Meaningful therapy happens when your needs and goals align with your therapist’s skills and approach.
Your Needs
What are you struggling with?
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Therapy doesn't have to begin with a crisis. It can be a place to understand yourself more deeply, recognize patterns, and create a life that feels more aligned with who you are.
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Support through change, loss, relationships, identity, uncertainty, and new chapters of life.
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Support for worry, overwhelm, stress, and patterns that make it difficult to feel settled or present.
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Support when you're feeling disconnected, discouraged, unmotivated, or unlike yourself.
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A supportive space to process difficult experiences and move toward greater safety, understanding, and healing.
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An individualized approach that respects differences in how you think, feel, communicate, and experience the world.
How I Help
Modalities that inform my work
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The way we think can have a powerful impact on how we feel and respond to life’s challenges. CBT helps you recognize thought patterns and behaviors that may be keeping you stuck and develop practical ways to approach them differently. Together, we work toward building healthier perspectives, more effective coping strategies, and greater confidence in navigating difficult emotions and situations.
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We all have different parts of ourselves—parts that worry, protect, criticize, avoid, or try to keep everything under control. IFS therapy helps you approach these parts with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment. By understanding what they are trying to protect you from, you can begin to heal old wounds, quiet inner conflict, and feel more connected to your authentic self.
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Trauma can shape the way we see ourselves, relate to others, and respond to the world around us—sometimes in ways we may not even recognize. Trauma-informed therapy creates a safe, supportive space to understand these patterns without judgment. Rather than asking, “What’s wrong with me?” we become curious about “What happened, and how did I learn to cope?” Together, we work toward greater understanding, healing, and a sense of safety within yourself and your relationships.
You might hold the belief that since you did not experience “Big ‘T’ Trauma” (singular, life threatening events that most people would view as traumatic) you don’t consider yourself to be impacted by trauma. However, at times “Little ‘t’ Trauma” (relationship disruptions, childhood emotional/attachment wounds, social pain, major life transitions, loss, etc) can lead to chronic stress, emotional pain, or identity disruption. The impact of these experiences can be profound and deep, causing chronic underlying distress in a person’s life.
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EMDR helps the brain process painful or overwhelming experiences that may still feel “stuck.” Through a structured and supportive process, EMDR can reduce the emotional intensity of difficult memories, helping the past feel more like the past.
EMDR is not only used for treating past trauma - it is also effective with current or future issues. Negative beliefs about oneself (which are at times deeply hidden), such as “I’m not good enough”, “I’m unlovable”, “I’m not safe”, or “I have no control”, can impact how a person functions in their daily lives. Relationships, roles, careers, and identity are all built around the beliefs we carry. EMDR can be used to target and rewire these negative underlying messages into more empowered and grounded beliefs, creating a shift within ourselves. -
Sometimes the ways we learned to cope, connect, or protect ourselves in the past can continue to shape our lives today. Psychodynamic therapy offers a space to slow down, get curious about these patterns, and better understand yourself and your relationships. As you gain insight into what may be happening beneath the surface, you can begin to let go of patterns that no longer serve you and find new ways of moving through life that feel more authentic and fulfilling.
Together, we explore unconscious motivations, internal conflicts, and defense mechanism, holding the understanding that insight and awareness is the first step for change.
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Mindfulness is about learning to be more present with your thoughts, emotions, and experiences without immediately judging or reacting to them. Through simple, practical techniques, mindfulness can help you slow down, notice what’s happening within you, and respond with greater awareness and intention. Over time, this can create more space between what you feel and how you respond, helping you navigate stress and difficult emotions with greater calm and clarity.
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Our bodies often hold onto stress and difficult experiences, even when we may not be fully aware of it. Somatic therapy helps you notice and understand the connection between physical sensations, emotions, and patterns of response. By gently tuning into what your body is communicating, you can build greater awareness, develop a stronger sense of safety, and discover new ways to respond to stress and overwhelming emotions.