Awaken the

authentic you.

Trauma is painful.

We feel it in our bodies.

Trauma is isolating. It creates guilt and shame, pulling us away from community and connection.

Trauma also disconnects us from our own selves. As we build walls to keep ourselves safe, we limit opportunities to experience emotions, feel physical sensations, and be present in each moment. Avoiding pain means avoiding all emotional experiences, including pleasure, playfulness, and joy.

Like trauma, healing happens within relationships. Humans, like all other mammals, are communal creatures. We need connection and community in order to thrive. When we connect with others, we find compassion for ourselves. Your healing journey involves deepening and strengthening your relationship with yourself, as well as learning to allow others to see and love you for exactly who you are.

The process of healing is gentle, kind, and loving.

Through experiential trauma therapy, you will practice loving all the parts of yourself, finding your inner wisdom and peace, and nurturing your inner child.

Trauma therapy is not about re-living the painful past. It is about living fully in the present.

Let's Connect

Experiential Trauma Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a gentle, loving approach to trauma therapy in which you will connect with and get to know many different parts of yourself and practice treating yourself with curiosity and compassion.
This research-based therapeutic modality teaches us that all parts of you are good, and they are all trying to help you. Some parts of you are quite young, and the protective roles they took on long ago are no longer serving your best interest. For example, your protectors might be harsh inner critics, numb you out, or soothe you through substance or behavioral addictions. Once that part of you feels seen and appreciated, it is possible to help it change its role.
During an IFS therapy session, I will guide you to focus on and befriend a part of you. This looks different for each client. We will figure out together the way it works best for you.
IFS is helpful for a variety of symptoms including depression, anxiety, grief, anger, numbness, emotional dysregulation, and relationship difficulties.
EMDR

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — a weird name for this effective research-backed trauma treatment method.
In an EMDR session, bilateral stimulation such as back-and-forth eye movement or tapping is used to help your body and mind completely process an unprocessed memory until is no longer causes pain or distress.
According to the theory behind EMDR, trauma is unprocessed memory. At the time of the traumatic event, your brain was unable to tolerate an overwhelming experience. Instead of fully processing it and installing is as a memory, your brain keeps the experience in the present. This is why you may feel as if you are re-living the trauma.
This gentle approach teaches us that you already have the ability to heal yourself. Through gentle guidance, and at your own pace, you will be able to access your inner wisdom and process traumatic memories so that they are no longer attached to upsetting emotions, unpleasant physical sensations, and negative beliefs about yourself.