Services
About My Clients
Most of the people I work with have been harmed by people they believed they could trust. After trauma, many people have a hard time speaking up and setting healthy boundaries. I specialize in working with people who feel stuck in shame and struggle to feel safe in their bodies or relationships. Even years after trauma, your body may still react to what you experienced. Logically you may know you're safe, but your body could still be assessing for danger to try to prevent it from happening again
My Background and Approach
I have completed training in EMDR and it is one of my favorite treatments to use with my clients. This type of treatment helps decrease stress related to upsetting memories, improve positive thoughts about yourself, and may give you clarity to past, present, or future scenarios. During therapy, we will talk about situations that upset you and empowering ways to overcome them.In therapy, we address the trauma that is stored in your memories and in your body. Through safely reconnecting with parts of your body, you will be able to explore and release the feelings you may be unintentionally holding on to. We incorporate somatic grounding practices and cognitive restructuring so your body and mind can feel like they are on the same page. Often times people feel frozen in their bodies which is what stops them from speaking up for themselves or setting boundaries. By working through this response and learning ways to stand up for yourself, you can have healthier relationships.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
A couple movements that help shape my work with survivors of trauma are the Start By Believing and Me Too movements. I believe you are doing the best that you can with the knowledge you have. I hope to help you never feel alone with anything you have experienced and at the bare minimum I will be someone who supports you through your difficult times. Since I was 15 years old I have been a part of the movement against sexual violence. During my teenage years, I was volunteering with a local rape crisis center which is when my passion started for helping people heal from trauma. For the past 9 years I have experience working in clinical mental health settings.