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About My Clients
My approach to psychotherapy is deep, thoughtful, and caring. I work with adults and adolescents navigating challenges related to trauma, narcissistic abuse recovery, dissociation, chronic illness, relationship struggles, abuse, life and career concerns, and issues around identity and creative expression. I specialize in helping people recover from religious abuse and coercive control, including survivors of cultic abuse and high-demand groups.
My Background and Approach
My approach is primarily psychodynamic, and includes trauma-focused therapeutic tools such as deep brain reorienting (DBR), EMDR, somatic psychotherapy, and parts work. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked as a neuroscientist, so my therapeutic approaches are informed by experience and expertise in neuroscience. I studied how therapy can change the brain and improve symptoms in people who are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. I completed my MSW at Columbia University in New York and my PhD in Psychology, which focused on cognitive and clinical neuroscience, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. I also completed post-graduate study in the psychology of coercive control at the University of Salford in the UK. I have additional advanced training in trauma-focused therapies from the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I work in a collaborative, client-centered way, which means we will work together to help you find meaning, to build a better understanding of yourself and any patterns that may keep you stuck. I operate from a strengths-based perspective, which means that I want to acknowledge and build on your strengths and to help you grow. I also want to support you to connect with aspects of you that may have been suppressed, including your creativity, healthy self-expression, and wellbeing.