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Specialty

Trauma therapy that
takes the whole person seriously.

Trauma changes how you experience yourself and the world. It's not just something that happened — it's something that reorganized you. Real healing means working with that reorganization, not just managing the symptoms of it.

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What It Looks Like

Trauma doesn't always
know its own name.

Not everyone who's experienced trauma identifies with the word. Sometimes people come in describing anxiety, relationship problems, a persistent sense of shame, or just a feeling that they've never quite felt safe in their own skin — and over time, what emerges is a history that left marks they're still carrying.

Trauma can be a single event or a long pattern. It can be what happened, or it can be what didn't happen — the attunement, safety, or support that was absent when you needed it most. Both are real. Both leave residue.

I'm comfortable working with a range of trauma presentations, including more complex or longstanding histories. I don't shy away from difficult material.

Hypervigilance — always scanning, always braced for something
Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or being pulled back to the past unexpectedly
Emotional numbness, flatness, or feeling cut off from yourself
Persistent shame or a deep sense of being fundamentally wrong or broken
Difficulty trusting others, or relationships that keep re-creating old dynamics
A body that stays tense, braced, or hard to inhabit

How I Work With This

Careful, honest,
depth-oriented work.

Working with trauma requires care — both in terms of pacing and in terms of the relationship. The therapeutic relationship itself is part of how healing happens. Feeling genuinely met, understood, and not overwhelmed by the person sitting with you matters. That's something I take seriously.

My approach is integrative and relational — we're interested in patterns across time, how past experiences shape present ones, and how the nervous system learned to respond. I draw on emotion focused therapy, somatic techniques, and nervous system regulation work to help the body and mind process what's been held for a long time. This isn't a protocol-based approach; it's individualized.

I also bring experience working with crisis and higher-acuity presentations. If things have gotten more serious — if self-harm or suicidality is part of what's happening — I'm not someone who turns that away. I've worked with those complexities throughout my career and I'm comfortable holding them.

All sessions are virtual. I'm licensed in California and Massachusetts.

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You deserve a therapist
who can hold this with you.

I offer a free 20-minute consultation. It's low-stakes — a chance to talk and see if this feels like the right fit.

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