My therapeutic approach
Healing happens within the context of a safe, authentic, and collaborative therapeutic relationship. My role is not to fix you, tell you who you should be, or impose solutions. Instead, I walk alongside you as you reconnect with your own inner wisdom, resilience, and capacity for healing.
As a trauma-informed therapist, I recognize how life experiences can shape the nervous system, relationships, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors. Rather than focusing on what is wrong, therapy explores how your experiences have shaped the ways you learned to survive, adapt, and protect yourself.
My approach integrates several evidence-based and insight-oriented modalities to support each client's unique healing journey.
My Philosophy
People are not broken. Anxiety, depression, substance use, perfectionism, people-pleasing, emotional numbing, and other struggles often develop as adaptations to life's challenges. These responses frequently represent creative attempts to survive, cope, and protect ourselves in the face of pain.
Healing is not something a therapist does to a client. Each person possesses an innate capacity for growth, healing, and self-understanding. Often, individuals—and the internal systems that make up who they are—already hold the wisdom needed for healing. Therapy provides a supportive space to access that wisdom, understand protective patterns, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that have been wounded, hidden, or burdened.
My role is to bring clinical knowledge, curiosity, compassion, and guidance while honoring your expertise in your own life. Together, we work toward greater self-understanding, emotional freedom, connection, and lasting change.
I draw from several evidence-based and insight-oriented approaches to support each client's unique healing journey:
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is based on the understanding that we all have different "parts" of ourselves that serve important functions. Some parts may carry pain, fear, shame, or trauma, while others work hard to protect us from those difficult experiences. Rather than viewing symptoms as problems to eliminate, IFS helps us understand and build relationships with these parts, allowing healing to occur from within. I believe every part has a purpose and deserves compassion, not judgment.
Somatic Therapy
Trauma and stress are not only stored in our thoughts and emotions—they also live in the body. Somatic therapy helps us develop awareness of physical sensations, nervous system responses, and patterns of tension or activation. By learning to listen to the body's signals, clients can increase their sense of safety, regulation, and connection to themselves.
Client-Centered Therapy
At the heart of my work is the belief that you are the expert on your own life. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard. I strive to create a space where you feel deeply heard, respected, and accepted so that you can explore your experiences without fear of judgment. Therapy is a collaborative process, and I honor your pace, goals, and values.
EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR is a research-supported therapy that helps the brain process and integrate distressing experiences. Trauma can become "stuck" in the brain and nervous system, causing painful memories, emotions, beliefs, and physical reactions to continue affecting daily life long after an event has passed. EMDR supports the natural healing process, helping distressing experiences lose their emotional intensity while fostering healthier beliefs and greater emotional freedom.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Our present experiences are often influenced by patterns that developed earlier in life. Psychodynamic therapy helps bring awareness to unconscious beliefs, relationship patterns, and emotional experiences that may be affecting us today. By understanding the roots of these patterns, we can create greater freedom, self-awareness, and choice in the present.