Services
- Individual
About My Clients
In order to survive trauma and other difficult life experiences, we cope the best way that we can. Some people numb their feelings by creating a life of perpetual busyness, some cope with food, others with alcohol or substances. Others might isolate because their experience interacting with the world has resulted in so much hurt. Our coping strategies that may have worked in the past may no longer feel like they are working during this time. We may feel like we are losing contact with ourselves
My Background and Approach
The most challenging work of being in therapy is often the work that you will do outside of our time together, as this often requires a new way of moving through your world. You might have to examine some old patterns of surviving, shift relationships, set boundaries for yourself, prioritize your well-being. That rich work requires a lot of support. My therapeutic lens integrates somatic interventions, mindfulness, and EMDR and is informed through a justice framework, allowing for exploration of the impact of oppression on individual identities and lived experiences. Let’s co-create a space that centers your inner wisdom and cultural and spiritual traditions, and builds on your natural resilience.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My intention is to create a space that centers all of your multiple identities: race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, etc. Your many identities and your cultural and spiritual healing practices are valued here. Additionally, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and other forms of harmful systemic isms will be openly talked about in this space. Often our experience of trauma is compounded by the harm of living today in a culture that diminishes our humanity and devalues collective care for each other. I know that this work of self-examination of our own biases and how we hold privilege can feel uncomfortable for us holding various forms of privilege. Often, we have never been asked to examine these parts of ourselves, which is by design. We will approach this work with curiosity and compassion.