My approach
My clinical approach
My work is rooted in the understanding that healing requires more than insight. Drawing on relational psychodynamic and intersubjective theory, attachment research, affective neuroscience, and the psychobiological approach of Somatic Experiencing, I work at the place where early relational experience, nervous system physiology, and the present moment all converge. As a fully trained Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Meadows-trained Post Induction Therapy therapist, I bring a depth of clinical grounding that is uncommon in private practice. I take a holistic view, which means I am always attending to the whole person, not just the presenting symptom. Body, psyche, relationship, meaning. These are not separate threads. They are the same cloth.
How I work
Somatic Experiencing is the foundation of everything I do, which means we are always working with more than your story. We are working with what your body is still living through.
Most of what keeps people stuck lives below the level of insight. In the nervous system, in old wounds that never fully healed, in patterns that formed before you had words for them. I work at that level. Down to the root of what is actually driving what brings you here, so that healing is not just understood but genuinely felt, and a fuller, more embodied life becomes possible.
Sessions with me are collaborative. There is no script, no rigid protocol, no predetermined destination. Some sessions are conversational, exploring your history, your relationships, or what has been surfacing in your life. Others are more body-oriented, working with sensation, breath, and the subtle cues your nervous system is offering. Often they are both.
I am fully in the room with you. Not behind a clipboard, not at a clinical distance. I follow the subtle currents of what is alive between us, the physiological shifts, what is bracing, what is opening, what is trying to emerge. My clients often speak to a quality of presence they have not experienced before in a therapy room. That is not something I do. It is something we create together.
I will tell you what you need to hear, and I will hold you through it. I am direct and I am gentle. Those two things are not in conflict in the room. If something important needs to be named, I will name it. And I will not leave you alone with it. This is not a space where hard truths land without care.
Who this work is for
Adults carrying childhood wounds, from trauma, neglect, enmeshment, or families where love came with conditions, who find those early patterns showing up in their relationships, their sense of self, and sometimes in their bodies as chronic symptoms that doctors keep dismissing.
People who feel stuck in relational patterns: giving too much, losing themselves in relationships, struggling to set limits, or repeating dynamics that feel painfully familiar.
Those who sense there is a deeper dimension to their healing, who are drawn to questions of meaning, purpose, and what it might feel like to truly inhabit their own life.
High-achieving people who look fine from the outside but feel chronically exhausted, anxious, or empty, who have been taking care of everyone else for so long they've lost touch with themselves.
People who have spent years in talk therapy and still feel like something essential is missing. People who understand their story intellectually but can't seem to feel it shift in their body or their life.
People who have done intensive work in a residential or outpatient program and are ready to continue going deeper, who know what real healing feels like and don't want to lose the momentum they worked so hard to build.
Core modalities
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Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic work brings curiosity to the unconscious. It explores the early relational patterns, attachment wounds, and internalized beliefs that quietly shape how we see ourselves and others. By bringing curiosity to how your past lives in your present, we create the conditions for insight that doesn't just explain your patterns but actually begins to change them.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, SE works with the body's held survival responses. It addresses the energy of fight, flight, or freeze that gets stuck when trauma isn't fully processed. Rather than retelling your story, we work with what your body is doing right now, helping your nervous system complete what it couldn't at the time.
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Post Induction Therapy (PIT)
Developed by Pia Mellody and taught at The Meadows, PIT addresses the childhood wounds — neglect, abandonment, enmeshment, abuse — that shape codependency, low self-worth, and relational patterns in adulthood. Through an experiential parts-work process, we go to the root and gently reparent your inner wounded parts.
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Meaning, depth & soul
Healing from trauma is not just about addressing what happened, it's about reconnecting with what makes you feel alive. For those who are interested, I weave in spirituality, mythology, the natural world, and a sense of the sacred as doorways into meaning, purpose, and a deeper relationship with yourself.
Areas I work with
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Trauma & the nervous system
- Complex trauma (C-PTSD)
- Childhood trauma
- Emotional Neglect
- Relational trauma
- Hypervigilance
- Freeze and shutdown
- Somatic symptoms
- Dissociation
- Nervous system dysregulation -
Relationships & Self
- Codependency
- People-pleasing
- Difficulty setting limits
- Fear of abandonment
- Enmeshment
- Attachment wounds
- Low self-worth
- Chronic self-criticism
- Identity confusion
- Imposter syndrome -
Anxiety, Burnout, & Mood
- Chronic anxiety
- Depression
- Burnout
- Emotional exhaustion
- Perfectionism
- Overwhelm
- Hopelessness
- Stress
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions -
Meaning & Growth
- Spiritual emptiness
- Loss of purpose
- Disconnection from self
- Feeling lost or stuck
- Longing for deeper meaning
- Inner child work
- Personal transformation
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Addiction & Recovery
- Substance use history
- Alcohol dependency history
- Co-occurring disorders
- Trauma and addiction
- Relapse and recovery
- Behavioral addictions
- Family affected by addiction
- Early recovery support
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Nature & Embodied Healing
- Ecotherapy
- Walk and talk therapy
- Outdoor somatic work
- Nature-based nervous system regulation
- Healing through the natural world
- Land-based practice
- Embodied presence
- The natural world as spiritual resource
If you've read this far, something brought you here. That's worth paying attention to.
I offer a free 20-minute consultation, not a sales call, just a real conversation about what's bringing you here and whether working together feels like the right fit.