Therapeutic Approach
Learning anything deeply takes slow attention. It takes hundreds of hours to speak a new language or play an instrument. Yet we expect to just know ourselves and how we want to live. What if coming home to yourself were worthy of deliberate practice?
How we work together
❋ Structure
We usually start with a brief check-in, choose a focus, working intentionally with one or two themes, then close by reflecting on what came up and tying the session together.
❋ Memories and Associations
Bring in a pattern you’ve noticed, a dream, recurring memory, or an ordinary moment that stayed with you. You don’t have to follow typical conversational rules in therapy.
❋ Checking In
I’ll ask about how therapy is feeling. I care that we’re focusing on what matters, if the pace feels right, and when something I’m doing feels off.
❋ Permission
No pressure to be socially smooth or show up in a polished way. You can be shy, hesitant, rambling, or unsure of how to word things.
What informs our work
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In therapy we slow down and get granular about moments between people—a shift in mood, the way your body tenses, a feeling that arose, or a wall forming. Those tiny sequences show us how “automatic” responses actually follow a very knowable pathway.
This may be helpful if you:say you want closeness but shut down
struggle to trust in relationships
notice the same old patterns repeating
react in ways you don’t understand
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IFS starts with the idea that we all have distinct parts of ourselves, each with their own feelings, beliefs, memories, and ways of trying. Through healing your relationship with your inner “selves,” you can create more room for choice.
This may be helpful if you:want something badly yet seem to resist it with equal force
people-please, shut down, avoid, or disappear
struggle with self sabotage and stuckness
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A somatic approach that gently guides awareness to nervous system shifts. You notice sensations, build safety, and support the body’s ability to move out of overwhelm.
This can be helpful if you:
want to feel safer and more present in your body
have a tendency to shut down, freeze, or wall up and would like to shift that pattern
struggle with chronic and painful tension or bracing
want tools for nervous system regulation
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Sometimes depth work can inadvertently reinforce obsessive processes when reflection turns into recursive analysis. When OCD related patterns are present, like rumination, checking, intrusive thoughts, reassurance-seeking, or a need to be sure, I may draw from ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) and I-CBT (Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
This can be helpful if you:
get caught in repetitive doubt or mental reviewing
repeatedly check how you feel or check if something is “right”
crave reassurance or certainty that never lasts
Selected Trainings
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EMDR of the Rockies with Tamra Hughes, MA, LPC and Courtney Fall, MA, LPC
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Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy with Dr. David Stern
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9-month cohort with Dr. Tori Olds.
Integrating AEDP, IFS, Coherence therapy, and memory reconsolidation. -
Cognitive Behavioral Institute with Alyssa Jerud, PhD.
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Cognitive Behavioral Institute with Brittany Goff, LCSW-C.
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with Trauma Resource Institute
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with Dr. Silvina Irwin and Michael Barnett, LPCC.
EFT is grounded in attachment theory and looks at how our patterns of connection shape the way we respond to ourselves and others.
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With Dr. Stephen Aizenstadt