I am a compassionate therapist with over seven years of experience, specializing in integrative, neurodivergence-affirming, and trauma-informed care. I work closely with individuals, couples, and families, helping them navigate challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, Autism, eating disorders, and relational struggles. My approach blends evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment-based therapy, and trauma-informed care with holistic mind-body techniques. I strive to create a safe, empowering space where clients feel seen, understood, and supported. My work is culturally sensitive and strengths-based, honoring each person’s unique background, needs, and experiences. By integrating emotional awareness, practical tools, and healing-focused practices, I help clients reconnect with their strengths, improve relationships, and experience meaningful transformation.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, we’ll focus on building a comfortable, judgment-free space where you feel seen and heard. I’ll conduct a thorough diagnostic assessment to understand your unique experiences, goals, and strengths. Together, we’ll explore what brought you to therapy, discuss areas of focus, and outline an approach that feels aligned and tailored to you. This session is a collaborative process—my goal is to help you feel supported as we begin our work together.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My greatest strengths lie in my ability to blend compassion, intuition, and expertise into a deeply personalized therapeutic approach. I excel at creating a space where clients feel safe, empowered, and authentically seen. With a strong foundation in evidence-based methods and a holistic, neurodivergence-affirming perspective, I meet each client where they are while helping them tap into their inner strengths. My ability to integrate cultural sensitivity and an awareness of energy and transformation allows for a well-rounded, heart-centered approach to healing.
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Mind-body approach
The mind-body approach is a therapeutic framework that recognizes the deep connection between mental, emotional, and physical well-being. It emphasizes that the mind and body are interconnected systems, and imbalances in one can affect the other. This approach integrates techniques that help clients become aware of this connection, regulate their nervous system, and achieve holistic healing. Core Principles 1. Interconnection: Mental and emotional states can influence physical health (e.g., stress causing muscle tension or digestive issues) and vice versa. 2. Self-Regulation: Clients learn tools to calm their minds and bodies, reducing the impact of stress or trauma. 3. Awareness and Embodiment: Developing body awareness helps identify where emotions or trauma might be “stored” in the body. 4. Holistic Healing: Healing is approached as a whole-body process, combining mental, emotional, and physical components.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Culturally sensitive therapy is an approach that recognizes and respects the importance of a client’s cultural identity, background, and lived experiences in the therapeutic process. It emphasizes understanding how factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and other cultural aspects influence a person’s worldview, mental health, and challenges. Key components include: • Cultural Awareness: Therapists reflect on their own biases and assumptions to create a nonjudgmental, inclusive space. • Cultural Humility: Therapists approach each client with curiosity and openness, recognizing that the client is the expert on their cultural experience. • Empowerment and Respect: Therapy acknowledges systems of oppression, discrimination, and historical or intergenerational trauma, empowering clients to navigate these experiences. This approach fosters trust, safety, and a deep sense of being seen and understood within the therapeutic relationship.
Integrative
The integrative therapeutic model is a flexible approach to therapy that combines techniques and theories from multiple therapeutic frameworks to best meet the unique needs of each client. Rather than adhering to one single method, integrative therapy pulls from evidence-based practices—like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, or family systems work—and blends them with holistic or alternative approaches when appropriate. The goal is to create a personalized and adaptable treatment plan that considers the client’s emotional, mental, physical, and even energetic well-being. This model recognizes that no two clients are the same, so therapy must be tailored to their individual circumstances, strengths, and goals. It’s a dynamic, client-centered approach that fosters growth, healing, and transformation by meeting clients exactly where they are.
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma-informed therapy is an approach grounded in understanding the impact of trauma—whether acute, chronic, or complex—on a person’s emotional, physical, and mental well-being. It aims to create a safe and supportive environment that avoids re-traumatization while fostering healing and empowerment. Key principles include: 1. Safety: Creating a physically and emotionally safe space where clients feel secure. 2. Trust and Transparency: Building trust through clear communication, consistency, and reliability. 3. Collaboration: Encouraging clients to actively participate in their healing process. 4. Empowerment: Focusing on client strengths to promote resilience and self-efficacy. 5. Understanding Trauma: Recognizing the widespread effects of trauma on thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and the nervous system. This approach integrates trauma awareness into all aspects of therapy, acknowledging that trauma impacts each person differently. By prioritizing safety, compassion, and empowerment, trauma-informed therapy helps clients rebuild a sense of control and connection.
Attachment-based
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships—especially with caregivers—shape how we connect, trust, and relate to others throughout life. If those early bonds were inconsistent, neglectful, or harmful, they can create patterns of emotional struggles, such as fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, or avoiding intimacy. In therapy, the goal is to: 1. Understand Past Relationships: Explore how early experiences impact your current thoughts, emotions, and relationships. 2. Build a Safe, Trusting Relationship: The therapist provides a secure, supportive space to model healthy attachment and connection. 3. Heal Emotional Wounds: Learn to process and regulate difficult emotions tied to past attachment injuries. 4. Create Healthier Connections: Develop new ways to trust, communicate, and build stronger, more secure relationships. This approach helps clients feel safer in their emotions and relationships, fostering deeper self-awareness, trust, and connection with others. It’s especially effective for those struggling with relational challenges, trauma, or feelings of disconnection.