Trauma-Informed Holistic Therapy Approach
I work holistically (honoring the mind, body, heart, and spirit) to collaboratively explore your experiences, so you can heal from the roots of your symptoms and build greater capacity for agency, fulfilling connection, and steadiness in your daily life.
As we come to understand why the symptoms make sense, space unfolds for healing, growth, and the meaningful change you desire.
I approach our work together with awareness of how shock trauma, relational trauma, and systemic trauma significantly affect an individual’s experience of safety in the world. I know that therapy can feel vulnerable and I honor your courage in taking this step. Our therapy together will move at a pace that is comfortable for you.
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My work is grounded primarily in NARM, the NeuroAffective Relational Model, a trauma-informed approach created specifically for healing complex trauma. Together, we bring compassionate curiosity to your emotions, body, and inner experience as they arise in real time.
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Each session will begin with you sharing what you are most wanting to experience (your heart's desire). Sometimes this is easily known, and sometimes it takes time to explore. Either way is absolutely okay. Together, we will compassionately explore what is getting in the way of the inner experiences you are most wanting for yourself. This path of compassionate curiosity helps us gently move toward the places where healing becomes available.
I will be there to hold space for the emotions you have been carrying, help you understand the roots of your symptoms, and support you as you move through the healing process.
Together, we'll work toward reconnecting you with your strengths, inner resources, and the gift of who you are.
Clinical Educator & Consultant
In addition to my clinical work, I have led trainings for hundreds of clinicians in the nuance and depth of trauma-informed care, including work with complex trauma, eating disorders, and BPD.
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I also serve as a trauma expert consultant for a law firm, supporting survivors of therapy-induced trauma.
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I am currently completing the NARM Post-Master’s Fellowship, the highest level of training offered by the NARM Training Institute. Upon completion, this fellowship will certify me to teach within the NARM organization.
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I also extend this work into free educational content on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
About Me
The healing I experienced in my own life became part of what led me to become a therapist.
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But my path wasn't direct. In my own journey of healing from complex trauma, I encountered therapists who weren't trained in trauma-informed care. The best of them were unhelpful, and others left more scars.
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It wasn't until I worked with a complex trauma-informed therapist that real healing began.
Because of this, I am deeply dedicated to providing therapy that is psychologically safe, relationally attuned, and trauma-informed.
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Through my studies and personal healing, I came to understand that healing complex trauma means addressing both the wounds to self-identity, including shame and self-criticism, and the ways trauma lives in the body and nervous system. We cannot be reduced to one dimension. Our thoughts and emotions affect our bodies, and our bodies affect our thoughts and emotions.
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I also learned that healing does not happen in isolation. While books, insight, and self-help tools can support growth, the safety of a real relationship is often what allows deeper change to take root. The therapeutic relationship offers a unique space for this kind of healing.
My own healing has unfolded over many years through self-reflection, guidance, support, and ongoing curiosity. It continues still.
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I'm grateful for my own journey, and I'm honored to witness others in theirs. That privilege is not something I take for granted.
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I would be honored to work with you.
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