Support for families. Healing for individuals. Space for couples.

Healing isn’t a one-size-fits-all process. I draw from a few different approaches depending on your needs, always with the goal of creating a space where you feel safe, seen, and supported. Here's a look at some of the main frameworks that shape my work:

Attachment-Based Therapy

  • Attachment-based therapy looks at how our earliest relationships shape the way we relate to ourselves and others today. It helps us make sense of emotional patterns that sometimes run underneath the surface of our lives.

  • I believe that connection is the foundation for real healing. Exploring your attachment style can offer insight, compassion, and a path toward creating healthier relationships—with others and with yourself.

    • Understand why certain relationship patterns feel so hard to change

    • Build trust, connection, and emotional safety in new ways

    • Heal old wounds that may still impact your current relationships

    • Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller — a clear, relatable guide to understanding attachment styles in adult relationships.

    • Parenting from the Inside Out by Dr. Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell — a powerful resource for parents wanting to raise emotionally secure children by first understanding their own attachment stories.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • EFT is based on the idea that emotions drive behavior. It focuses on helping you recognize, process, and express your emotions in ways that build stronger, more secure bonds.

  • Big emotions aren't something to fear—they’re important signals. When we learn how to tune into emotions without being overwhelmed by them, we open the door for deeper connection and healing.

    • Strengthen emotional communication with partners, family, and yourself

    • Break free from negative cycles in relationships

    • Feel more confident navigating emotional highs and lows

    • Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson — a powerful guide to creating emotional safety in relationships.

    • Wired for Love by Dr. Stan Tatkin — a practical, compassionate book on how attachment and nervous system wiring impact couples.

Parts Work (Internal Family Systems-Inspired)

  • Parts work is based on the idea that we all have different “parts” inside us—each one carrying a story, a fear, a need. Therapy helps you listen to those parts instead of pushing them away.

  • I believe every part of you makes sense—even the ones that feel messy, reactive, or hard to accept. When we understand and care for our parts, we can move toward greater wholeness and self-compassion.

    • Reduce inner conflict and self-criticism

    • Build a stronger, kinder internal dialogue

    • Heal trauma stored in protective parts of yourself

  • No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz — an accessible introduction to Internal Family Systems and the beauty of self-compassionate healing.

Experiential and Narrative Therapy Elements

  • Experiential therapy invites you to feel and engage with your healing—not just talk about it. Narrative therapy focuses on understanding and reshaping the stories you tell yourself about who you are.

  • Healing isn’t just a cognitive process—it’s emotional, sensory, and deeply personal. By experiencing your emotions safely and exploring your personal narrative, you gain new agency and meaning over your story.

    • Reclaim your voice and agency in your life story

    • Process emotions that feel stuck or overwhelming

    • Find new meaning after loss, trauma, or identity shifts

    • The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk — a powerful exploration of how the body holds emotional memory and how experiential healing works.

    • Rising Strong by Brené Brown—How we make meaning out of our struggles, and how rewriting our internal stories leads to resilience.

    • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl—Finding personal meaning in suffering and choice; building identity through narrative and resilience.

Coming Soon: EMDR Therapy (Summer 2025)

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapy approach that helps people heal from trauma, distressing memories, and emotional pain. It uses bilateral stimulation (like guided eye movements) to help the brain reprocess stuck or overwhelming experiences so they can be stored in a healthier way.

  • Sometimes talking alone isn’t enough to fully heal old wounds—especially trauma. EMDR offers a way to work through painful memories without needing to relive them in detail. I’m pursuing EMDR training because I believe it offers a powerful, research-backed pathway to healing that honors both the mind and the body’s natural ability to recover.

    • Process trauma and painful memories safely and efficiently

    • Reduce emotional triggers and reactivity

    • Build a stronger, calmer internal sense of self

    • Heal experiences that feel “stuck” even after traditional talk therapy

  • Getting Past Your Past by Dr. Francine Shapiro — an accessible guide to how EMDR helps people move beyond painful memories and reclaim their lives.

“Compassion occurs when loving-kindness meets suffering.”

—Christopher K. Germer, PhD—