You Don’t Have to Keep Repeating the Past

We may have left our childhoods behind, but difficult childhood experiences can continue to impact our lives in ways we don’t always recognize.

Childhood trauma can show up as anxiety, second-guessing ourselves, taking on too much responsibility, struggling in relationships, or feeling stuck in situations we no longer want to be in.

Maybe some of these thoughts feel familiar:

“I’m too much.”
“I don’t belong here.”
“I can’t have what I want.”
“It’s not okay to be myself.”
“I’m not enough.”

Or have you ever noticed that when something difficult happens, your mind automatically goes to the worst-case scenario…

These thoughts and feelings may have been with you for a long time, but they don’t have to keep shaping what comes next.

You Have Already Your Survived Past

If you’re reading this, you’ve already survived your past.

When we grow up in difficult circumstances, we develop ways of coping that help us get through them and get our needs met. But there can come a point when the very patterns that once helped us begin causing more harm than good.

Healing can help us loosen the hold of those old patterns, experience more peace of mind, and create lives and relationships that feel right for us.

It’s Possible to Thrive

Maybe there’s a voice inside you, even a small one, that says:

“I want more.”
“I can have better relationships.”
“I can feel better about myself.”
“I can create a life that feels right for me.”

Therapy can help us listen to that voice and begin moving toward what we actually want.

What it’s Like to Work with Me

Understanding our trauma and how it affects us today doesn’t necessarily create change. That’s why in therapy with me, we don’t just talk. We’ll also practice skills and use proven healing techniques to help create change in your daily life.

But how we work together is just as important as what we do in therapy. I’m a real, warm-blooded, warm-hearted person first. I want to meet you right where you are, human to human.

Safety and trust are the foundation of deep therapeutic work. Even though we’ll meet by video, our sessions will be dynamic, engaging your mind, body, and spirit in the process of healing and change.

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My Healing Journey

I am passionate about supporting people in being able to see their innate value. Perhaps like you, I have overcome a lot in my life including familial trauma and systemic trauma. I’m 44 years old and have spent the last 25 years or so committed to not only healing but actually thriving in my life. Through the course of my healing journey I came to realize just how much I internalized external messages of not being enough. Paying attention to how I talk to myself and treat myself has been the single most impactful thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’ve seen my life transform from the inside-out from treating myself like my own kind and loving friend. It’s my calling to support you in doing the same. I’m also passionate about including body oriented healing practices as well as mindfulness into therapy which results in a healing process that feels nourishing to the mind, body, and soul.

Training & Education

  • IFS-informed (Parts-work) - On-going self-study

  • Black Octopus Society - Foundations in Embodied Somatic Abolitionism

  • Therapist Trainer -Relational Somatic Healing 

  • Relational Somatic Healing Certification 

  • Beyond Attachment -Relational Somatic Healing 

  • Therapeutic Touch - Relational Somatic Healing

  • Developmental Trauma - Character Map - Relational Somatic Healing

  • EMDR - Certificate of Completion

  • Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples

  • Hakomi Mindful Somatic Therapy

  • Hakomi Mindful Somatic Therapy for Couples

  • University of Santa Monica - M.A. - Spiritual Psychology specialization

  • John F. Kennedy University - M.A. - Somatic Psychology specialization