Trauma and relationship therapy
You wake up feeling guilty but haven’t even had a chance to make a mistake yet. Being connected to your body's sensations feels inconvenient and maybe even dangerous. It’s normal for you to second guess your instincts and speak to yourself in a way that you wouldn't to your worst enemy. Worst of all, you're scared of the one person you're stuck with: you.
If you have a partner, these experiences are magnified in a way you can’t ignore. Conflicts are a hamster wheel of hurt and communication is a loop of recycled arguments. You both return again and again to patterns you promised each other you wouldn’t repeat and the ability to hear each other over the reverberating resentment feels impossible. The shame you carry gets released in private coping behaviors you would never admit to, and meanwhile you smile along at date night.
If you’re new to relationships, you know you don’t want to repeat past pain, but you’re not sure how to create something new. Your worst fear is finding yourself looking at your partner asking "when did we become like the people who hurt us?"
Meet The Counselor
Take 30 seconds to visualize your body feeling like an ally, your reactions being a conscious choice, and your emotions serving as a source of useful information. What would you be free to explore about yourself and your life? What goals could you accomplish? Now, add your partner into the image. What kind of intimacy could you both create together? How would you be able to enjoy the other person when you’re free to stop hurting each other?
If you liked what you saw, let’s work together.
A licensed professional counselor trained in trauma recovery and couples therapy, it is an honor to partner with my clients to rebuild their relationships with self and others. Therapy with me is an active process that prioritizes practical interventions, gentle directness, and empathic collaboration.
how i help
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Premarital Marriage Counseling
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My Approach and values
I believe therapy should be more than talk. An attachment-based counselor, my passion is to help you become aware of your relational dynamic in real time and engage your body and brain in creating new patterns. A lived experience of healing that can be reapplied in the real world is what every client deserves.
My approach is guided by my core clinical values:
-Strengths-Based Growth: When the primary focus of therapy is discussing what is wrong, you only become better at recycling the problem. My approach to counseling is to help you capitalize on what is already working in your life and become aware of the strengths you gained from adapting to even the worst situations.
-Tailored Integration: Therapy is not a one-size-fits-all model, so I integrate a variety of approaches to meet the needs of your individual situation. This includes a tailored treatment plan that prioritizes your unique goals and pace for the sessions.
-Curious Collaboration: Your symptoms serve a useful purpose in your life or they wouldn’t exist. I collaborate with you to uncover the “why” behind what you do instead of giving it a label. I do not see myself as an expert in your situation, but rather a consultant that helps you become more curious about your options.
-Empathic Excellence: My experience in attending counseling myself has made me passionate about clinical services that are grounded in integrity and transparency. With me, you will not have a therapist who sits on the sidelines of your pain.