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EMDR
EMDR is based on the premise that traumatic memories can become "stuck" in the brain, leading to ongoing distress. This therapy uses bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories, reducing their emotional intensity and enables you to move forward in your life.
EMDR is endorsed by organizations such as the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association as an effective treatment for trauma-related disorders. Read more here.
IFS
IFS is based on the premise that the mind is made up of multiple “parts” or sub-personalities, each with its own thoughts, emotions, and roles. These parts often develop in response to life experiences and can carry burdens from past trauma or unmet needs.
Therapy in the IFS model is particularly effective for treating trauma, anxiety, depression, and relational difficulties, and is valued for its non-pathologizing, respectful approach to inner experience.
By promoting self-awareness and internal harmony, IFS supports lasting emotional healing and personal growth.
Attachment-based Therapy
Attachment-based therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach grounded in attachment theory, which emphasizes the importance of early relationships in shaping emotional development and interpersonal functioning. This modality focuses on how early attachment experiences influence a person’s sense of self, patterns of relating, and capacity to form secure, trusting relationships in adulthood.
At its core, attachment-based therapy seeks to foster secure, attuned connections—both within the therapeutic relationship and in the client’s broader life.
Somatic Work
Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach that emphasizes the connection between the mind and body. Rooted in both psychological and physiological principles, somatic work recognizes that unresolved trauma can be stored in the body. Clients are guided to increase awareness of bodily sensations, posture, breath, and movement as pathways to access and process deeply held emotions and experiences. The goal is to release physical tension, restore the body’s natural regulatory capacities, and support emotional integration.
By engaging both the body and the mind, Somatic Therapy offers a holistic path to healing, particularly for individuals whose experiences may not be fully accessible through talk therapy alone.
DBT
DBT focuses on helping individuals manage intense emotions, improve interpersonal relationships, tolerate distress, and enhance mindfulness. It combines standard cognitive-behavioral techniques with concepts from Eastern mindfulness practices and dialectical philosophy—the integration of opposites, such as acceptance and change.
DBT is widely recognized for its structured approach and effectiveness in reducing self-harm behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and fostering psychological resilience.
Approach
My approach to each client is integrative and personal. You are a unique individual and your counseling should be as well. I prefer to get to know my clients and hear what from you what you'd like to work on. Listening first, and treating second, I integrate a variety of modalities depending on what you particularly need, and together we create a flexible roadmap. Through over twenty years of experience, I have found this approach the most beneficial.
Please contact me here for a free, twenty minute consult to see if we would be a good fit.
Modalities
I integrate a variety of methods (modalities) to build a treatment plan specific to you and what you would like to work on. Modern psychotherapy encompasses a wide range of evidence-based modalities designed to meet the diverse needs of individuals seeking emotional and psychological support. I am trained in a variety modalities, and several of the approaches I use are:
Somatic Psychotherapy
Using awareness of the body’s sensations, impulses, and movement to guide healing.
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a structured method that helps the brain and body process and resolve traumatic experiences.
Internal Family Systems
IFS gently explores and transforms the inner parts of you that carry pain, protect, or help you cope.
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Polyvagal-Informed Therapy
Supporting nervous system regulation and connection through understanding your body’s states of safety, defense, and restoration.
Attachment-Based Work
Healing relational wounds by cultivating trust, security, and emotional attunement, both within yourself and in relationships.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DBT develops practical skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help manage emotions and improve relationships through acceptance and change.
Each of these modalities offers a unique framework for addressing trauma, emotional dysregulation, and mental health challenges by targeting different aspects of the healing process. Individually or in combination, these approaches provide powerful tools for fostering resilience, enhancing self-awareness, and supporting long-term emotional well-being.