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About My Clients
Does everything look "just fine", and no one gets how anxious, frustrated or checked out you feel in your work or relationships? It's so hard to be misunderstood. Trauma, family pressure, relationship issues, depression; these things can have you stuck in a cycle of unhappiness. I specialize in helping adults who experienced trauma as children, and those wanting more secure relationships, trust and intimacy. You can feel more connected, whole, energized and fulfilled, and I'm here to help.
My Background and Approach
I view my work as a collaborative process that honors the agency and dignity of those seeking my support. Regardless of the issue being addressed, common healing factors have informed my approach to working with clients. I have found that working to build or restore capacity for safety and trust in relationships, gaining more comfort in the body/nervous system, and developing a therapeutic relationship that allows for experiences to be deeply heard, seen and given voice to, have been key to transformative change. We will ease your discomfort and use the body's resources as a key part of healing. We will build you up to address the issues getting in the way of your peace, fulfillment and satisfaction. Through the process of therapy and these transformative experiences, I have witnessed possibilities open up in the lives of clients that felt unreachable before.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. I believe in advocacy in and outside of the therapy room and throughout my career have centered my advocacy efforts on behalf of individuals impacted by addictions, trauma, homelessness and marginalization within the criminal justice system. I started my career working with many people impacted by dehumanizing experiences and marginalization. I believe that within every experience of struggle or trauma, even when it may be hard to perceive, there is vitality: the energy of life. I wear many hats in helping others; counselor, coach, mentor, supervisor and I wouldn't be where I am without the help I received along the way. I believe we all create something more and different together than is possible alone, and we need each other to bring out the best and to have the fullest understanding of ourselves.