Therapy Services
Individual Therapy
As an individual therapist, I work towards providing a gentle, but affirming structure in our sessions. You may be recognizing that you are living with long and/or short term impacts of trauma or any kind, but are unsure that you are wanting to move forward with a formal kind of trauma processing (See EMDR below). That is a-okay! I believe in a bottom-up approach to working with clients, meaning I will be curious about how your body, physiological responses, and bodily sensations are experiencing the words that you are telling me in session. Finding relief from past trauma can look like many things and there is no “one size fits all.” There can be benefit in finally finding a space that is yours and yours alone, identifying your feelings, processing your stressors, and learning more about yourself.
Couples Therapy
By being here on my website and considering taking this next step in reaching out for help and collaboration in couples counseling, please know you’re already doing a hard thing. You and your partner love each other and are needing extra support in reconnecting. I’m honored that you are considering me as someone that can help you on this journey.
If you are curious about if we could be a good match, I have a list of couples that I have historically worked well with here.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is the main approach that I use with couples. EFT is centered and based in attachment science. At its core, EFT believes that emotion is one of the most power parts to connecting with your partner in a secure relationship. Therefore, if there is recurring conflict, disconnection, and rupture, understanding and working towards connecting with the underlying emotion is one of the most powerful agents of change. Together, we will slow things down, learn more about the pattern that you and your partner are stuck in, and slowly uncover the needs and emotions that are at the root of that pattern.
Learn more about Emotionally Focused Therapy .
Please note, I am a practitioner that recognizes that relationships do not exist in a binary and affirm the existence of non-monogamous and polyamorous structures. As a professional, my training as been limited on challenging these social norms and I recognize these professional blind spots. Because of this, I am currently only accepting couples and relationships who exist within a dyad (two partners).
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy and is a structured, evidenced based approach to processing and lowering the distress of past trauma. In addition, it has also been shown to help with the symptoms of anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and panic, amongst other symptoms.
If while working together, we find that EMDR is a good fit for your symptoms and goals, we will begin working towards processing the trauma that you have experienced in your lifetime. It is important to note that EMDR does not require you to verbally process the details of your experience. Instead, this approach focuses on the emotional impact of these experiences.
The goal of EMDR offers you the opportunity to have a different relationship with the traumas that have happened to you. Unfortunately, these events will always be apart of your story and you have a right to feel about that. What EMDR can do is change how these events are impacting you today: the relationship you have with the traumatic narrative, yourself, and the world around you.
Learn more about EMDR