In my practice, I use:

• A trauma-informed lens/approach

• Narrative therapy

• Collaborative therapy

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy

• Somatic and mindfulness tools, approaches, and practices

As a trauma-informed therapist, my approach to therapy honors your autonomy and safety. We’ll work together to establish a sense of security in the relationship and work collaboratively to determine the preferred ways to create change.

I work from narrative and collaborative therapies, as well as use EMDR to support clients in trauma processing. My training is systems theory. This means I consider you among all of the systems you’re apart of and their influence/impact on your life, as well as your impact on these systems. My therapeutic beliefs are rooted in feminism, restorative and non-disposability practices, harm reduction, and anti-punitive/anti-oppressive approaches. I aim to be gentle and gingerly when it most matters, while also noticing the moments where directness and deliberate action is needed.

My clients are interested in exploring possibilities for change in their worlds. Whether it’s refining their communication skills, developing distress tolerance, or reshaping their narrative-of-self, they are here to expose truths and understandings both old and new. This can happen through supportive reflection, EMDR processing, narrative exploration, body attunement/grounding, relational reenactments, and more. While therapy cannot solve the external stressors that are ever present (e.g. political, racial, social, financial, environmental, and medical stress), it is my hope that our work helps us be better relational beings.