LCSW, 19 years of experience
Hello and welcome! I am a licensed trauma therapist who specializes in working with adult survivors of childhood trauma, PTSD, and military trauma who are ready to heal from the past and start living more fully in the present. My experience includes over 19 years of helping clients heal from emotional pain in various settings, including outpatient and inpatient mental health clinics, medical centers, court, and government programs. It is an honor to be a therapist! The clients I currently work with are usually experiencing upsetting memories of things that have happened in the past, bad dreams, negative thoughts/feelings, low self-esteem, and/or feeling unhappy in their daily life and relationships. If you're tired of feeling stuck, you're not alone - and you're not broken. There is hope for the possibility of feeling better than you do today.
Therapy begins with a trusting relationship, so it is my goal to provide a safe place where you can talk about difficult things in an understanding, compassionate, and comfortable environment. Everyone's story is unique and deserves to be heard, so my focus in the first session is to listen to you and what it is you are looking for, along with reviewing the intake paperwork you have completed to see how I can best help you. Whether it is your first time seeking support, or you have been in therapy before, I welcome an intake to talk about your needs and concerns to determine if we would be a good fit to work together.
My greatest strengths as a provider are my dedication and passion to helping people identify the root of where they feel stuck and finding new ways to move forward. I also absolutely love helping my clients identify and assertively communicate their boundaries with others to improve their relationships. As a seasoned therapist, I have worked in a variety of settings and with diverse populations, so I attempt to bring all of the knowledge and insight from those experiences into my sessions to help you heal.
I work with adults who are recovering from past trauma - including individuals who may have functioned for years but know they're still carrying unresolved pain. Some of my clients want to reduce the physical or emotional symptoms they are experiencing, and others also want to improve their relationships that are being negatively impacted by the past. My clients are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms. Many of the people I work with are professionals, healthcare providers, educators, helping professionals, or creatives who look successful on the outside but are struggling on the inside. I work best with clients who are motivated for treatment, willing and able to actively and consistently engage in their care.
EMDR is a trauma therapy can help people identify and desensitize the painful memories and beliefs that are keeping them from moving forward in life.
I am certified in providing CBT, which is a form of therapy that teaches how to identify, challenge and replace unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that are keeping you stuck.
Solution-focused therapy is a goal-oriented therapy that focuses on building solutions to current problems. It builds upon your strengths and resources to achieve positive change by focusing on present and future goals.
4 ratings with written reviews
August 4, 2025
Cynthia is an amazing therapist who truly understands Trauma and knows how to help. She is very bright but also very empathetic and warm. I feel like I finally found someone who GETS it and isn't shaming me about my feelings or what's going on in my life. She is positive and gives me hope that I can get better. We need more therapists like Cynthia. She is exceptional.
June 17, 2025
Cynthia has helped me in so many ways already in a short period of time. She is very empathetic and makes me feel like I am in a safe place and provides so many tools to help me on my journey to succeed thank you so much !
June 5, 2025
She’s amazing :)