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About My Clients
I specialize in supporting adults impacted by complex trauma, chronic stress, and/or childhood emotional neglect. I also support people who feel 'stuck,' anxious, or emotionally overwhelmed. Many of my clients come to me after finding themselves feeling they've hit a "wall" with traditional talk therapy and/or who are curious about better understanding their nervous system and becoming more embodied.
My Background and Approach
I believe my role as a therapist is to build a safe and nonjudgmental partnership to support you in connecting with your own inner wisdom and capacity for growth, healing, and transformation. I combine your expertise in your own life with my training and experience to support you as a whole person (mind, body, spirit) in the context of your intersecting identities, experiences, and environment. Curiosity and compassion are core to my work, as we explore the adaptive strategies you've learned to survive your past and how to support them in the present to build a future beyond coping toward thriving. I have specialized training in non-pathologizing and holistic approaches to healing the impact of trauma, including Levels 1 and 2 in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and I have trained with Janina Fisher in somatic and parts-work oriented approaches for complex trauma and dissociation. I am also trained in Structured Sensory Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Parents (SIT-CAP).
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe what we have come to describe as "symptoms" "disorders" and "diagnoses" are better understood as adaptive strategies based in survival of our environments and the systems we are embedded within. I believe transformation happens when we approach all parts of ourselves with compassion and curiosity and come to understand ourselves as part of a greater collective. I am committed to ongoing personal and professional growth through training, ongoing supervision/consultation, and engagement in therapy and individual and communal wellness practices for my own well-being and to better support my clients. I am committed to collective liberation and I believe our individual and our collective healing are intertwined.