INDIVIDUALs & Couples
For individuals, this work often starts with a simple but uncomfortable question: what happens inside me, automatically, before I even decide how to respond? Many people come to therapy already skilled at managing everyone else's reactions and less practiced at noticing their own. We slow that down — building the kind of self-observation that creates real choice, instead of the same automatic response every time.
Couples often come in speaking two different languages — one person needs to talk it out, the other needs space to think. I help you see the pattern underneath your specific fights: the cycle you both keep landing in, even when the topic changes.
I draw on Gottman Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Terry Real's Relational Life Therapy (RLT) to work on both what you say to each other and what happens underneath it — the tone, the timing, the moment connection breaks down. RLT in particular helps couples move past blame and defensiveness into real accountability, without either partner losing themselves in the process. The goal isn't just fewer arguments. It's actually understanding each other again.
Trauma and childhood attachment wounds
Have you ever felt secure and confident, only to suddenly feel sad, angry, or fearful after a triggering event? This is common for those with unresolved trauma — especially trauma rooted in childhood, where early wounds can leave parts of us frozen in time, still reacting to old danger long after it's passed.
Trauma isn't just something that happened to you. It's something that reshaped how your body and nervous system respond to the present — a racing heart in a safe moment, a shutdown you can't quite explain, a reaction that feels bigger than the situation calls for. Healing isn't just about understanding what happened; it's about creating enough safety, in the room and in yourself, to actually process it.
I utilize aspects of IFS, EMDR, and DNMS to work with the parts of you that feel stuck — the vulnerable places still carrying old pain, and the protective parts that formed around them. This approach creates space to explore what you're feeling without judgment, fostering real compassion between who you are now and who you had to be back then. The goal isn't to relive the past. It's to finally move forward without being quietly run by it.
NarcisSISM AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE
Narcissistic and emotional abuse rarely look like abuse from the outside — often there's no single dramatic event, just a slow erosion of your confidence, your voice, and your sense of what's real. You might find yourself walking on eggshells, questioning your own memory, or apologizing for things you're not sure you did wrong.
This work is about helping you see the pattern clearly — separating what's actually yours to take responsibility for from what belongs to someone else's behavior — and reconnecting with the parts of yourself you may have set aside to stay safe or stay connected.
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Equine-Assisted Therapy
Equine-Assisted Therapy utilizes the unique qualities of horses to assist clients in addressing a variety of emotional and psychological problems. This therapeutic approach is particularly beneficial for individuals who are grappling with trauma, attachment issues rooted in childhood, and various relationship struggles. Such challenges may manifest as deep-seated feelings of mistrust, an overwhelming difficulty in sharing past experiences, and patterns of harmful behaviors that can undermine relationships.
Currently, I am only consulting for Equine Therapy programs and am not able to offer individual client sessions.