Specialities
You’re not here because something is wrong with you. You’re here because you’ve carried a lot for a long time, and your nervous system is tired. My work helps you understand what shaped you, what’s still showing up, and how to loosen trauma’s grip on your day to day life. I bring deep clinical training and a warm, real approach so healing feels doable, not overwhelming.
Below are the areas where I do my deepest work.
Complex Trauma and Rebuilding Self-Trust
When you spend years in survival mode, it leaves a mark. You learn to stay small, stay alert, stay agreeable, stay quiet, or stay busy to keep yourself safe. These patterns helped you survive, but they can make it hard to feel connected to yourself now.
Together we untangle the survival strategies you had to develop and look at how they still show up today. You begin reconnecting with your voice, your needs, and your identity. This work is steady, compassionate, and designed to help you feel more like yourself again.
What Does Trauma Actually Look Like?
Trauma doesn’t always look like one big event. Sometimes it’s the years of holding everything together. The constant scanning. The overthinking. The feeling that you have to be the strong one, the agreeable one, the one who never drops the ball. Trauma shows up in patterns you may not even realize are related to your past.
Clients often come to me struggling with things like:
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Feeling constantly alert even when nothing is wrong
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Difficulty trusting yourself or others
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Feeling disconnected from your body or emotions
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People-pleasing on autopilot and not knowing how to stop
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Second-guessing every decision
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Feeling guilty for having needs
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Getting overwhelmed or shut down faster than you want to
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Staying in relationships longer than they’re healthy
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Feeling numb, irritated, or on edge
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Being exhausted from always trying to anticipate everyone else’s reactions
If you see yourself anywhere in this list, you’re in the right place. Your symptoms can make sense once we understand what your nervous system was shaped by.
EMDR Therapy
(Yes, the one Miley Cyrus talked about and Giggly Squad won’t stop mentioning).
EMDR is everywhere right now, and honestly, it deserves the hype. It helps your brain reprocess the experiences that still feel raw or unfinished so you can stop reliving them in the present. It’s especially powerful for people who feel stuck in old patterns even after years of talk therapy.
I am EMDR Certified, not just trained. That means I’ve completed advanced education, consultation, and evaluation that goes well beyond the basic level most therapists have. You get someone who understands how to guide EMDR safely, effectively, and in a way that feels grounded instead of overwhelming.
EMDR can help you:
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Stop replaying painful experiences
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Calm the anxiety that spikes out of nowhere
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Shift long-held beliefs like “I’m not enough” or “Everything is my fault”
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Reduce emotional reactivity in relationships
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Feel more confident, steady, and connected to yourself
It’s not magic. But for many people, it finally feels like relief. Learn more here.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Trauma can shape how you see yourself and the world long after the moment has passed. Maybe you carry responsibility that was never yours. Maybe you blame yourself for things you survived. Maybe you logically know something wasn’t your fault, but emotionally it still feels like it was.
CPT helps you gently examine the beliefs trauma created so you can see your experiences with clarity instead of self-blame. This isn’t about forcing positivity. It’s about helping your mind update the story so you can move forward without the old narrative running the show.
CPT is especially helpful for:
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Survivors of abuse
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Women who grew up in unstable or emotionally unpredictable environments
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People who feel stuck in cycles of guilt, shame, or self-doubt
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Anyone who is tired of being their own harshest critic
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You can learn more about CPT here.
Why women choose to work with me
We are going beyond basic coping skills and breathing exercises here. I am not saying that those don't have a time a place (and we will be doing a few of my favorites), but when you have spent so much time operating in survival mode, we need to dig a little deeper. This work is about unlearning patterns that no longer serve you, discovering new, more helpful ways of operating and adding a little bit more joy back into your life along the way.
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Yes, I am highly trained in evidence-based therapy approaches that work but I am also a real human showing up with you in the room to do the messy work. Clients tell me they feel both understood and challenged in the best ways. It’s healing with depth, honesty, and a lot of compassion.