The Approach
How we'll work together
We'll start with what feels most present and move from there. Sometimes that means tending to what's happening now. Other times, it means listening for the older patterns underneath. The work is collaborative, paced with care, and shaped around you.
The Methods
EMDR
Healing a memory without having to relive it.
Sometimes a hard experience gets stuck in the nervous system, and old triggers start to feel like present-day threats. EMDR uses gentle bilateral stimulation, like guided eye movements or light tapping, to help the brain finally process those memories and set them down.
It doesn't erase what happened. It softens the charge, so you can remember without being pulled back under. A lot of people tell me their first session was the moment something they'd carried for years finally began to move.
What is EMDR, and where does it come from?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a well-researched therapy developed in the late 1980s to help people recover from trauma and other painful experiences. Decades of studies have shown it can ease post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression, often more gently and more quickly than talking alone.
How is it different from talk therapy?
Talk therapy helps you understand your story. EMDR works a layer beneath that, with the way a memory is actually held in the brain and body. When something overwhelming happens, the nervous system can't always file it away, so part of it stays raw and easily triggered.
Using gentle bilateral stimulation, like guided eye movements, sounds, or light tapping, EMDR helps the brain finish processing the memory, so it no longer feels like it's happening now.
What can EMDR help with?
It's often a good fit for:
Complex and childhood trauma
Anxiety and panic
Grief and loss
Attachment wounds
Painful or intrusive memories
Persistent negative beliefs about yourself
Phobias and low self-worth
Does it work for complex or ongoing trauma?
Yes. For deeper, relational, or long-standing wounds, we go slowly and build safety first. From there, EMDR helps settle your nervous system, strengthen emotional regulation, and gently loosen the patterns that have kept you feeling stuck.
What do people notice afterward?
Many describe feeling lighter, calmer, and more present. The past doesn't disappear, but it stops running the show. What once felt charged becomes something you can hold, rather than something that holds you.
The Methods
Internal Family Systems
Every part of you is welcome here.
We all carry different parts of ourselves: the perfectionist, the inner critic, the one that just wants to disappear, the protector that's been on duty so long it can't remember what it's guarding. In IFS, we stop fighting those parts and start listening to them.
Each one showed up for a reason, and each is trying to help in the only way it knew how. As we get to know them, you start leading from your Self, the calm, clear core underneath it all that was there all along.
What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?
IFS is a gentle, evidence-based way of understanding the mind as a kind of inner family. Rather than treating hard feelings as problems to get rid of, it sees them as parts of you that are each, in their own way, trying to help. The work is learning to meet those parts with curiosity instead of judgment.
What do you mean by “parts”?
We all have them. The inner critic, the perfectionist, the people-pleaser, the part that wants to numb out or disappear. They aren't flaws. Each one took on its role at some point to protect you.
In IFS we get to know these parts rather than fight them, and as they feel understood, they begin to soften.
What is the “Self”?
Underneath all those parts is what IFS calls the Self: the calm, compassionate core that was never damaged, no matter what you've been through. Much of the work is simply helping you lead from that place again, so the protective parts can finally rest.
What does it feel like in a session?
Slower and more curious than you might expect. We turn toward a feeling or a reaction with interest, asking what it's worried about or trying to protect. People are often surprised by how much shifts when a part finally feels heard instead of managed.
What can IFS help with?
It's often a good fit for:
Self-criticism and shame
Anxiety and overwhelm
Old protective patterns that no longer serve you
Feeling at war with yourself
Trauma and attachment wounds
The Methods
Somatic & Nervous System Integration
Bringing the body all the way into the room.
So much of what shapes us isn't stored as thought. It lives in the body, the nervous system, and the breath. My work draws from both psychotherapy and years of experience with mind-body practices, helping you reconnect with a deeper sense of safety and presence.
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy brings the body into the healing, not just the story you tell about it. So much of what shapes us, especially stress and trauma, lives in the body and the nervous system long after the mind has tried to move on. We work with those physical patterns directly, gently, and at your pace.
Why work with the body and not only talk?
Insight is powerful, but understanding why you feel anxious doesn't always stop the anxiety. A braced, on-guard nervous system isn't waiting for an explanation, it's waiting to feel safe. Working with the body helps your system actually settle, so change can take root instead of staying in your head.
What is nervous system regulation?
Your nervous system is always quietly scanning for safety or threat. When it's been stuck in overdrive, or shut down, for a long time, ordinary life can feel like too much. Regulation simply means helping it find its way back to a steadier baseline, where calm, connection, and clear thinking become possible again.
What might we actually do in a session?
Nothing strenuous, and nothing you're not comfortable with. We might slow down and notice a sensation, work with the breath, use gentle movement, or pay attention to what helps you feel grounded. I draw from my own experience with breath and the vagus nerve to guide it.
What can this help with?
It's often a good fit for:
Anxiety and a constant sense of being “on”
Trauma held in the body
Feeling numb, frozen, or disconnected
Trouble relaxing or sleeping
Chronic stress and burnout
The Methods
The Deeper Roots
Intergenerational patterns and the body-mind connection.
Some of what we carry was never really ours to begin with. Research in epigenetics is catching up to what a lot of healing traditions always knew: that what's unresolved can move through families, through generations, through the body itself.
The pattern that won't budge, the fear that's bigger than its trigger, the sense of carrying something you can't quite name. Sometimes the roots reach back further than your own life. We go there not to assign blame, but to understand, and to gently complete what an earlier generation couldn't.
What do you mean by intergenerational patterns?
Sometimes what we carry didn't begin with us. Fear, grief, or ways of coping can be passed down through a family, shaping us before we ever had a say. Naming that can be a relief, because it means the weight you feel isn't a personal failing. It's something with roots.
Is there really science behind this?
There's a growing body of research in epigenetics suggesting that the effects of stress and trauma can influence how genes are expressed across generations. It's still an emerging field, and I hold it with curiosity rather than certainty. But it echoes what many healing traditions have understood for a very long time.
How do we actually work with this?
Gently, and always anchored in the present. We notice the patterns that feel bigger than your own story, the reactions that don't quite match the moment, and we trace them with compassion. The aim isn't to blame anyone who came before, but to understand, and to let something old finally settle.
Where does the body come in?
What goes unspoken often gets stored in the body. So alongside reflection, we pay attention to what your nervous system is holding. Completing an old pattern is as much a felt, physical shift as it is an insight.
Who is this part of the work for?
It can resonate for:
Patterns that repeat despite your best efforts
Fears or beliefs that feel older than their cause
A sense of carrying something you can't quite name
Family histories of trauma, loss, or migration
Anyone curious about the deeper roots of what they feel
A Deeper Option
Therapy Intensives
When weekly sessions feel too slow.
Weekly therapy is a gentle, regular rhythm. But sometimes the week gets in the way. Just as something starts to move, the hour ends and life rushes back in.
An intensive sets that aside. Instead of a single hour, we reserve a longer, uninterrupted block of time, so you can settle in, go deeper, and stay with the work without having to stop just as it opens up.
Each one is shaped around you and your goals, drawing on EMDR, parts work (IFS), and somatic practice. Many people describe it as months of progress folded into a focused stretch of time.
What is a therapy intensive?
Instead of the usual weekly hour, an intensive offers a longer stretch of uninterrupted time devoted entirely to your healing. Some people benefit from an extended session, while others prefer a half-day, full-day, or multi-day intensive. Together, we'll decide what feels most supportive for you.
Who are intensives a good fit for?
They tend to help most when you feel stuck in a long-standing pattern, have a specific experience you want to focus on, or simply want meaningful movement in a shorter span of time. They work for both single, identifiable events and the slower-built weight of childhood, attachment, anxiety, perfectionism, or burnout. You don't need one “big” trauma to benefit.
Is this like reliving my trauma?
No. EMDR and the somatic work we use don't ask you to retell or relive anything in detail. We work with the brain's natural processing, so old wounds can settle without pulling you back under. You stay anchored in the present the whole way through, with grounding and breaks built into the day.
How do I prepare, and what happens afterward?
Beforehand, I'll guide you on what to expect, and we'll spend time grounding and building inner resources so you feel settled going in. Afterward, your mind may keep gently processing for a few days. Many people feel lighter and clearer, sometimes a little tender, and we'll talk through how to care for yourself before we close.
Does it work over video?
Yes. Virtual intensives are just as structured and effective, using bilateral tools designed for online sessions. All you need is a quiet, private space where you won't be interrupted.
Can I keep seeing my own therapist?
Yes, and many people do. Some come to me specifically for focused EMDR or somatic work while continuing weekly therapy with someone else. With your okay, I'm glad to coordinate with your therapist so the work feels connected and well supported.
“The longest journey you will ever take
is from your head to your heart.”
— Sioux Proverb
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