Individual Therapy
Moving Beyond Survival Toward Peace Within
You may know that something from your past continues to affect you, even when you cannot always explain why. Perhaps you feel anxious, overwhelmed, constantly on guard, disconnected from yourself, or stuck in patterns within your relationships that are difficult to change. You may understand what happened intellectually, yet still feel as though your body and nervous system have not received the message that the experience is over.
Individual therapy provides a space to begin understanding these experiences with curiosity, compassion, and without judgment.
I have a particular passion for supporting individuals experiencing Complex PTSD (CPTSD), PTSD, developmental trauma, relational and attachment trauma, sexual trauma, medical trauma, grief and loss, and dissociation.
Individual Therapy That Goes Beyond Talking
My approach to individual trauma therapy is bottom-up, relational, and nervous-system informed.
This means we may talk about what is happening in your life, while also paying attention to what happens inside you as you talk—your emotions, body sensations, beliefs, protective responses, and changes in your nervous system.
Sometimes trauma shows up through anxiety, anger, hypervigilance, or feeling constantly prepared for something to go wrong. At other times, the nervous system may protect you through numbness, shutdown, disconnection, or dissociation.
Understanding these responses can be an important part of healing.
Depending on your needs and readiness, individual therapy may integrate EMDR Therapy, EMDR-Sandtray Therapy, IFS-informed and somatic approaches, nervous-system regulation, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, breath, mindful movement, and sound therapy.
Assessment for dissociation may also be incorporated when appropriate. Understanding how your mind and nervous system protect you through dissociation can help us determine the safest pace and approach for trauma therapy.
Therapy at Your Nervous System's Pace
Trauma healing does not require you to immediately tell your entire story or revisit painful experiences before you are ready.
For complex trauma and dissociation, individual therapy may begin with stabilization—developing greater awareness of your nervous system, strengthening internal and external resources, and increasing your ability to remain connected to the present.
When you have sufficient capacity and readiness, we can gradually move toward processing and integrating traumatic experiences.
The goal is not to erase your past.
It is to help you develop a different relationship with what you have lived through—one with greater awareness, regulation, connection, compassion, and choice.
Individual therapy is a space where you can begin moving beyond simply surviving and toward feeling more connected to yourself and cultivating a greater sense of peace and calm within—mind, body, and nervous system.
Your journey can begin with a consultation to explore your needs, goals, and whether working together feels like the right fit.
Why You Might Seek Trauma-Informed Therapy
You do not need to have experienced one single traumatic event to benefit from trauma-informed therapy. Sometimes the impact of trauma develops over time through relationships, childhood experiences, loss, medical experiences, or environments where you did not consistently feel safe, seen, heard, or supported.
You might consider trauma-informed therapy if you find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, disconnected, numb, constantly on guard, or stuck in repeating relationship patterns. You may struggle with trusting others, setting boundaries, feeling safe in your body, or understanding why certain situations trigger such strong emotional or physical responses.
For some people, trauma can also show up through dissociation, shutdown, feeling detached from yourself or your surroundings, difficulty connecting with emotions, or feeling as though you are simply going through the motions of life.
Trauma-informed therapy offers an opportunity to understand these responses with compassion—not simply as symptoms to eliminate, but as ways your mind, body, and nervous system may have learned to protect you.
Together, we can begin to understand these patterns, strengthen your capacity for regulation and connection, and support you in moving from surviving toward greater safety, choice, and peace within.
How We Can Help
Healing from trauma can involve more than talking about what happened. Our trauma-informed approach works with the mind, body, brain, and nervous system, recognizing that difficult experiences can continue to influence how we think, feel, relate to others, and respond to the world around us.
We use a bottom-up, relational, and individualized approach to help you understand your nervous system and the protective responses that may have developed through trauma. Rather than rushing into painful memories, we work at a pace that supports safety, stabilization, and connection before moving toward deeper trauma processing.
Depending on your needs and readiness, therapy may integrate EMDR Therapy, EMDR-Sandtray Therapy, IFS-informed and somatic approaches, nervous-system regulation, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, breath and mindful movement, sound therapy, and assessment for dissociation.
Whether you are experiencing Complex PTSD (CPTSD), PTSD, developmental or attachment trauma, relational trauma, sexual or medical trauma, grief and loss, or dissociation, our intention is to meet you where you are.
Together, we work toward helping you understand what your mind and body have learned to do to survive, process what no longer needs to be carried in the same way, and cultivate greater regulation, connection, choice, and peace within.
