For the ones who are still showing up — but barely recognizing themselves anymore.
You’re functioning. Maybe even functioning well. You go to work, you meet your obligations, you check the boxes. But something is off and you know it. There’s a heaviness that won’t lift. A distance between you and your own life. A version of yourself you remember but can’t quite find anymore.
Maybe you lost someone and the grief is still there long after everyone else moved on. Maybe anxiety has been running quietly in the background for so long it just feels normal. Maybe depression crept in and now everything feels flat, muted, or just hard in a way you can’t fully explain.
You don’t have to be in crisis to deserve support. You just have to be tired of feeling this way.
That’s what therapy at Rising Sails is for.
What We Work On
Grief & Loss
Grief is not linear and it does not have a deadline. It shows up in waves — sometimes expected, sometimes completely out of nowhere. It can follow the death of someone you loved, but it can also follow the end of a relationship, a job, a version of your life you thought you’d have. It can be loud and consuming or quiet and chronic. Either way it deserves real space and real attention.
Therapy helps you move through grief at your own pace — not get over it, not rush past it, but actually process it so it stops ambushing you when you least expect it.
Anxiety
Your anxiety might not look like panic attacks. It might look like a brain that won’t stop, a body that’s always braced for something, an inability to rest without guilt or unease. It might look like overthinking every conversation, dreading things weeks in advance, or waking up at 3am with a mind full of everything you can’t control.
Anxiety lies. It tells you that the worry is keeping you safe — that if you just think about it enough, prepare enough, anticipate enough, you’ll be okay. Therapy helps you understand what’s actually underneath it and build a life that doesn’t run on fear.
Depression
Depression doesn’t always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like going through the motions. Like being present in your life but not really feeling it. Like losing interest in things that used to matter, feeling disconnected from the people around you, or just carrying a low-grade sadness that never quite goes away.
If you’ve been wondering whether this is just how things are now — it’s not. Therapy helps you understand what’s contributing to how you feel and start building your way back toward something that actually feels like living.
Feeling Lost
Sometimes people come to therapy not because something dramatic happened but because they’ve slowly drifted away from themselves. They’re not sure what they want anymore. They don’t recognize their own choices. They feel disconnected from their relationships, their purpose, or their sense of who they are.
That quiet disorientation is real and it’s worth addressing. You don’t need a crisis to start therapy. You just need to want something different.
How It Works
Sessions are one-on-one and built entirely around you. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma-informed care, mindfulness-based techniques, and strengths-based practice — using whatever combination actually fits where you are and where you want to go.
You don’t need to have it figured out before you show up. You just need to show up.
The Details
Who I work with: Adults navigating grief, anxiety, depression, and life transitions
Session format: In-person in Dover, Delaware or telehealth Telehealth available in: Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Florida & South Carolina
Office location: 838 Walker Road, Suite 22-3, Dover, DE 19904
Evening appointments available
Investment: BCBS, Private pay — rates available upon request
First step: Free 15-minute consultation — no pressure, no commitment