Hi, I’m Natasha!

I work with individuals and couples who are feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they want to change. You may be navigating anxiety, relationship stress, burnout, a breakup or major life transition, or struggling with the way you relate to yourself and your body.

Often, these concerns overlap. Stress at work follows you home. Anxiety affects your relationships. The way you learned to handle conflict growing up shows up with your partner. Or you find yourself falling into the same patterns even though you understand them and genuinely want things to be different.

I help clients slow those patterns down, understand what’s happening underneath them, and develop new ways of responding that feel more aligned with who they want to be.

Who I Help

Relationships are an important part of my work, whether you come to therapy individually or with a partner. You may have a hard time expressing what you need, worry about disappointing other people, become overwhelmed during conflict, or find yourself repeating relationship dynamics you thought you had moved beyond.

I also work with adults navigating the many roles and expectations that can come with adulthood. Work, relationships, family, identity, and decisions about what comes next can create a lot of pressure—particularly when you’re already dealing with anxiety, burnout, or the effects of difficult past experiences.

Clients come to me for help with:

• Relationship challenges, dating, and breakups
• Anxiety and feeling overwhelmed
• Work stress, burnout, and career concerns
• Life transitions and questions about what comes next
• Trauma and attachment patterns
• Anger and difficulty managing strong emotions
• Body image, binge eating, and disordered eating
• Self-esteem and self-compassion
• Identity, culture, and family expectations

What Working Together Looks Like

My style is active, engaging, collaborative, and human—no blank-slate therapist over here. I want you to feel supported and understood, but I’ll also ask questions, help you make connections, and sometimes give you the nudge you didn’t know you needed.

My work is grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS), which helps us approach the different parts of ourselves with curiosity rather than judgment. Instead of asking, “Why am I like this?” we can begin to understand what a reaction, behavior, or belief may be trying to do for you—and whether you still need it to work that way.

I also integrate my training as a yoga teacher and use somatic and body-based practices when they’re helpful. Sometimes understanding something intellectually isn’t enough. Paying attention to what happens in your body can help you recognize stress and emotional reactions earlier and find ways to stay more grounded when things feel overwhelming.

My approach is trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ affirming, HAES-aligned, and attentive to the cultural and systemic forces that shape how we experience ourselves, our bodies, and our relationships.

Couples & Relationships

You can care deeply about each other and still get caught in patterns that leave both of you feeling frustrated, misunderstood, or disconnected.

I work with couples navigating recurring conflict, communication difficulties, questions about the future, trust, intimacy, and major relationship transitions. I also work with couples who aren't in crisis but want to be more intentional about their relationship or have important conversations before taking a next step together.

In couples therapy, I draw from the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you understand what happens between you during difficult moments, communicate more effectively, and build a relationship that feels more secure and connected.

The goal isn’t to determine who is right. We’ll look at the cycle the two of you get pulled into and practice having difficult conversations differently—so the changes we make in therapy can actually show up in your relationship outside of session.

Experience & Approach

I earned my Master of Social Work from the University of Chicago and my bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Miami. I’m also a Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT-200) and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

Depending on what brings you to therapy, I may draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment-based therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), somatic practices, and the Gottman Method and EFT for couples.

I don't believe therapy needs to look exactly the same for every person. We'll use the approaches that make sense for you while keeping our focus on helping you make changes that carry into your everyday life.

A Little About Me

Outside the therapy room, I love yoga—both teaching and practicing—exploring new coffee shops and restaurants with my partner, hanging by the lake with friends, catching up with family on FaceTime, and endlessly scrolling animal rescue sites dreaming about my future pup.

I provide in-person therapy in downtown Chicago and online therapy throughout Illinois.