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About My Clients
If you feel undeserving and struggle with trusting others, frequently overreact and shut down emotionally, or use unhealthy coping mechanisms, then you may be among the millions of adults with unprocessed childhood trauma. Left untreated, unprocessed childhood trauma can negatively affect the present, often reaping havoc on relationships and one’s quality of life, but it doesn’t need to continue. Therapy can serve as the best tool for long-term recovery.
My Background and Approach
As a psychotherapist and fellow childhood trauma survivor, I understand how accepting that the past was as bad as it was can be intimidating. That’s why I use a dignity and competency-based, relational, and experiential framework to help my clients. I help clients reclaim intimacy and heal from unfinished business from past relational injuries. My approach to therapy is integrative and attachment-focused, meaning that I artfully blend techniques with those I serve to best fit their needs in treatment and recovery. The techniques I use most often include: Sand Tray Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Relational Recovery Process (RRP), Anchored Relational Model (ARM), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
In our relationship and outside of the office, I value humor, transparency, creativity, and compassion. I believe that healing is a human right that is non-exclusionary, and that it was your right as a child to be witnessed, guided, and loved in a good enough way throughout each developmental stage. Prior to becoming a therapist, I had several roles, working and interning in the occupational therapy field and education system, the NCBTMB, as well as behavioral health, creative arts, and human rights advocacy fields. I support individuals and relational systems whose identities are varied and diverse. All faiths, ethnicities, and orientations are welcome and respected in my practice.