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My Approach
In our work together, we create space for...
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Moving at the pace your body trusts, not the pace trauma demanded.
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Holding your survival strategies with compassion, not rejection or shame.
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Gently turning towards the memories and sensations that have felt intolerable.
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Building a felt sense of safety that stays with you after the session ends.
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Risk being fully seen in relationships so presence can replace absence.
You do not arrive as a problem to solve. This is a process of restoration and repair, a process of returning to yourself, and I am honored to witness the re-membering of your truth.
THE COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE MODEL
If you have lived through complex trauma, you may feel like your story is scattered across different parts of yourself. The Comprehensive Resource Model offers a way to meet each part with curiosity and deep resourcing before ever asking it to share its pain. We build layers of safety so your brain and body can tolerate what once felt unbearable. This approach honors dissociation as a creative survival strategy rather than a disorder to eliminate.
Many clients who resonate with CRM appreciate its blend of neurobiology and something deeper, a sense that healing happens not just in the mind but in the soul. Whether you experience distinct parts or feel fragmented, CRM helps you gather yourself back into wholeness.
DEEP BRAIN REORIENTING
For those who want to understand exactly how trauma gets stuck in our brain, Deep Brain Reorienting offers a clear map. This approach tracks the physiological sequence of traumatic activation, helping you notice the precise moment your system shifts into survival mode. Instead of feeling hijacked by reactions you cannot name, you learn to follow the thread from disorientation to shock to emotional response with scientific precision. DBR appeals to clients who are curious about the mechanics of their nervous system and want evidence-based pathways toward memory reconsolidation.
We work slowly with the orienting tension, allowing your brain and body to complete what was interrupted during the original event. Over time, the alarm system (locus coeruleus) quiets because the shock is finally reconsolidated as past. You gain a felt sense of control, orientation, and compassion that no amount of talk alone could provide. Understanding becomes the first step toward liberation.
PSYCHEDELIC PREPARATION & INTEGRATION
Sometimes talk therapy reaches a wall, and the same loops of dissociation, trauma, or suicidal thoughts keep spinning. Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy can act as a potentiator, opening a window where rigid stories loosen, and new neural pathways become possible. But medicine alone is not the healing; the therapy surrounding it is what makes the shift last.
In our preparation sessions, we build safety and set intentions so you enter the experience grounded and resourced. Afterward, integration sessions help you make meaning of what arose and weave those insights into daily life. This work is not a quick fix or a magic cure, but it can illuminate corners of your pain that have been buried in the unconscious. Many clients find they can finally touch self-compassion or see their worth with fresh eyes.
EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY
When couples arrive, they are often exhausted by the same fight that wears a deeper groove each time. One partner may pursue connection while the other withdraws for safety, leaving both feeling lonely and misunderstood. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy helps you step out of this dance and see how attachment fears, needs, and longings drive the conflict. We slow down the argument to uncover the deeper emotional process that hides beneath the pursuit or withdrawal.
Instead of fixing communication skills, we repair the bond itself so that reaching for each other feels safe again. Many couples are surprised to find that the very patterns causing pain are actually attempts to protect the relationship. As trust rebuilds, hard moments become opportunities to turn toward one another rather than away. You learn that love can be a shelter, not a battlefield.
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