Therapeutic Approaches
Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
EMDR therapy is a structured, trauma-informed therapy that supports nervous system regulation and relational healing. It offers a sense of safety and containment throughout the trauma processing journey. As an eight-phase approach, EMDR therapy helps process trauma in a way that feels both safe and deeply transformative.
When overwhelming or traumatic events occur, the brain can become “stuck,” leaving the nervous system dysregulated, almost as if the past is still happening in the present. EMDR therapy gently helps reprocess these memories so they lose their emotional intensity and no longer shape how we see ourselves.
What I appreciate most about EMDR therapy is that it doesn’t require you to retell your story repeatedly. Instead, it works with your brain’s natural healing process. Through bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, we support the nervous system in moving through stuck experiences, allowing space for insight, physical release, and a reintegration of a more empowered sense of self.
I am EMDRIA-certified and offer EMDR therapy both as a primary therapy and as a focused adjunct to ongoing therapy with another provider. If you're interested in adjunct EMDR therapy, I recommend first discussing this option with your current therapist.
This is a slow, intentional process—we move at your pace. I believe EMDR therapy honors the deep inner wisdom of your mind and body, and I’m here to walk alongside you through every step.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is one of my favorite ways to work with trauma because it honors every part of you—even the ones that feel stuck, reactive, or hard to understand. This approach sees the mind as made up of different “parts,” each with its own voice, emotion, and intention. Often, the parts we struggle with most are just trying to protect us in the only way they know how.
What I love about IFS is that it creates space for curiosity and compassion. We don't pathologize your experience, instead we get to know it. Together, we build a relationship with these parts and gently guide them toward healing by connecting to your “core Self”, what IFS call, that calm, wise, grounded place within you that’s always been there, even when it feels buried.
In session, we move slowly and intentionally, creating a sense of internal safety. My role is to help you tune into your inner world and hold space for whatever comes up—with zero judgment and full trust in your system’s ability to heal itself.
When EMDR therapy and IFS are brought together, something really powerful happens: we’re not just targeting traumatic memories, rather building relationships with the parts of you that have been carrying them.
In our work together, EMDR therapy helps us access and reprocess stuck trauma so it no longer holds the same emotional weight, while IFS allows us to understand who in your system is holding that pain and why. With this integration, we’re not forcing anything, instead we’re gently guiding your nervous system and your inner world into a deeper sense of safety and connection.
You might notice protective parts show up during EMDR therapy. Instead of pushing past them, we pause, get curious, and invite them into the process. We honor their role, listen to what they need, and move forward only when it feels right to your system. This makes trauma work more respectful, attuned, and often more effective.
By weaving these two approaches together, we create a healing space that is both structured and deeply personal. A place where memories can be reprocessed and parts can feel seen, soothed, and supported.
EMDR-IFS Integration
Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a gentle, body-based trauma therapy that helps you access and process deeply held emotional and physical pain, especially the kind that can’t always be reached through words. It’s based on the idea that where you look affects how you feel, and that certain eye positions or “brainspots”, can access the parts of the brain where unprocessed trauma is stored.
What I appreciate about brainspotting is how intuitive and client-led it is. There’s no pressure to talk or explain because your body leads the way. As we locate a brainspot and stay with the sensations, emotions, or images that arise, your nervous system begins to process and release what’s been stuck. This can lead to powerful shifts in insight, relief, and a greater sense of calm and connection in your body.
Brainspotting honors your innate healing wisdom. We move at your pace, and we hold space for whatever emerges whether it’s subtle or intense, clear or unclear. It’s a modality that often feels spacious, deeply regulating, and surprisingly transformative especially for clients who feel overwhelmed by talking or have already done a lot of verbal processing.
