Walking through the healing process with my clients is an honor for me. I work with a variety of issues, with a focus on healing from trauma, or “toxic” life experiences. I can also help with other issues such as life changes and stress, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, phobias, low self-esteem, relationship/marital issues, narcissistic abuse, secondary traumatic stress, creative blocks, chronic pain and illness, feeling numb/ unmotivated/ stuck, along with dissociative “disorders” and help with recovery from systems of coercive controls such as abusive relationships, cults, segments of the 12-step program, therapeutic boarding schools, teen wilderness programs (the programs in the Troubled Teen Industry), along with experiences in the substance use recovery treatment industry. I have extensive experience with survivors of combat and sexual trauma as well as incarceration and combat/military-based traumas and have worked with survivors of police brutality, as well as work with several first responders.
Passionately concerned about their wellbeing, I work hard to meet the needs of each individual, not providing “cookie-cutter” therapy. I provide a safe, non-judgmental, empathic space essential for healing. I am up front and real, very passionate, while also highly nurturing and caring; I believe in the transformative effects of the therapeutic relationship. (Finding the right fit in a therapist is necessary for healing.)
I am a Trauma Specialist who has 20+ years of experience working with survivors of sexual abuse, rape, combat, neglect, and other traumas/adverse experiences. I also have extensive experience working with people struggling with addictions/compulsions with special expertise in Sexual Addictions and Substance Use. I believe addiction is an attempt to repair the effects of trauma and attachment wounds. I do not believe it is a disease and it’s absolutely not a lifetime issue! You can choose to stop a compulsion with the right help and I’m happy to help you work towards moderate use or abstinence- your choice! Choice is available once the compulsion is gone.
I believe we are experts in our healing, and that my role is to provide the safe space and clinical expertise to allow clients to enter the state needed for real healing to take place. If you would like, I will be your partner, walking along side you, as you move through this journey of both beautiful and often terrifying transformation and healing. Your body is wise and knows how to heal if you feel safe enough to allow that.
I believe that unresolved trauma/ toxic stress/ attachment wounds, are at the root of most of our mental/ physical / relational struggles and physical as well as emotional pain. This has in fact been proven in the groundbreaking ACE Study.
With the right modalities, the motivation, willingness, and the right therapist fit, along with some trust and safety with your chosen therapist, full transformation is possible. You do not have to just survive and cope- you can live and thrive.
It’s my belief that all good therapy is an art and not a technique- and I am confident in my artistry in this area!
I use a variety of practices including EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Attachment-Focused EMDR, The Feeling State Addiction Protocol, Somatic Experiencing, Psychodynamic Modalities of Therapy, The Hakomi Method (Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy), Ego State/Parts Work, and Psychoeducational, among others.
I work with adults and am only accepting people for individual therapy at this time. I have a history of specializing in working with male survivors of trauma however I work with all genders!
*I am only available for Teletherapy at this time and it’s been going quite well!
