Our bodies are programmed to seek out balance and connection.

And yet, stress, trauma, and illness are all life events that can disrupt that balance and leave our nervous systems stuck in patterns of hypervigilence or disconnection. When we become stuck in these states of survival, we are often left feeling exhausted, isolated, anxious, shut down, and distrusting of ourselves or others. However, when we feel seen, supported, and understood, our nervous systems can shift from a state of survival to one of restoration. In this state, we can help our nervous system reconnect with itself and the world in present time and space. These attuned connections can help us to reestablish a sense of trust and regulation.

As a somatic therapist, I use therapeutic brain-body approaches, such as brainspotting, to reprocess negative experiences and release the emotional/physical survival energy that was stuck within those experiences. It’s essential to approach ourselves with the compassion we were so often denied, and I will model this by never casting judgment on the ways you found to survive your past. Instead, I aim to honor the survival strategies that protected us for so long while gently opening the door to a new, adaptive way of living.

All are welcome in my space and ,with me, therapy will be a collaborative process where I hold you within the vast complexities from which you come. My work is influenced heavily by my values of anti-racism, anti-capitalism, queer and intersectional feminist theory, fat liberation and disability justice. My therapeutic style is direct, relational and client centered- your mind/body have such wise intuition that will guide us where we need to go.