Specialty Areas

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Trauma and Traumatic Stress

• Racialized and Gender-Based Trauma

• Ancestral and Intergenerational Trauma

• Psychedelic Integration

• Leadership and Executive Coaching

Psychotherapy Services Available

• Individual Therapy

• Couples Therapy

• Workshops

Therapy

We all experience times in our lives when we could benefit from support. It could be a painful experience that has been difficult to process. Or it could be a recognition that you are not thriving in the way you’d like to, and you want to get to your own definition of optimal living and thriving. There are many reasons people seek therapy, and regardless of the reason, noticing that you could use support and reaching out for it is something in itself to celebrate. It is a remarkable act of humility and grace. It reflects an openness and willingness to grow, to change and evolve. As a therapist, I provide support by creating a space for you to process and explore your experiences and what they mean to you. Together, we create a container in which you can safely explore, evaluate, release, and reflect. You will undergo your own unque process of generating insight, opening up to new perspectives, and healing from past traumas and psychic injuries.

Approach

The approach used is tailored to your specific needs and goals. I take the time to get to know your history, identity, culture, ways of being, ways of coping and adapting, and survival strategies. Together, we develop goals and continually check in to ensure we are moving together harmoniously toward goals that make the most sense for you. Therapy is an invitation to co-create the experience you need, empowering you to recognize and communicate your needs and work collaboratively toward addressing them.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the practice of continually drawing the attention to the present moment. In therapy, mindfulness can help us to be present with what is, even difficult psychic experiences. Instead of projecting our awareness into the future which can feel like anxiety, or the past which can feel like depression, we can focus our attention on the here and now. By cultivating our comfort with being with these experiences, we can open to the messages these sensations carry.

Liberation-Based Psychotherapy

The symptoms that arise in us did not arise out of nowhere, they come to us with a message from the realm of the unknown and the unseen. They come with a message, they say: listen, something is not working here. There is something here for you to notice. Together, we honor the symptom and understand all of the reasons it emerged, including the social, political, and economic context in which it came to be. We explore what is needed to be noticed, held, and witnessed, as well as what can be released, soothed, and nurtured. The liberation is in you reclaiming access to your voice, power, and ability to connect.

Trauma Healing

What we feel now is often influenced by traumatic wounds in the past that never got the chance to fully heal. These wounds continue to ache and bleed into other areas of our lives until we take the time to uncover them and heal them. Therapy is a space where we can do this healing in a supportive environment, where you can open up and let go of the pain while being held and nurtured through it.

Modalities

EMDR

EMDR is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. It is an evidence-based treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related conditions that uses bilateral stimulation (through either tapping, eye movement, sound, or vibration) to reprocess traumatic memories. I use EMDR in an integrative way in therapy to support the processing of difficult or painful emotional experiences, and also in a focused way to alleviate and heal from the pain of past traumas.

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing is a naturalistic approach to the resolution of post-traumatic stress reactions. It supports the regulation and release of stress and survival behaviors through focal awareness of body sensation.