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Who I Work With
Trauma with Impact on Relationships
I am passionate about working with individuals who are struggling with the effects of trauma. On the surface, it can look like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and ongoing difficulties with emotional regulation and functioning in their intimate relationships. Often times, these clients have great insight and emotional intelligence; they are highly sensitive and know that their past experiences are influencing their present challenges. They feel distress about their tendencies to shut-down, over-analyze and/or have emotional outbursts when they feel triggered. They want support in getting their nervous systems out of the past in order to feel safe enough to create healthier relationship dynamics with their partners and with themselves.
Contamination, Relationship, Harm OCD
I would be glad to support individuals struggling with OCD. This can look like having intrusive and obsessive thoughts about contamination/getting sick/dying, their relationship (ROCD), harming themselves or others, etc. In order to get rid of the anxiety caused by these thoughts, these clients might need to do things such as: wash, clean or check excessively, seek reassurance (from others or reading things online), compare/test their partners, avoid activities, people or places, etc. They want support in gaining control over these symptoms in order to engage in life more intentionally and stop losing precious time and energy doing compulsions.
New Mothers with Birth Trauma, OCD, Anxiety
I am perinatal-informed and would be honored to support new mothers with existing trauma or OCD and/or have experienced birth trauma and increase in anxiety and intrusive thoughts that may be exacerbated by the sleep-deprivation and hormone fluctuation of the post-partum phase.
Approach
My approach combines a compassionate, grounded space for clients to explore and process their internal experiences, with evidence-based frameworks and tools that support meaningful change when desired. I hold an anti-pathologizing perspective and do not believe that anyone is broken. In sessions, we often process what's happening in your internal/external world and talk about concrete strategies to grow in the direction of your goals. I like to empower clients to approach change through learning and experimenting; there is no such thing as failure - only more useful information to work with. I believe that just as much or even more progress and integration happens outside of the therapy session as inside, and I will often provide suggestions on how to continue the work we discussed.
Background
I completed my clinical work in an intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization setting, where I supported adults and teens working through PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, self-harm, OCD, and substance use. I am trained in multiple therapeutic modalities and have applied them extensively in both individual and group settings. My work has included ERP, IFS, EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, substance abuse support, and process-oriented therapy with a wide range of clients.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years working as a yoga and meditation teacher and leading creative mindfulness workshops. I have always been drawn to helping people reconnect with themselves and creating spaces where they can do their own healing work. I studied fine arts and psychology as an undergraduate, and later earned my master’s degree in counseling.
I believe that each one of us is whole from the time we are born. I like to imagine this innate wholeness as a seed. Adverse conditions may cause the feeling of wholeness to lie dormant, waiting beneath the surface. With the right sunlight and water, meaning attention, care, and compassion, that seed begins to awaken again. I am here to help you identify and strengthen the healing resources you already carry so you can build resilience that will support you throughout your life.
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