Therapeutic Services
An Integrative Approach to Meaningful Change
Healing is rarely about finding one perfect technique. Our experiences shape us in complex ways, and meaningful change often requires more than one way of looking at what is happening. I draw from EMDR, Polyvagal theory, attachment-based approaches, parts work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and other evidence-based therapies to create a treatment approach that fits the work we are doing together.
EMDR is an important part of my practice, particularly when past experiences continue to affect you in the present. But sometimes the work is about building emotional regulation skills, understanding relationship patterns, developing healthier boundaries, or creating a stronger sense of safety within yourself before we begin processing deeper experiences. Other times, these approaches become part of the work alongside EMDR, helping you make sense of what emerges and translate the changes you experience in therapy into your everyday life.
Therapeutic Approaches
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EMDR
EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps the brain reprocess distressing and traumatic experiences that continue to affect you in the present. It can help reduce the emotional intensity of difficult memories and create space for more adaptive beliefs and responses. -
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Trauma can affect the way we see ourselves, relate to others, experience our bodies, and respond to the world around us. Trauma-focused therapy helps us understand these patterns while creating greater safety, choice, and connection. -
Attachment & Relational Therapy
Our early relationships can shape what we come to expect from ourselves and from other people. Attachment-focused work can help you understand relationship patterns, strengthen boundaries, develop more secure connections, and build a healthier relationship with yourself. -
Parts Work
Sometimes different parts of us can carry very different needs, beliefs, or protective strategies. Parts work helps us approach these internal experiences with curiosity and compassion, rather than feeling as though we are fighting against ourselves. I also help clients with attachment and family of origin trauma learn to reparent themselves using parts work. -
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT explores the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It can help you recognize patterns that contribute to distress and develop more flexible and helpful ways of responding. -
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT offers practical tools for navigating intense emotions, difficult situations, and relationships. Skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness can provide a foundation for deeper therapeutic work. -
Polyvagal Theory
Polyvagal theory provides a framework for understanding how the nervous system responds to safety, connection, stress, and perceived threat. This perspective can help us understand why you may sometimes feel activated, shut down, disconnected, or unable to simply “think your way” out of a reaction. I incorporate nervous-system awareness into therapy to help you recognize these responses, develop greater regulation, and build a stronger sense of safety within yourself.
You don't have to choose a single approach.
Therapy may look different at different points in our work together. We might use DBT and Polyvagal skills to help you manage overwhelming emotions, attachment work to understand relationship patterns, or parts work to better understand internal conflict. When you're ready, EMDR may help you process the experiences underneath those patterns. These approaches can complement one another, allowing us to work not only with what happened to you, but with how it continues to affect your life today.