Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PTSD sucks! But survivors of trauma can and do reclaim their sense of purpose, worthiness, and independence by learning to recognize and manage the symptoms of PTSD. I'll guide you in identifying and challenging negative thought patterns holding you back. Together, we'll replace these patterns with healthier, more affirming beliefs, enabling you to rebuild self-confidence, improve trust in others, and master the art kicking ass.

I am trained in EMDR therapy and specialize in trauma recovery. I can help you "unstick" the stuff that's "stuck" and live the life you want to.

I am clinically trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Clients may find that EMDR therapy can lead to a significant reduction in the distress associated with traumatic memories. Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR focuses more on the emotional and somatic experience of trauma rather than extensive discussion of the traumatic event itself. Many clients report a decrease in symptoms and an increase in emotional stability after completing EMDR therapy.

Recovering from the impact of long-term, repeated traumatic events, such as emotional abuse and neglect.

When it comes to PTSD, trauma, and sexual abuse, conventional counseling wisdom says you have to painstakingly “process” in order to heal. I disagree. Let me show you an easier way… Simply come to your appointment and there is nothing else you need to do. I will do most of the talking and take on the responsibility of causing change and having the session being successful. I use an innovative neuroscience-based approach that clears emotional distress at the subconscious level.

I am a trauma therapist specializing in reproductive trauma. I offer tailored support to individuals experiencing traumatic events related to pregnancy, childbirth, or loss. I provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions and trauma-informed care to address psychological distress, such as PTSD or anxiety. I can help you process emotions, heal from trauma, and navigate subsequent pregnancies or parenting challenges with resilience and support.

Specializing in Trauma Recovery, Complex PTSD, Neurodiversities and diagnosis often associated with these issues and unwanted feelings and behaviors that often result from previous traumas (intergenerational, cultural/systemic, workplace, relational, etc).

Trauma impacts our ability to feel connected to our own knowing. Survival often requires us to lose touch with ourselves. We disconnect from our feelings, from what is happening, from what we know to be true, from our voices, and from our bodies to survive. The forces of systemic oppression work to keep us separated from ourselves and our knowing. Therapy can be a place to practice reconnecting with those disconnected parts of ourselves in an affirming relationship.

I specialize in trauma therapy, utilizing EMDR and other somatic and experiential approaches. My goal is to create a space where individuals can access their body’s natural healing process, especially for those who haven’t found traditional talk therapy effective.

I have worked with trauma throughout my professional career, starting with basic Trauma-Focused CBT, and then integrating trauma-informed yoga and body practices, as well as EMDR. Very few of us are lucky enough to escape life without any trauma (Big T Trauma or Little T trauma), and treating it goes beyond talk therapy, addressing how it lives in our body and brains. I have specialized training in birth trauma, and have completed an Advanced EMDR training for the perinatal population.

I have experience working with individuals who have experienced various forms of trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD and practice trauma-informed practices. I am a trained EMDR therapist.

People with PTSD often feel intense emotions such as fear, anger, sadness, and detachment from friends, family, and community members. Pharmacotherapy is effective in treating some of the core symptoms of PTSD, such as intrusive reexperiencing of traumatic memories, avoidance of stimuli, numbing, anhedonia, and hyperarousal.

I have extensive training in trauma and I believe that while the term PTSD has become a pop culture term that is over used, our society is also lacking in understanding of how PTSD can arise from experiences of racial trauma, implied threat of death and harm through coercive control and the complexity of trauma that arises from long term abuse especially when beginning in childhood.

With a deep understanding of the profound effects historical, intergenerational, and interpersonal trauma's have on one's physical and mental health, as well as my previous work and specialization in sexual trauma, I am more than equipped to help you manage your CPTSD and/or PTSD symptoms. I apply a range of therapeutic methods specifically tailored to each client's unique needs, aiming to promote healing and resilience through evidence-based interventions.

I understand that certain groups of people of are more likely to impacted by trauma than others, whether that be individual trauma or the ripple effects of historical/intergenerational trauma. There is a great need for us to heal from our trauma so we can better access our full selves. I am currently in process of becoming certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), a short-term evidenced-based trauma intervention. If you are in need of relief from your trauma symptoms, reach out!

Those impacted by trauma, however you choose to define it, understand that the effects can be profound and widespread. It can feel at times as though you are not in control of your own life and are ruled by unhelpful responses to trauma reminders (sometimes called triggers). I will support you to explore the specific impacts of your traumatic experience(s) and to create an adaptive integration of your trauma into your larger life story.

As an EMDR trained clinician I look at PTSD as something that can be healed from. We are also trying to get away from the concept of trauma as this single big thing that happened to you. But if you think about it in terms of Adverse Life Experiences, you can see how many things it might apply to.

I work with many individuals who have been through traumatic experiences and are experiencing symptoms related to those experiences, including symptoms of PTSD. After establishing that they have the coping skills to help them start to process the trauma, we typically use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) to help them process the traumatic memory and decrease the emotional distress they feel when recalling the traumatic event.

When we experience trauma of any kind, parts of us step in to protect us. In the moment, we need those parts and they may even be crucial to our survival. Once we’re through the trauma, those protective parts might start getting in the way. They might feel like anxiety, self-criticism, depression, or the need to be perfect, and they might interfere with our ability to form connections with others. Therapy can help us honor those former survival strategies and help us get unstuck.