My Therapeutic Approach
I believe therapy should be as unique as each person, because everyone’s journey is different. I walk alongside you with curiosity, care, and always a little humor, offering guidance tailored to support your mental, physical, spiritual, and environmental well-being. My style is warm, calm, and collaborative, helping you build a compassionate relationship with yourself, gently challenge old patterns, and reconnect with your intuition. Together, we will work toward healthier, more fulfilling relationships and a life that feels authentic, resilient, and aligned with your values. At the heart of my work, my goal is to empower you to make your own life decisions with confidence and clarity.
I view therapy as client-driven. Your goals and pace guide our work, and my role is to help you navigate challenges, provide insight, and offer gentle input or challenge when I notice something that may be outside of your awareness. I aim to help you reconnect with your inner wisdom and move toward growth that feels authentic—blooming in your own time and in your own way.
I place great emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, recognizing it as a central component of healing. I believe its effectiveness lies in multiple layers: the trust and safety it creates, the opportunity to experience connection and attunement, the mirror it provides for self-reflection, and the corrective emotional experiences that allow old relational patterns to shift. This relationship itself becomes a vehicle for insight, growth, and lasting change.
My work is rooted in an integrative, holistic approach that weaves together a variety of evidence-based practices. I’m deeply inspired by Poly-vagal Theory, Parts Work (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Somatic practices and Attachment Theory—approaches that honor the mind-body connection and our innate capacity to heal. I also draw from CBT, DBT, RO-DBT, Narrative Therapy, and Mindfulness, integrating these methods in a way that feels attuned and supportive. Together, we’ll tailor our work to honor your pace, ease patterns that no longer serve you, and support your nervous system so you can move beyond survival and into a life that feels authentic, resilient, and aligned with your values.
How I Work
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you make space for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting with them. Through mindfulness, values work, and behavior change, ACT supports you in building flexibility, reducing avoidance, and taking meaningful action in your life.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS), or Parts Work can help you explore and understand the different “parts” of yourself—like the protector, the critic, or the anxious part—with compassion and curiosity. Often times our parts have conflicting needs, beliefs, and values. By building a relationship with these inner parts, clients experience more self-leadership, clarity, and integration.
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Somatic and polyvagal approaches can help support clients in reconnecting to internal cues, body sensations, interoception, and safety. This helps reduce shame, expand tolerance, and rebuild trust in the body.
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Because attachment lives in the body as much as in the mind, we can explore how your nervous system responds to connection, conflict, vulnerability, and distance. Together, we work to create a regulated and supportive environment where new relational experiences can be felt—not just understood—and where security can be built over time.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. By identifying unhelpful/negative thought patterns and experimenting with new strategies, clients can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and build more flexible ways of coping with everyday challenges.
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing big emotions, reducing overwhelm, and staying grounded during stressful moments. With tools for mindfulness, distress tolerance, and communication, DBT helps clients build resilience and emotional stability.
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EMDR therapy helps process distressing memories, beliefs, and experiences so they no longer feel overwhelming or stuck. Through bilateral stimulation and guided processing, we work to reduce anxiety, soften emotional triggers, and create new, more adaptive ways of relating to yourself and the world.
Feeling anxious about the future or depressed about the past? Worries about what’s ahead or regrets about what’s behind can feel overwhelming, leaving you stuck in a cycle of “what if” or “if only.” Therapy provides tools to process these feelings and create a sense of balance and direction.
Feeling like all you’ve been doing is surviving stress, unsure how to move toward thriving? Life’s pressures can make it feel like you’re just managing day-to-day, without space to grow or enjoy life. Therapy can help you identify ways to move from survival to a more fulfilling, thriving life.
Feeling stuck in your head and disconnected from your body? When stress or mental patterns dominate, it can be hard to feel grounded in your body or present in the moment. Therapy can help you reconnect with your physical sensations, emotions, and inner wisdom, fostering a greater sense of integration and wellbeing.
Struggling with challenges like eating disorders, attachment wounds, career dissatisfaction, perfectionism, or fear of failure? You may find yourself caught in patterns that feel hard to break, whether it’s self-critical thoughts, difficulty forming close relationships, or feeling unsatisfied despite achievements. Therapy can help uncover the root causes and develop healthier ways to cope.
Is this you?
If you’d think I’d be a good fit for you, I would love to hear from you! I offer a free 15 minute consultation if you have further questions. Head to FAQ for more info as well.