional disappointments that feel like heartbreak. I know what it’s like to pour yourself into something and have it land in a way you didn’t expect. I know the high of creative flow, and I know the hangover that follows.

And I know how hard it is to find a therapist who actually gets that.

In our work, you don’t have to translate the creative life into something more “reasonable.” You don’t have to justify why something small feels big. You don’t have to feel embarrassed that your sense of meaning is tied to your work.

We’ll explore how your creative identity and your emotional world shape each other — where the pressure comes from, why the highs and lows feel so dramatic, why burnout creeps in even when the work is meaningful, and why your nervous system sometimes feels like it’s on a shaky stage with a spotlight aimed right at you.

Some of what we might work on includes:

• Creative burnout — when your love for the work gets buried under expectation.

• Anxiety and perfectionism — the feeling that you should always be doing more, better, faster.

• Creative block — not just the surface-level “stuckness,” but the deeper emotional layers underneath it.

• Identity questions — who am I when I’m not performing, producing, or impressing someone?

• Imposter syndrome — especially in competitive fields where there’s always someone “ahead.”

• Relationship stress — the ways creative work affects intimacy, communication, and energy.

• Career transitions — changing industries, expanding your creative focus, or wondering what’s next.

• The emotional cost of hustle culture — including comparison, scarcity, and exhaustion.

My style is warm, conversational, thoughtful, and engaged. I’m not here to give you generic “self-care” advice. I’m here to help you understand how your emotional patterns affect your work, your work affects your identity, and how both are shaping your day-to-day life.

Therapy becomes a place where your creative brain isn’t something to manage — it’s something to understand and work with. A place where you can let out the parts of you that you keep carefully controlled around colleagues, directors, clients, audiences, partners, or collaborators.