Ellen Louise Ray (She/her/hers)

Anxiety robs us of the present moment. Stuck in that carbonated feeling of worry and stress, we lose touch with and miss out on what is. I use a combination of mindfulness and parts-work (IFS) techniques to support you to become curious about your anxious parts and their attempts to keep yourself safe. Through our work together, you can learn how to reconnect with your grounded, best self and operate from that place of calm.

Grief can feel like an amputation, like the removal of a vital organ. You know you won't survive it, and yet, somehow, you do. I create a gentle space for you to feel into this impossible loss, to explore the depths and complexities of your emotions. Then--only as your system is ready--I support you to begin to explore who you are in the wake of this loss. I'll walk alongside you as you begin to identify the openings now available to you and reclaim inspiration, meaning, and even joy.

Anxiety robs us of the present moment. Stuck in that carbonated feeling of worry and stress, we lose touch with and miss out on what is. I use a combination of mindfulness and parts-work (IFS) techniques to support you to become curious about your anxious parts and how hard they are working to protect you. Through our work together, you can learn how to reconnect with your grounded, best self and operate from that place of calm.

In the wake of trauma, we can feel broken beyond repair. Sometimes we no longer recognize ourselves and struggle to remember who we even are. Using techniques from EMDR and IFS, I'll gently guide you to rediscover your capacity for inspiration, play, and joy while offering you immediate strategies to gain relief from your symptoms. You don't have to walk this path alone. I can help you access your strength, wisdom, and power and find beauty and play in the process of healing.

In the wake of trauma, we can feel broken beyond repair--sometimes we struggle to remember who we even are. Using techniques from EMDR and IFS and offering you many tools along the way, I'll guide you to rediscover your capacity for inspiration, play, and joy as you transform your scariest moments into points of empowerment. You don't have to walk this path alone. I can help you access your strength, wisdom, and power and find beauty and play in the process of healing.

I love supporting clients to identify, get to know, and build compassion for their many parts, even the ones they tend to look away from in shame. You have the power to embrace, heal, and live into every facet of yourself. Your Self--your compassionate, curious, calm inner core--is always there for you, and I can offer you tools to more consistently act from that place of kindness and power.

When you get a cut on your arm, if you keep it clean and tend to it in the right ways, it will naturally heal. Our bodies are designed to do this, and so are our brains. EMDR offers a set of tools that will enable your brain to do just that--to process, heal, and learn from even the most harrowing moments of your life. You don't have to stay stuck. You can move from barely surviving to genuinely thriving.

Trauma overwhelms our natural ability to process and learn from the experiences of our lives. In the wake of it, we can feel stuck in patterns that we know don't serve us--unrecognizable even to ourselves. Through a variety of somatic, imagery-based, and expressive-arts-based techniques, I can help you claim who you are now, not just in spite of, but because of everything you've survived. You can build a life where you feel strong, whole, and free, and I'd be honored to help.