Care for the whole person, and the relationships around them.

Relational trauma · Complex trauma · Recent traumatic events · Predictive Processing Flash

EMDR Trauma Therapy

When an experience is over, but your body still responds as if it is happening right now.

You may understand where your patterns come from, but still feel unable to change them. When old beliefs continue to shape your reactions, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help reprocess the distressing experiences that keep those patterns in place.

I offer EMDR for relational and complex traumas, as well as targeted Recent Traumatic Episode Protocols (R-TEP) to process an isolated incident, like a recent accident. I am also trained in Predictive Processing Flash, formerly the Four Blinks version of Flash EMDR, that allows for memory reconsolidation while staying in a mostly calm, pleasant state. We will discuss preparation, assess readiness, and tailor these approaches to your needs and pace.

Adults · Attachment-focused · Psychodynamic · Whole-person care

Individual Therapy

Understanding where you feel stuck, and what those patterns once protected.

Are you finding yourself struggling in your relationships or questioning your purpose, despite functioning well enough on the outside? You may feel stuck in familiar patterns, and find yourself attempting to suppress them or overcome them without recognizing the wisdom they hold. Often, these patterns began as meaningful adaptations to earlier experiences, even when they feel restricting in present-day.

My individual work is person-centered, attachment-based, and psychodynamic. This involves taking the time to understand who you are, how your experiences have shaped you, and discovering what meaningful change looks like in your life. We explore the relationship between the past and present, while also staying attuned to what emerges in the here-and-now.

I approach this work with warmth, curiosity, and collaboration. Depending on your needs, I may integrate parts work, somatic awareness, EMDR, and practical CBT strategies. I work primarily with adults healing from complex and relational trauma, including narcissistic and spiritual abuse.

These experiences may surface as anxiety, depression, grief, shame, low self-worth, difficulty trusting yourself, or recurring patterns in relationships.

Narcissistic abuse · Spiritual abuse · Complex trauma · Self-trust

Narcissistic Abuse & Relational Trauma Recovery

Helping you untangle their narrative from your own.

Abuse and neglect often leave invisible wounds. Narcissistic abuse can involve cycles of manipulation, invalidation, coercive control, and inconsistent care that leave you questioning your reality, mistrusting your instincts, or suppressing parts of yourself to preserve the relationship. Shame-based beliefs may remain long after the relationship ends, leaving you disconnected from who you once were and uncertain of your own needs, perceptions, and worth.

When these experiences are repeated or occur within formative relationships, they can contribute to complex trauma. Over time, this repetitive wounding can shape how you see yourself, other people, and the world around you, as though you are looking through a cracked pane of glass that distorts what feels safe. You may carry deep rooted beliefs that your needs are too much, emotions are unsafe, and that connection must be earned through self-abandonment. Hypervigilance, fear, rage, emotional disconnection, people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, and even feeling “crazy” are protective responses developed in environments where safety and connection were unpredictable, withheld, or met with punishment and shame.

Spiritual abuse can create additional layers of fear, shame, isolation, and self-doubt when beliefs and religious authority are used to control, silence, threaten, or justify harm. These experiences can undermine identity, belonging, and trust. Recovery may include grieving what you believed to be true and separating personal faith or values from the messages imposed by those who weaponized them.

Healing involves more than understanding what happened. It requires helping your nervous system experience safety again, recognizing protective patterns with compassion, rebuilding trust in yourself, and creating relationships in which you no longer have to question your worth or your reality. My approach integrates trauma-informed care, attachment theory, and treatments such as EMDR and memory reconsolidation.

Teens age 12+ · Identity · Relationships · Self-compassion

Therapy for Teens

Helping teens discover their voice, values, and sense of self.

Is your teen more withdrawn lately? Easily irritable? Struggling in their relationships with peers or family members? Teens often find themselves navigating increasing academic pressure, changing relationship dynamics, family conflict, social media stressors, self-image challenges, and questioning where they belong. Many of the struggles that emerge during this time don’t indicate that something is “wrong,” but are merely reflections of their attempts to make sense of themselves and the world around them. It can be a confusing time for teens, and the people who love them.

I strive to create a space where teens feel understood, rather than judged, allowing for exploration without pressure to have it all figured out. I work to understand each teen’s unique experience, while helping them build insight, strengthen relationships, and approach life’s challenges with greater confidence and self-compassion. My goal is to support your teen’s growth, while collaborating with you in ways that support understanding, communication, and connection when appropriate.

Family systems · Communication · Boundaries · Connection

Family Therapy

Helping families create new ways of understanding and relating.

Using a systems approach, I help families understand the patterns, roles, and unspoken expectations that may keep them caught in cycles of conflict, disconnection, or distress. Rather than locating the problem within one person, we look at how each member influences, and is influenced by, the larger relational system.

We work towards clearer communication, healthier boundaries, greater emotional understanding, and relationships that can hold both closeness and difference. This may include tending to reactive cycles and making space for perspectives that have felt unheard.

Trusting an outside person to witness and support your family dynamics takes courage. I strive to join your family with curiosity and respect, helping you preserve the patterns, values, and connections that feel supportive, while gently shifting those that have become rigid or painful. The goal is not to assign blame, but to create ways of relating that allow each member to feel more understood, secure, and able to participate authentically.