My Approach to Healing

At the heart of my work is helping people come back to a sense of safety and connection within themselves

For some, that means remembering who they are beneath old patterns. For others, it’s healing from relational wounds or learning to feel at ease in their body again. However it looks, I offer a space where both your mind and body are invited into the process.

A lot of the people I work with have already done a ton of inner work, but something still feels stuck. They understand why they are the way they are, but still feel disconnected from their emotions or sense of self.

That’s often where our work begins.

Together, we slow things down and start to listen to what your body, emotions, and nervous system are trying to tell us. This isn’t about fixing or forcing change—it’s about uncovering what’s been hidden, and gently helping you connect with yourself, one layer at a time.

The Heart of What I Do

Many of the people I work with are incredibly tuned in to others, but not always sure what they need themselves. They keep things together, hold space for everyone else, and stay calm on the outside, even when they’re running on empty inside.

Often this comes from experiences where it didn’t feel safe to have needs, take up space, or make mistakes. Over time, that can turn into perfectionism, people-pleasing, or emotional numbness—all really understandable ways of staying safe.

I’m here to help you find your way back to the parts of yourself you’ve had to silence, without rushing or making it another thing to ‘work on.’

How I Work

I use a relational, trauma-informed approach that prioritizes creating a sense of safety and steadiness as we work together. I show up as a real person—curious, present, and easygoing—and I invite you to do the same. You don’t need to have the right words or a plan; just the ability to show up as you are.

I draw from several modalities depending on what feels most supportive for you, including:

  • Person-Centered Therapy – creating a safe, nonjudgmental space where your experience guides the work and you are empowered to find your own path.

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) – helping the brain and body reprocess traumatic experiences to bring relief and integration.

  • IFS (Internal Family Systems / Parts Work) – exploring and healing the different parts of you with curiosity and compassion.

  • Attachment-Based Therapy – exploring how early relationships shaped your patterns and sense of safety, and building new patterns of trust and connection.

  • Coherence Therapy – bringing awareness to the emotional truths driving your patterns to support deep change.

  • Somatic and Mind-Body Approaches – helping you reconnect with your body’s wisdom and sense of safety.

  • Experiential Approaches - focusing on engaging with your emotions, body, and inner experience in the present moment. Instead of only talking about your struggles, we explore how they show up in real time, through sensations, imagery, or creative expression. This process fosters self-awareness, release, and deeper connection to yourself.

Sometimes sessions are more reflective and insight-oriented. Other times we might slow down to notice a feeling, sensation, or part of you that’s asking for attention. There’s no rush and no performance, just space to notice what’s happening in the moment and be present with it together.

Who I Work With

I work with individuals 15 and older navigating:

  • Developmental and relational trauma

  • PTSD and complex trauma (C-PTSD)

  • Sexual abuse

  • Religious trauma

  • Anxiety and chronic stress

  • Shame, self-criticism, and people-pleasing

  • Difficult family or relationship dynamics

  • Feeling disconnected from self or body

Many of my clients are thoughtful, self-aware, and often great at taking care of others, but struggle to offer that same care to themselves.

They might be:

  • Overthinkers or perfectionists who live mostly in their heads

  • Chronic caretakers or people-pleasers who feel responsible for others’ emotions

  • People healing from family systems where emotions were overwhelming or off-limits

  • Those who’ve “done the work” but still feel stuck, disconnected, or unsure who they are beneath the roles they play

You don’t need a perfect reason to start therapy. Just a sense that you want something different, or that you’re ready to feel more like yourself.

What Matters Most to Me

I care deeply about creating a space where you can feel safe enough to feel anything.

Where you’re not judged for how you’ve coped.
Where you don’t have to perform.
Where you don’t have to be anywhere other than where you are.

Therapy with me isn’t about reaching a finish line—it’s about returning, again and again, to what’s real: your body, your emotions, your needs, and the parts of you that have been waiting to be seen and understood.

My hope is that through this work, you’ll feel more grounded, self-trusting, and connected to your own voice, not just surviving, but living in a way that feels like you.

If You’re Ready

If you’ve been holding it together for a long time, you don’t have to keep doing it alone.

Healing happens in relationship, at your own pace, and on your own terms. I’d be honored to walk alongside you as you explore what healing, softness, and self-connection can look like for you.

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