My Approach
Integrative. Trauma-Informed. Collaborative.
Therapy isn't one-size-fits-all. My approach is built around you: your history, your nervous system, your goals, your pace.
The Foundation
Heal. Grow. Thrive.
Three words. One journey. Here's what they mean to me — and what they can mean for you.
Healing isn't about erasing the past. It's about loosening its grip. We start by understanding what brought you here — the patterns, the pain, the adaptations your mind and body developed to survive. With curiosity instead of shame, we begin to update what's outdated.
Growth happens when safety meets challenge. Once the groundwork is laid, we build — new ways of thinking, relating, and responding. Real tools for your real life. Not just insight, but change you can feel in the moments that matter most.
Thriving looks different for everyone. For some it's peace. For others it's confidence, connection, or finally feeling like themselves again. This is where we track the shifts, celebrate the progress, and make sure the work you've done actually sticks.
Therapeutic Modalities
The Tools I Use and Why
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR is one of the most evidence-based treatments available for trauma and PTSD. It works by using bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements) to help your brain reprocess traumatic memories, reducing their emotional charge without requiring you to talk through every detail. The result is that memories that once felt overwhelming become more like ordinary memories: present, but no longer hijacking your nervous system.
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Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a powerful, brain-body based therapy developed by Dr. David Grand. It works on the premise that where you look affects how you feel, and that specific eye positions can access unprocessed trauma, pain, and emotional experiences stored deep in the subcortical brain. Unlike talk therapy, Brainspotting bypasses the thinking mind and works directly with the nervous system, allowing the brain to process and release what it has been holding. Many clients find it goes deeper, faster than traditional approaches, particularly for trauma that feels hard to put into words.
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Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems is a deeply compassionate, parts-based approach developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz. IFS operates on the understanding that the mind is naturally made up of different parts, each with its own perspective, feelings, and role. Some parts protect us. Others carry the wounds of past experiences. IFS helps you get to know these parts with curiosity rather than judgment, and to access the calm, grounded Self that can lead your inner system toward healing. It's particularly powerful for trauma, shame, and the inner critic.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is one of the most researched and effective therapeutic approaches in existence. It's built on a simple but powerful idea: our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected, and changing one changes the others. In practice, this means learning to identify unhelpful thought patterns, understand how they drive your emotions and actions, and develop more accurate, flexible ways of thinking.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT teaches four core skill sets: mindfulness (being present without judgment), distress tolerance (getting through a crisis without making it worse), emotional regulation (understanding and managing intense feelings), and interpersonal effectiveness (communicating and maintaining relationships skillfully). Remarkably effective for anyone who experiences emotions intensely.
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Motivational Interviewing
MI is a collaborative, goal-oriented approach to change. Rather than telling you what to do, it helps you explore your own ambivalence — because most people who struggle with addiction or behavior patterns aren't simply unmotivated. They're caught between wanting things to be different and being afraid of what different looks like. MI meets you exactly where you are.
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Person-Centered Therapy
At its heart, person-centered therapy is about the relationship. It's grounded in the belief that people have an innate capacity for growth, and that the right therapeutic conditions — genuine warmth, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding — create the safety needed for that growth to happen. This approach shapes how I show up in every session, regardless of what other modalities we're using.
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Strengths-Based Therapy
A strengths-based approach doesn't ignore problems. It refuses to let problems be the whole story. You've survived things. You've adapted. You have resources, resilience, and capabilities that are real and worth building on. This lens shapes how I understand your history and how we approach your goals: not from a deficit model, but from a foundation of what's already working.
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What to Expect
How Therapy Actually Works With Me
We Start With You
First sessions are about getting to know each other. I'll ask about what brought you in, your history, and what you're hoping for. You don't need to have it all figured out. Just show up.
Building Safety
Early sessions focus on understanding your patterns, building safety, and establishing the tools you'll need before we go deeper. This isn't wasted time. It's essential groundwork for healing.
The Real Work
This is where we go deeper. Processing trauma, shifting patterns, building skills, and making meaning. We grow through the hard stuff — at a pace that's always yours to set.
Integration and Thriving
Over time most people notice real shifts in how they feel, how they respond, and how they relate to themselves and others. We track progress, celebrate what's changed, and make sure it sticks.
Virtual Sessions
Therapy That Fits Your Life
All sessions are conducted virtually via a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform. You can attend from your home, your car, your office, wherever you have privacy and a decent internet connection.
Telehealth isn't a compromise. For many people, it's actually more effective because it removes barriers: no commute, no waiting room, no having to hold it together in public right after a hard session. You can be in your own space, which often makes it easier to go deep.
Ready to Heal. Grow. Thrive.?
The first step is often the hardest. Scheduling is simple through Headway, and I'd love to connect.