HOW I WORK

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EMDR is a core part of my practice. I use it to help clients process experiences, beliefs, and emotional patterns that continue to feel stuck or unresolved.

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My approach is person-centered, collaborative, and individualized. While EMDR is central to our work, I integrate other evidence-based approaches when they support your goals.  Our work may be active and focused when you're ready to move toward the roots of what keeps you stuck, while still allowing space for reflection, regulation, and integration.

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I work best with clients who are ready to actively participate in the process—not simply manage symptoms but understand and change the patterns underneath them.

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SPECIALIZED EMDR EXPERIENCE 

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​Complex Childhood & Developmental Trauma

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This work recognizes the lasting impact of childhood experiences—particularly when they involved neglect, emotional, verbal, physical, or sexual abuse, or occurred within relationships where you depended on others for safety, care, or connection.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Continue to affect your sense of safety, self-worth, or relationships

• Contribute to anxiety, hypervigilance, shame, emotional overwhelm, or numbness

• Show up as difficulty with trust, boundaries, attachment, or emotional regulation

• Lead to patterns of people-pleasing, codependency, or difficulty knowing what you need

• Feel emotionally present even when you understand them intellectually

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process these experiences while honoring the ways you adapted to survive them and supporting greater safety, choice, and connection in the present.

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Betrayal Trauma & Relationship Patterns

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This work recognizes how experiences of betrayal, relational trauma, and unhealthy relationship dynamics can affect our sense of safety, trust, self-worth, and connection—sometimes long after the relationship or experience has changed.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Disrupt your ability to trust others or yourself

• Contribute to hypervigilance, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or difficulty feeling safe

• Lead to patterns of people-pleasing, codependency, over-functioning, or difficulty setting boundaries

• Leave you questioning your perceptions, needs, or decisions

• Create recurring patterns in relationships, even when you understand them intellectually

• Feel difficult to process through traditional talk therapy alone

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process experiences of betrayal and relational trauma while supporting greater self-trust, healthier boundaries, and a stronger sense of safety and choice in relationships.

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911 Professionals Trauma

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This work recognizes the unique psychological demands of emergency response roles—where exposure to repeated high-stress, high-stakes situations can accumulate in the nervous system over time, even when someone is highly skilled at staying composed in the moment.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Feel “contained” at the time but linger afterward

• Contribute to emotional numbing, irritability, or hypervigilance

• Show up as intrusive memories, stress responses, or burnout

• Are difficult to process through traditional talk therapy alone

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process these experiences while honoring the work you do and the resilience it requires.

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Grief and Ambiguous Loss

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This work recognizes that not all losses have clear endings. Grief can arise from death, changes in relationships, loss of identity, health, expectations, or a future you once imagined—and some losses may be difficult for others to see or understand.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Feel unresolved, complicated, or difficult to put into words

• Involve uncertainty, unanswered questions, or a lack of closure

• Create a sense of longing, guilt, anger, or emotional exhaustion

• Involve grieving someone or something that is still present in your life

• Feel difficult to process through traditional talk therapy alone

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process grief and the experiences surrounding loss while making space for both the pain of what has changed and the possibility of moving forward.

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Chronic Pain and Illness

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This work recognizes the emotional and psychological impact of living with chronic pain or illness—particularly when symptoms are ongoing, unpredictable, or have changed how you experience your body, relationships, work, or future.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Create feelings of fear, frustration, grief, or loss of control

• Contribute to anxiety, hypervigilance, or feeling disconnected from your body

• Involve repeated medical procedures, difficult diagnoses, or healthcare experiences

• Affect your identity, independence, relationships, or sense of what your future can look like

• Feel difficult to process while simultaneously managing ongoing symptoms

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process distressing experiences and the emotional impact of chronic illness, while supporting greater flexibility, self-compassion, and a sense of agency.

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Caregiver Stress and Burnout

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This work recognizes the emotional and psychological demands of caring for someone you love—especially when the responsibility is ongoing, unpredictable, or leaves little room for your own needs.

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In this context, we may focus on experiences that:

• Leave you feeling emotionally or physically depleted

• Create guilt when you prioritize yourself or set boundaries

• Contribute to resentment, anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional numbness

• Make it difficult to ask for help or recognize your own needs

• Reinforce patterns of over-functioning, people-pleasing, or putting yourself last

• Create grief around changes in your relationship, role, identity, or expectations

• Feel difficult to process while continuing to be the person everyone relies on

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EMDR can provide a structured way to process the experiences and emotions contributing to caregiver stress and burnout, while supporting healthier boundaries, greater self-compassion, and a stronger sense of balance and choice.

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