Coming to therapy can be a vulnerable and sometimes painful experience. This can be made traumatic and unhelpful by working with therapists and professionals who have not worked through their own biases. If you are a member of minority group, you likely have experienced biases in any space you have occupied.
I work hard to ensure therapy is not one of those spaces. I am a queer-celebrating, neurodiversity-celebrating, body positive, HAES aligned, anti-racist, decolonizing therapist. I am not perfect, and I have more to learn. I have started the work and will continue it. I work with folks of all religious and socio-economic backgrounds and take a cultural humility approach to working with you.
I believe you already have inside of you everything you need to create the life you have wanted. All of us were born with a deep need for connection, and this drives all of our behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. In order to connect with others more authentically, we need to connect with ourselves fully. This is why emotion- focused, experiential, and attachment-based relational psychodynamic therapy, from a trauma-informed approach works.
The more comfortable you become with your emotions, the less the power they have over you. This process of familiarization is accompanied by growing pains, like anything we are just starting to practice. But, it allows you to more fully live in the present. Over time this connection can then be shared with others.
We can focus on your attachments and relationships to build healthy, lasting, genuine relationships. By honoring your entire story, starting at the beginning, we can understand how your most important early relationships influenced you and are still impacting you.
A Trauma-Informed, Psychodynamic Approach to Therapy
What is Trauma-Informed Therapy?
I’m a trauma-informed, trained therapist. This means that I have extensive knowledge and ongoing supervision around evidenced based practices.
My training and approach ensure that we work on things at a pace that is optimal for you and your goals. Trauma-informed care centers you, not your trauma. Whether it feels like it or not, I believe you have skills and resources that have helped you get this far and will help you go farther. Trauma-informed therapy is a collaborative and empowering approach.
Trauma-informed care is woven into different modalities. Trauma-informed therapy requires extensive training and experience in psychotherapy. You deserve more than the newest “trauma-informed” modality. You deserve, a skilled, experienced, humble therapist.
What is Psychodynamic Therapy?
Psychodynamic theory and practice recognizes that at our core, we are relational beings. Central to all of we are, is our capacity for relationships. In our work together, our relationship, and your relationships with others are paramount.
We will work to understand your attachment style and why/how it developed. There is powerful healing in relationships. This fundamental truth sets psychodynamic therapy apart. Through our work together, we will work to understand your patterns and what drives them. Learning and unlearning deep seeded patterns takes time, but it is possible. This is long-term work, and it creates lasting change.
Together, we will delve into YOU with radical curiosity and compassion. It is possible to transform your life. I can’t promise a quick fix. I offer proven, evidence based, relational work. We will dive as deep as we can go and surface with a sense of freedom, contentment, and steadiness in who you are. You will be able to handle whatever life throws at you. When you learn to sit with whatever is occurring internally/externally, you can work through. The way out is through, and you don’t have to do it alone.
What is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting integrates well with psychodynamic work. Brainspotting focuses on somatic release of memories, emotions, and physical sensations through eye positions. It also is based in attunement, which can bolster our therapeutic relationship and facilitate healing. This, combined with relational-psychodynamic work, can access deep, unique parts of yourself. It can also be a beneficial as an adjunct with other therapies in which you’re engaging with another therapist.
