Riley Cheskes

In my practice, I see clients that are experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, or difficulties with emotion regulation. I have found myself drawn to clients that are struggling with their relationships. Some of these presenting issues include physical or emotional intimacy, sexual functioning, or relationships that have experienced a rupture or have ended. I hope to support clients in various stages of their lives, including post-graduate, starting a career, addiction recovery, beginning and endings of relationships, and parenthood. Regardless of where you find yourself in your life, I aim to meet you where you are. My approach is relational and depth oriented. Together, we will identify patterns in your life and work towards healing, change, and growth. In our sessions, we will focus on both your presenting issues and the past experiences that I believe shape these. You are the expert of your own life. I hope to guide you through the exploration of it. In therapy, I use an integrative and tailored approach to your individual needs. However, I primarily incorporate psychodynamic, emotion focused, and relational therapeutic modalities. In our initial session, we will explore your story and what brings you to therapy. I like to use this session to learn more about you, to connect, and to set the foundation for our therapeutic relationship. Together, we will identify the core issues and goals for our work together. In subsequent sessions, we will go deeper in our exploration and understanding. We will first work towards reducing your presenting symptoms, but ultimately, we will use our understanding to create long-term change and healing of yourself and relationship issues. You are not just a client. I want to understand you in our sessions and will attune to your individual needs. Each of you is unique and our sessions will be too. I believe we grow in connection with others, now is our time to start.