Therapeutic Services
Counseling / Psychotherapy
Therapy can help people who are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and stressed, to gain control, feel more confident, competent, and grounded.
Life can be challenging. It is not uncommon to have physical, emotional and mental health symptoms exacerbated by day-to day-stressors. Whether you are looking for therapy to address a specific situation, process a traumatic event or history, or seeking support for uncomfortable emotions related to anxiety, depression and/or life challenges, there is hope.
Talk therapy can help with the following:
- anxiety and worry
- life and work transitions
- depression symptoms
- emotional dysregulation and anger
- trauma (bullying, violence, disasters, sexual trauma, medical mistakes or injuries, intimate parter violence, childhood emotional or physical abuse, childhood neglect)
- stress and burnout
- self-esteem and self confidence
- grief
- life altering medical concerns
Tools and Modalities
I believe you are the expert in you!
My job is to provide tools and support to help you heal emotional wounds, build resiliency, more adaptive coping skills, and thrive!
Counseling / therapy services are solution-focused and collaborative using an integrative and eclectic approach to treatment.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Mindfulness-Based Contemplative Psychotherapy
- Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Positive Psychology (PP)
- Polyvagal Theory
- Emotional Freedom Technique
Brainspotting
Brainspotting (BSP) is a specific therapeutic tool which is a bit different from tradition forms of talk therapy. It uses the neuroscience finding that where you look affects how you feel. It is a neurobiological tool derived from EMDR by David Grand in 2003 and is used to treat somatic and emotionally-based conditions. It is a way of accessing the midbrain through the optic nerve using eye position to treat symptoms caused by traumatic memories. BSP process stimulates the body's own natural ability to heal itself from trauma.
Often times people who have experienced significantly upsetting events don't want to talk about them. BSP is highly specialized modality with a gentle, client-centered application that does not require that you talk extensively about traumatic experiences in order to heal. We rely on the brain to know and provide what it needs.
Imagine your brain like a filing cabinet. Unprocessed trauma can be 'misfiled' in our midbrain causing emotional symptoms. BSP locates the file and allows it to be emptied by your brain's healing capacity.
I have been certified in Brainspotting since 2019 and can discuss the appropriateness of adding BSP sessions to your treatment plan. You can find information on the website brainspotting.com