I specialize in supporting young adult and middle-aged women who’ve experienced:
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Chronic Shame and Imposter Syndrome
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Social Phobia and Generalized Anxiety
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Childhood and/or Adulthood Sexual Trauma
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Race-based Workplace Stressors
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People-pleasing and Boundary-setting Issues
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Workplace Dissatisfaction and Burnout
My Approaches
EMDR is everything. This evidence-based form of psychotherapy promotes profound healing and transformation by addressing distressing parts of one's past, present, and future. I use EMDR with clients experiencing the effects of trauma/PTSD, anxiety, chronic shame, and imposter syndrome, for example.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
This is the heart and soul of my work with clients. It involves leading with empathy, holding space, offering unconditional acceptance, and meeting each client where they are in their journey. It is the fertilization that cultivates and nourishes strong therapeutic bonds.
Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
Searching for solutions can feel like finding needles in a haystack, making us doubt their existence. I use solution-focused techniques to instill hope and guide clients to relief by helping them tap into their strengths and explore exceptions to their dilemmas.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Mindfulness is essential and helps individuals who "space out" or struggle to remain present. I guide clients through exercises that help them reconnect to the here and now by noticing their thoughts, emotions, sensations, and surroundings. Practicing non-judgmental awareness brings relief and prepares clients for trauma work.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Our thoughts dictate our emotions and behaviors. How we view ourselves, others, and the world tends to stem from distressing life experiences. Instead of urging clients to alter their thinking, I teach them how to gently and shamelessly challenge, reframe, and defuse their relationships with their thoughts.
"Third-Wave" Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Approaches
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Receive therapy from the comfort of your home
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Attend sessions easily from a private, familiar location
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Flexible scheduling
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Save on travel expenses
During the first two sessions, we explore your main concerns and symptoms. We also complete a full biopsychosocial assessment, which involves gathering information about various aspects of your history–e.g., family/developmental–to better understand your overall present-day functioning and identify sources of resilience.
At the end of either the first or second session, we explore your expectations and hopes for therapy, as well as discuss your treatment goals and preferred or recommended interventions.
