Therapy for Teens & Women
I genuinely love working with women and teens, with a special focus on communities of color. My clinical approach is humanistic and attachment-focused.
We all grew up in layered systems—with oppression and privilege—be it in our own family, culture, or society. These systems influence how we form attachment and connection. In this work, we hold curiosity for origin stories, investigate systems that impact you, and uncover trauma that lives somatically in the body. Our work is set with the intention to heal, moving towards secure, fulfilling functioning and safety in relationship with self and other.
Relationships
I help couples struggling with communication to identify dysfunctional relational patterns that cause tension and distress. I support partners by empowering them to take ownership of the part they play in the relationship, and I help both partners show up fully in words and actions with each other. I weave together Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) and Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT, Level I) to pay attention to how partners react, how they see themselves, how they perceive their partners, and how they communicate their needs with each other. I integrate both modalities with a humanistic approach to address the issue in the relational pattern rather than the individuals in the relationship.
I have worked with couples experiencing trauma and betrayal. If there are further questions, we can discuss your desired work in a consult to see if we’re a good fit.
Trauma-Informed
Trauma develops and is experienced on a spectrum, and I have worked with all forms of it. The world is messy and stressful. Often, things happen to us that are out of our control, contributing to feelings of helplessness. People paying attention to their lives have likely encountered some form of trauma before they enter adulthood. Trauma is the residual experience of a highly impactful and/or stressful event that registers on the central nervous system. It keeps the alert system switched on in our bodies, even when that response is no longer necessary or helpful.
Trauma is not our fault.
Through the use of somatic trauma work and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, we intentionally practice meeting trauma with radical self-compassion, building awareness for triggers, and increasing distress tolerance. This work helps us be fully present to make embodied decisions in life.