Many paths to the same root
I'm trained in several evidence-based approaches. You don't need to know which one is right for you. We'll figure that out together, and many clients benefit from a blend. Here's a short guide to what each one focuses on.
Healing beneath the surface
These approaches work with memories, body sensations, and the different parts of you, so past experiences carry less weight in the present.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR helps the brain reprocess painful memories that feel "stuck." While you briefly focus on a memory, you follow bilateral stimulation such as eye movements or gentle tapping. Over time the memory stays, but its emotional charge softens.
Often helpful for: trauma and PTSD, distressing memories, anxiety, negative core beliefs.
Somatic Experiencing (Beginning Level Practitioner)
Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach. It sees trauma as survival energy that got caught in the nervous system. By slowly noticing body sensations, in small and manageable doses, the body can complete those stuck responses and return to a sense of safety and calm.
Often helpful for: trauma held in the body, chronic stress, feeling on edge or shut down, overwhelm.
IFS (Internal Family Systems)
IFS sees the mind as made up of "parts," like the inner critic, the people-pleaser, or the part that still feels hurt. Rather than fighting these parts, we get to know them with curiosity and compassion from your calm, core Self, so protective parts can relax and wounded parts can heal.
Often helpful for: inner conflict, shame, self-criticism, trauma, family-of-origin patterns.
Practical tools for everyday life
These structured approaches give you concrete skills for handling emotions, thoughts, and the patterns that keep you stuck.
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions shape one another. Together we notice unhelpful thinking patterns, test them against reality, and practice new ways of responding.
Often helpful for: anxiety, depression, worry, low self-esteem.
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
DBT balances acceptance and change: accepting yourself as you are while building skills to create a life that feels worth living. It teaches four skill sets: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Often helpful for: intense or fast-changing emotions, impulsive coping, relationship conflict.
RO-DBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
RO-DBT is designed for people who hold things in too tightly, a pattern called overcontrol. It builds openness, flexibility, and social connection, and makes room for playfulness and expressing emotions.
Often helpful for: perfectionism, emotional inhibition, rigidity, loneliness, chronic depression.
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
ACT helps you make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of struggling against them. Using mindfulness, we loosen the grip of painful thoughts, clarify what matters most to you, and take steps toward a life guided by your values.
Often helpful for: anxiety, depression, chronic stress, feeling stuck or disconnected from meaning.
ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)
ERP is a leading treatment for OCD. At a pace you agree to, you gradually face feared thoughts or situations while practicing not doing the compulsion. Over time the anxiety loses its power, and you learn you can tolerate uncertainty.
Often helpful for: OCD, intrusive thoughts, phobias, health and other anxiety-driven rituals.
Tailored to you
Every person's roots are different. In our first sessions we'll talk about what you're carrying and what you hope for, then shape an approach that fits, often weaving several of these together.