Specialities
Learn more about modalities I use to help clients navigate and heal from trauma, depression, self doubt, faith transitions, attachment wounds, grief, and more.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidenced based therapy that helps reduce distress linked to traumatic memories and stuck negative beliefs.
IFS Informed
Internal Family Systems can be a powerful way to explore different parts of you and gain a deeper understanding of your own system. You can discover more about why you have particular thought and behavioral patterns.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps reduce distress linked to traumatic memories and stuck negative beliefs. It’s especially helpful for issues like trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression—particularly when talk therapy alone hasn’t felt like enough.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (like guided eye movements or tapping) to gently activate both sides of the brain, nudging the nervous system to process and release painful experiences and stories that may still be stored in the body. Instead of staying stuck in “survival mode,” your brain gets the chance to reprocess unhelpful memories or messages in a way that feels safer and less overwhelming.
It’s a powerful tool for getting to the root of certain symptoms—whether that’s emotional overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, low self-worth, or physical tension linked to past experiences. Over time, EMDR can help reduce the emotional intensity of memories and shift long-held negative beliefs so you can respond to life with more freedom and resilience.
The process follows eight structured phases, which I’d be happy to explain more about during a consult call or once we begin working together.
I am an IFS (Internal Family Systems)-informed therapist and enjoy doing parts work with clients. Parts work looks at the different aspects of your internal world, like the parts of you that carry pain, the parts that try to keep you safe, and even parts that may feel critical or stuck. Sometimes these parts are in conflict, and that inner tension can show up as anxiety, depression, overwhelm, or confusion about your identity or direction in life.
This is especially powerful for people healing from trauma, navigating a faith transition, or working through the heavy, stuck places that come with depression. We'll gently explore protective parts that work hard to keep you from feeling pain—and we’ll also get curious about the deeper wounds they're protecting. I’ll help you get more connected with what IFS calls “The Self”—your most grounded, wise, and authentic inner core. That version of you is always present, even when it feels distant or out of reach.
Together, we’ll take a loving, compassionate, and non-judgmental approach as we get to know the parts inside you—why they show up, what they need, and how they can begin to trust healing is possible.
IFS Informed Therapy
Trauma I have experience with includes but is not limited to:
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Medical trauma can be tricky to deal with since our nervous system tends to lock in memories or experiences it views as threatening or overwhelming.
Often times procedures and treatments for chronic conditions can impact the body and mind in a significant way.
The good news? You don’t need to suffer through these debilitating symptoms.
I utilize gentle EMDR therapy protocols to help lessen triggers so the nervous system can feel less distress from the impact of past, present, and future treatments.
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No matter when the abuse or assault happened (childhood, teen years, and/ or adulthood), the impact can be hard to navigate. Sometimes you might feel okay… just to have something trigger what you’ve tried to push to the very farthest part of your mind.
I utilize EMDR therapy and parts work to help individuals address traumatic events to help the nervous system and hurt parts of you release distress and find more empowerment so you can feel better in daily life and relationships.
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Betrayal trauma can impact us in a profound way. The past, present, and future can feel like it’s all crashing down at once.
Getting help during difficult times is important to care for yourself and the impact losing trust has on our psyche.
I’m here to help you navigate your current reality and find more support during this difficult time in life.
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These can be events like car accidents, a medical trauma that is stuck in your mind, a specific overwhelming experience with a difficult person in your life, and more.
Let’s start reprocessing and bringing down distress from these experiences so stress and pain levels can come down.