The Foundation
Therapy Isn't One Technique
No single modality works for every person or every problem. Rather than following a rigid protocol, I draw from multiple evidence-based and experiential approaches depending on what you need in the moment. The goal isn't to fit you into a therapy model—it's to use the right tools to help you create lasting change.
My work integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, attachment-based therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), mindfulness, and other evidence-informed approaches as needed.
Experiential Therapy
Experiential therapy works with what's happening in the present moment—in the room, in the body, and within the therapeutic relationship itself. Rather than only talking about your experience, we work with it directly.
The goal is not simply to gain insight, but to create new experiences that your nervous system can learn from. Therapy becomes a place to safely practice different ways of responding, relating, and experiencing yourself. Together, we then begin to carry those experiences into your everyday life—curating opportunities that reinforce new patterns and expand what feels possible. Over time, these repeated experiences help your nervous system learn that different outcomes are not only possible, but increasingly familiar.
Somatic Approaches
Somatic approaches in therapy pay attention to the body as a source of information and a site of change. It means slowing down enough to notice what's happening below the level of thought. While we begin by paying attention to the body's signals, we also use practices that help shift how the nervous system responds. Depending on your needs, this may include grounding, breathwork, bilateral stimulation, mindfulness, visualization, movement, or other body-based interventions that support regulation and create new experiences of safety, connection, and choice.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment theory offers a framework for understanding how our earliest relationships shape the way we relate to ourselves and others throughout our lives. When early relationships were inconsistent, frightening, or emotionally unavailable, we develop strategies to manage connection and protect ourselves from further hurt.
Understanding your attachment patterns is only the beginning. Lasting change comes through new experiences that challenge what your nervous system has learned to expect. Therapy becomes a place to safely experience connection, authenticity, boundaries, repair, and self-trust in ways that can gradually reshape how you move through relationships long after the session ends.
Together, we explore the beliefs, emotional patterns, and protective strategies that developed in response to early relationships. Through insight, experiential work, and the therapeutic relationship itself, we create opportunities for new relational experiences that gradually expand what feels possible. Over time, these experiences help your nervous system learn that closeness can be safe, boundaries can be respected, conflict can be repaired, and your needs and emotions can be trusted.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy originally developed for trauma and PTSD. It uses bilateral stimulation — typically eye movements, tapping, or auditory tones — to help the brain process distressing memories that have become stuck and continue to influence how you feel and respond in the present.
EMDR can be effective for a wide range of concerns, including trauma, anxiety, phobias, grief, and experiences of shame or inadequacy rooted in past events.