Therapy can be a space for you to receive unconditional, nonjudgemental positive regard and support while processing the painful parts of being alive.

SAFE ATTACHMENT

As an attachment therapist, my work is rooted in secure, safe connection. I provide my clients with emotional attunement, curiosity, compassion, and a regulated nervous system, all of which helps to serve as a container for their processing.

SELF EXPLORATION

Once this foundation is established, we explore various aspects of my clients’ life: their relationships, history, attachment patterns, emotional experiences, values, and beliefs. As I get to know them, often they get to know themselves through intentional questioning and reflection.

REPROCESSING

We engage in reprocessing of painful memories and sensations through various tools, including Eye Motion Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Internal Family Systems informed therapy, and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy. This work often involves not only reprocessing the painful memories, but harnessing the power of the mind to build new neural pathways around resilience, hope, connection, and self-compassion.

NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION & COPING

As a somatically-oriented therapist, I’ll often prompt clients to begin reconnecting with their physical bodies, connecting the narrative storytelling and emotional language to the physical. In order to do this type of (often painful) reprocessing work, we spend time learning new skills for emotional regulation. These experiential exercises can include breath work, Havening, bilateral stimulation, bodywork, tapping, music therapy interventions, guided meditations, and body awareness exercises.

NARRATIVE REAUTHORING

During sessions we often spend time deconstructing societal values and ideals, engaging in Narrative Therapy. This work often involves critically assessing and reauthoring beliefs about life, relationships, boundaries, goals and values.

A HOLISTIC APPROACH

In this way, I work holistically with clients. Through our connection they can experience a slice of safe attachment and attunement. Through experiential somatic work, we learn tangible tools for regulation and grounding. Through guided questioning and exploration, we unpack and reprocess painful or traumatic memories that have been stuck. And through the reinstallation of new beliefs, we forge new ways of feeling, thinking, and behaving.

My hope is that clients leave therapy feeling more supported, more capable, more self-aware, and more self-compassionate.