Gemma Collins (she/her)

I have significant experience working with clients who have endured traumas. Some of my clients have experienced chronic traumas such as ongoing emotional abuse or neglect in childhood. Other clients report acutely traumatic events in childhood or adulthood. While some clients may meet criteria for PTSD or C-PTSD, I consider the diagnosis itself to be less important than the experiences themselves and the impact of those experiences on the client's present day life.

Anxiety is a mysterious affect with myriad sources. It can be the body's way of asserting that something in the external world needs changing. It can be a hypervigilance to certain behaviors or events. It can even be the body's way of masking other difficult emotions. Regardless of why it has arrived, anxiety is incredibly painful, and often debilitating. I work with clients to make sense of their experiences of anxiety and reduce feelings of pervasive discomfort and unease.

Anxiety is a mysterious affect with myriad sources. It can be the body's way of asserting that something in the external world needs changing. It can be a hypervigilance to certain behaviors or events. It can even be the body's way of masking other difficult emotions. Regardless of why it has arrived, anxiety is incredibly painful, and often debilitating. I work with clients to make sense of their experiences of anxiety and reduce feelings of pervasive discomfort and unease.

Intimate partnerships are often the stages upon which individuals work out inner conflicts and early unmet needs. Couples and individuals come to me seeking relief from ongoing conflict, feelings of loneliness, anger and discontent. I have experience working with couples to repair frustrated bonds and rebuild intimacy. I use attachment theory, emotionally focused therapy, and interventions from the Gottman method in my work with romantic and intimate partners.

Anxiety is a mysterious affect with myriad sources. It can be the body's way of asserting that something in the external world needs changing. It can be a hypervigilance to certain behaviors or events. It can even be the body's way of masking other difficult emotions. Regardless of why it has arrived, anxiety is incredibly painful, and often debilitating. I work with clients to make sense of their experiences of anxiety and reduce feelings of pervasive discomfort and unease.