Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion
Jack Kornfield
You don’t have to keep pushing through this alone.
Maybe you’re exhausted in a way rest doesn’t fix.
Maybe your body feels stuck in stress, pain, or shutdown.
Maybe trauma or chronic stress is affecting your daily life.
Maybe you feel dismissed or overwhelmed trying to explain what you’re experiencing.
If this feels familiar, therapy can help.
Trauma isn’t just what happened.
It’s what your nervous system had to do to survive.
hypervigilance or anxiety
emotional shutdown or numbness
people-pleasing or over-functioning
difficulty trusting others or yourself
disconnection from your body
These are survival responses, not flaws.
Chronic illness and chronic pain impact more than the body.
Living with chronic illness often involves constant invisible labor, tracking symptoms, managing energy, and navigating medical systems.
Many people also carry the emotional impact of being dismissed or not believed.
symptom and energy tracking
medical appointments and system navigation
grief over changes in ability or identity
feeling misunderstood or doubted
invisible emotional load
You should not have to prove your pain in order to receive support.
Medical trauma is real.
Being told it’s “just anxiety.”
Being told your labs are normal.
Being told you’re “too young” to feel this way.
Wondering if you’re imagining your symptoms.
In therapy, your experience is believed.
How therapy works with me
I use EMDR, IFS, mindfulness, and somatic approaches to support trauma and nervous system healing.
We move at the pace your nervous system can tolerate.
EMDR to process traumatic memories
IFS to understand protective parts of yourself
somatic approaches for body-based regulation
mindfulness for grounding and awareness
Therapy is not about fixing you.
It’s about helping your nervous system stop fighting for survival all the time.
In therapy, you do not have to:
minimize your pain
relive everything in detail
perform being okay
push through overwhelm
have the right words
We pay attention to what your mind and body are communicating, and what they’ve been trying to protect you from.
I specialize in working with adults experiencing:
Childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, or domestic violence
Coercive, unsafe, or emotionally harmful relationships
Complex trauma and attachment wounds
Medical trauma, chronic illness, or chronic pain
Anxiety, shutdown, or feeling stuck in survival mode
Emotional overwhelm, shame, or self-criticism
Disconnection from your body or emotions
Difficulty trusting yourself or others
You deserve support
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting what happened.
It means your nervous system no longer has to live like it’s still happening.
You deserve more moments of safety in your body.
More space to breathe.
More choice in how you respond to your life.
