Services
- Individual
About My Clients
Life gets overwhelming sometimes. Feeling like no one really gets you or what you’ve been through is a lonely place to be. Or maybe you feel bossed around by your own inner critic or feel like you keep making the wrong move in relationships but can't seem to figure out what it is. Although I don't know your exact journey, I know what it is to struggle, feel lost, experience trauma, grief, and pain. I also know what it’s like to build hope, and to create meaning from trauma and loss.
My Background and Approach
My goal is to provide a safe space for you to work through struggles and connect to your own inner light and heart wisdom. My work is trauma-informed, and safety focused. I believe that previous life experiences create patterns that influence how we view our selves and others in the present. Sometimes these patterns help us. Other times these patterns are no longer helpful. It is important to honor how unhealthy patterns got started - shine a light - to create an understanding on how to move forward with a heart-centered and empowered update for those patterns. My approach incorporates knowledge about the brain, body, the nervous system, and relationships with compassion. Once empowered with more awareness about natural survival instincts, we can work to create updated, adaptive patterns to take into your life. We will use your strengths to build tools to work through difficult emotions, calm your body, and tend to trauma utilizing principles from both IFS and EMDR therapy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe we all have the capacity to create positive changes in our lives, even if it feels buried in overwhelm. I believe working toward social justice is important, and your context matters. My aim is to create a supportive environment for aspects of your identity in an inclusive and contextual way. I believe authenticity, trust, and compassion are the most important things to look for in the therapy relationship. I would love for you to leave therapy with a better connection to yourself and others.