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About My Clients
Has “life happened” and left you struggling or feeling stuck? Are you in a helping or first responder role and what you see or hear daily is adding up? Maybe there is infidelity or disconnect in your relationship. Maybe trauma has found you. Are you feeling alone, confused, and like nobody will understand? Does what you show outside not match how you feel inside? Does your spouse feel more like your roommate? You are not alone! You don't have to struggle alone.
My Background and Approach
I am integrative in my approach and see therapy through the lens of the systems in which we live. All things are connected and have influence. There are patterns are sometimes difficult to see but incredibly important. Humans are adaptive and strive for balance and healing. Understanding this, experiencing my own (continued) healing, and connecting with each client as a unique individual with compassion allow me to journey with clients in self-discovery and understanding. I use EMDR and Gottman Method and am influenced by Internal Family Systems, CBT/REBT, mindfulness, and somatic theories. This allows me to partner with you to create a plan for recovery that is unique to each person/couple and their situation.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that we are all seeking to heal injuries and traumas we have collected over our lifetime. We have been "faking it" til we "make it" for years -- only the "making it" part seems elusive. Each injury or trauma impacts how we see our selves, our world, our relationships, and our possibility. Likely we have received effects of injuries which happened to our parents, grandparents, or beyond - some communities more so than others. For me, like learning, this is a lifetime endeavor of continual healing and we need hope for that journey. Dr. Brene Brown says, "what we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being HUMAN!" Shame is a damaging and destructive weapon which is wielded as if harmless in our daily world. When we are injured by it, we retaliate with it and then use it to protect from future attack. The old adage is true - hurt people hurt people. I believe that change begins with each of us - learning about and healing our own hurts allowing awareness to others.