Sometimes extremely difficult circumstances happen and you should not have to process through those resulting complex emotions by yourself. I work with all ages from young children to adults who have experienced trauma, allowing them a safe space to process their story and to re-write their story in a way that better serves their future.
Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, LPC, NCC, CTP
We have Certified Trauma Professionals that work with individuals to create an individualized treatment plan that assists in processing trauma and symptoms related to PTSD.
Traumatic events change once feeling of safety and power as well as often times their value or importance. Often times with PTSD clients are taking on too much responsibility for past events which are crippling their ability to move forward and be present. Through a combination of Modalities are mines are able to clear the negative beliefs and rewire the brain to help install adaptive truth about ourselves and empower clients to heal and move forward in new ways with self trust and tools to identify triggers as trailheads for healing. This is very underdiagnosed state of mind affects many Individuals manifesting as anxiety, lack of attention, difficulty, sleeping, adrenal fatigue, somatic symptoms of all kinds and chronic illnesses. When we address these through well researched modalities, clients are able to clear past trauma and trust themselves and life again in new ways.
My experience in working with teens & adults struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and loss. Each client receives a unique approach specific to their needs. My therapeutic approach is to integrate a variety of modalities to help you connect with your healthiest self, I utilize trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches with clients.
The reasons for and effects of trauma are unique and complex. They require lots of special training and a holistic approach. I have years of training and experience in working with this issue. I work to help clients address their issues from a variety of different angles and determine the underlying causes behind the problems.
I help clients work through complex trauma and PTSD resulting from childhood abuse and neglect. This may have looked like experiencing bullying, having strict parents, trying to meet impossible expectations, hitting, shaming, fighting, lack of emotional connection, or something else. These experiences leave us trapped in cycles from the past that can feel hard to escape.
As Bessel Van Der Kolk says "The Body Keeps the Score". This statement refers to the now scientifically proven notion that trauma is not just the "bad things" that happen to us, but what happens in our bodies as well. Trauma is the lump in our throats, the heaviness in our chests, the anxiety in our stomachs, and tension in our muscles. In order to help heal from trauma and PTSD, we need to connect to our bodies and bring the body into the therapeutic experience. I am certified in EMDR which is proven to help process and heal past trauma of all kinds, including "shock trauma" (war, natural disasters, car accidents) and "relational/developmental trauma" (emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse).
I specialize in treating trauma and PTSD utilizing safe, integrative and trauma informed approaches. I am trained in EMDR, a highly effective method for treating complex and deeply rooted trauma to alleviate symptoms and remove the impact of triggers that may be affecting your daily life. EMDR seeks to use our brain's natural healing ability to alter the unhealthy internal narratives that became a part of our story when the trauma occurred. For this reason, EMDR is my preferred method for addressing trauma of almost any kind. I am also certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a technique that allows me to quickly provide patients with some relief from their symptoms through guiding them through their internal process in a creative way to encourage desensitization to triggers and alleviation of difficult symptoms.
Trauma can leave deep emotional scars, affecting your daily life and sense of well-being. In therapy, I use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help you process and heal from traumatic experiences. EMDR is an evidence-based approach that facilitates the brain's natural healing process, allowing you to reframe and desensitize distressing memories. By creating a safe and supportive environment, I strive to help you confront and overcome the impact of your trauma, fostering resilience and empowering yourself to move forward with a renewed sense of peace and strength.
Trauma is defined as the charge that's left behind in the body after a completely overwhelming experience. Most folks have gone through something that has felt completely overwhelming that they didn't have the support to return to a sense of calmness after. If this is the case, how can your relationship NOT be affected by trauma in one way or another? Whether you have experienced trauma before your relationship or during it, together or separately, trauma may come into your dynamic and start wreaking havoc on your sense of togetherness, connection, and vision as a couple. When trauma interrupts a couple's relationship, it can be very easy for both partners to start working against each other and lose their sense of safety. It can also be really difficult for both partners to see each other for who they both really are instead of what the trauma fears or desperately hopes they are. Couple therapy with a trauma trained therapist addresses the impact of trauma on the relationship with sensitivity and care. If your relationship has been impacted by trauma, I can offer a secure environment for both partners to cultivate safety, sensitivity, care, and support towards each other at a pace that is determined by you. Relationship work is vulnerable; trauma work is vulnerable; relationship and trauma work at the same time?? That can feel SO scary. I get it. Let's go at your pace and focus on safety together. I will walk alongside you both as you learn to reclaim your relationship from the impact of trauma.