Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Using EMDR, we will be able to work together to process traumatic life events and negatively held beliefs in order to see a brighter future for yourself, free from trauma. Change is possible and I can help you hope for a better tomorrow. Reach out to learn more!

You may find it difficult to create or stay in deep relationships, constantly waiting for the next shoe to drop, or feel like you're always a moment away from snapping, wanting to run away. Trauma touches us to our core, changing how we view life, self, and others. Trauma can range from problematic family dynamics to returning home from war. You deserve to share your story and release the control that trauma may have on your quality of life.

I have been treating complex and chronic trauma for the entirety of my career, and am trained in many modalities specific to this such as EMDR, Attachment-Focused EMDR, and Child Parent Psychotherapy.

Treating PTSD among military veterans has been the focus of my clinical work for several years and I have developed an expertise in providing evidence-based therapies for PTSD. I specialize in the assessment and treatment of PTSD related to combat or being in war zones, sexual assault and violation, physical assault, violent crime, natural disasters, severe accidents, and trauma based in race, gender, or sexuality.

I have extensive experience working with trauma, including childhood abuse and neglect, sexual assault, military trauma, etc. I focus on building a safe foundation from which to explore and approach difficult emotions and experiences.

Our clinicians are trained in evidence-based methods for healing from trauma, including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). The experience is still remembered, but the fight, flight, or freeze response from the original event is resolved. Extensive research on EMDR in particular supports that we can heal from traumatic experiences in body, mind, and spirit, if you’ll join us.

PTSD is a normal reaction to abnormal events. The parts of you that respond by fighting, fleeing, freezing, fawning, submitting, and/or attaching are your heroes. They kept you safer by showing up during traumatizing moments. However, what was once adaptive becomes maladaptive once you are in a safer environment. These symptoms not only make sense, but they are also able to be helped through various techniques that can help you leave the heavy emotional charge of the past in the past.

Trauma is a person's response to a distressing experience that overwhelmed their ability to cope and make sense of the situation at the time. It can cause feelings of fear and helplessness, diminishes a person's sense of self, as well as their ability to feel a full range of emotions. I assist my clients to work through events they were previously unable to process in order to restore a sense of safety, capability and self-compassion.

I have graduate-level training supporting individuals experiencing trauma-related stress and anxiety; I have also worked in various settings where recurrent and ongoing trauma were prominent issues, engaging with individuals to identify, process, and mitigate the affects trauma had on their lives.

I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)

I'm trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), an evidence-based therapy approach based in the understanding that the brain can reprocess traumatic memories. While we can't undo what happened in the past, EMDR allows your brain to gain a new perspective on traumatic events. Think of it as turning down the volume and intensity of those memories, in order to reduce or remove the symptoms that are impacting your life.

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Grief Certified Informed Professional

According to SAMHSA, it is estimated that first responders develop depression and PTSD 33% more often than general public, firefighters have higher suicidal ideations and attempts than general public and it is estimated that 125-300 police officers commit suicide yearly (2016). In the year 2021, more police officers died from suicide than in a line of duty. You are not alone!!! Reach out and find the resources to take care of you!!!

We provide a safe and healing space for you to work on frightening and stressful experiences that happened to you in your past trauma, which can be childhood trauma or life-threatening accidents. It is common to experience a trauma response that includes fight, flight, and freeze, where it feels like shutting down, being flooded, or being overwhelmed. You may notice that you have thoughts such as blaming yourself for the stressful experience and having strong physical reactions.

Anyone who has experienced trauma will find trauma-informed care with me, whether a PTSD label fits or not. You may have felt alone, and we will work together to mitigate the lasting impacts of trauma. This can include relationship distress and trauma, including abuse, MPE (misattributed parental experience), catfishing, ghosting, online dating trauma, and more.

Experience dealing with trauma as an adolescent and substance abuse therapist. Identfyng source of trauma and how the past still effects client to this day, and assisting clients in learning strength based skills to minimize trauma.

If you are a trauma survivor considering treatment under my care, please know that the pace of your treatment will be your own. You will not be pushed to make disclosures or detail the events at the outset of our relationship. Indeed, many of my clients do not disclose or fully detail the trauma in their backgrounds at intake. Instead, only once we have built trust, and when you feel safe and secure within our therapeutic relationship we will begin the work off processing and healing together.