Specialty Areas
of Practice

Our experiences create an interaction of emotion and beliefs that deeply impact who we are. With the help of a therapist, you can disentangle some of the internal knots that have created confusion. Whether you are exploring issues of identity, or seeking to understand your patterns better, you can begin feeling more rooted today.

Stress of all kinds can wreak havoc on your mind and body, making it difficult to feel in control of your own mind. Whether you’ve experienced a singular, painful incident, or you’ve come from a complex background of trauma, stressful and painful experiences can alter your ability to be present in your life. Whether your pain has come from bodily harm, relational distress, narcissistic abuse, religious control, or other harmful influences, healing is possible. The story of your past trauma includes the impact it has on your functioning right now, as well as the future life you will lead. Through conventional talk therapy and other forms of trauma reprocessing, such as EMDR, I can help you rebuild your narrative in such a way that casts a more hopeful light on your future chapters. Trauma-focused therapy can help your brain metabolize painful and stressful experiences to forge a more comfortable path forward.

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing is a type of therapy specifically designed to decrease physical and emotional distress caused by specific, stressful memories. The process entails building awareness of bodily sensations, as well as the distorted beliefs that have taken root following adverse experiences. As an EMDR therapist, I can assist you in reprocessing trauma in such a way that can lead to more rest in your body and mind. This is a workout for your nervous system, as it trains you how to access the regulatory parts of your brain when trauma is activated in your body.

When life becomes confusing or overwhelming, people often gravitate toward the coping mechanisms that “work” for them. However, overuse of such behaviors can give rise to unmanageability, where they cease being helpful and begin to create chaos instead. For some people, there may not be one singular behavior pattern, but rather, a few that interact. Whether you reach for substances, your credit card, comfort food, your phone, or other behaviors in times of stress, the underlying emotional processes and belief systems must be explored to create change. If you’re curious about the originating reasons for certain things you do, individual therapy can be an essential step to understanding yourself better. Together, we can build a plan that will empower you to build the life you want according to your goals.

We all live in relation to other people, and all relationships encounter conflict from time to time. The internal impact of relational stress can range from an experience of mild discomfort all the way to full-blown trauma reenactment. Wherever you feel your relational patterns fall on this spectrum, there is hope for change. For some folks, health requires disentangling from certain people or dynamics. But for others, the task is learning to draw near. Whichever end of the spectrum you feel you’re starting from, there is a path forward to balanced connection with safe emotional and sexual intimacy.

People from all walks of life may struggle with various aspects of their sexuality and sexual functioning. Sexual health is seated in a complex interaction of emotional, physical, and relational dynamics. As such, fostering a healthier relationship with yourself as a sexual person can be complicated, but possible. Therapeutic assistance can be helpful in defining and enacting your sexual health in such a way that you are able to enjoy and feel empowered by.

Creating change of any kind begins with building awareness. Though we all encounter barriers that make this difficult, it’s possible to cultivate a more mindful and wholehearted approach to living. By exploring what a meaningful life looks like to you, we can discern the smaller steps that are essential to making your vision a reality. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a collection of specialized skillsets, designed to help people increase mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. The skills in this modality help people from all walks of life learn to make necessary improvements when possible and remain grounded in the situations that cannot easily changed.