My approach goes beyond symptom management. I look at the intersection of lifestyle, nervous system health, and emotional history. This is vital for women with medical mysteries, as we explore how physiological stress and relational trauma impact physical well-being.

If you're struggling with health uncertainty, navigating identity changes, or feeling disconnected from yourself, therapy can help. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from support. If daily functioning feels harder, self-care isn't creating the shifts you need, or you're carrying experiences that feel too heavy to process alone, therapy offers a space to work through these challenges with someone who truly sees you.

I use a holistic approach that honors the connection between mind, body, and spirit. Rather than just talking about what you're experiencing, we explore how it lives in your body and impacts your whole sense of self. This is especially important for women navigating health uncertainty or medical trauma, where the body's experience often hasn't been validated by traditional systems. I trust your inner knowing and work collaboratively with you to find what supports your unique healing journey, both in weekly sessions and intensive retreats.

This varies for everyone because healing isn't linear. Some clients find significant shifts within a few months, while others benefit from longer-term support as they navigate ongoing uncertainty or deep identity work. We'll regularly check in about your progress and adjust our work together based on what you need. You're always in control of how long you continue therapy.

With multiple options for therapy session lengths, we will find what helps you feel better, not what keeps you in therapy forever.

Many women I work with have had previous therapy experiences that didn't feel right. Sometimes the approach wasn't a good match, the therapist didn't understand health-related trauma, or the focus was only on thoughts rather than the whole body experience. A somatic, holistic approach can feel very different, especially if your previous therapy didn't address how uncertainty and medical experiences live in your body. We can talk about what didn't work before and make sure our approach honors what you actually need.

That's completely normal, especially when you're navigating experiences that don't fit into neat categories. Many of the women I work with struggle to put their experiences into words, particularly when dealing with medical mysteries or identity disruption. We'll work at your pace, and I'll help you find language for what you're experiencing. Sometimes we'll use somatic practices to access what words can't reach. There's no expectation that you come in with everything figured out.

Tears are welcome here. Crying is often your body's way of releasing what it's been holding. There's no pressure to keep it together or apologize for your emotions. This is a space where all of your feelings have room to exist. I'll be right there with you, holding space for whatever needs to come through.

No. You're the expert on your own experience. My role is to help you reconnect with your inner knowing, not override it. Together, we'll explore what's happening for you, uncover patterns that might be keeping you stuck, and develop tools that support your unique healing. I might offer perspectives, share somatic practices, or suggest things to explore, but you always have the authority to decide what feels right for you.

I am a specialized trauma therapist trained in Somatic EMDR, which integrates body-based awareness into traditional bilateral stimulation. This allows us to process memories that are "stuck" in the body, even when they aren't fully accessible to the thinking mind.

Many of my clients are high-functioning women who have spent years in a state of parentification or over-responsibility. We focus on nervous system regulation to help you transition from "survival mode" into a place of authentic peace and safety.