I help people who have ongoing symptoms and negative life impacts from recent and childhood/complex PTSD and desire to seek relief from distress and gain calmness, clarity, and confidence again. PTSD and stress affect people in a variety of ways, ranging from problems with addictions, anger, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, disorganization, distractibility, eating, emotional dysregulation, guilt, health, intrusive thoughts, panic, perfectionism, people pleasing, relationships, sadness, shame, sleep, work, and more.

I was trained in the practictioner-scientist model, and have a background in psychotherapy research at both the undergraduate and graduate level, focusing on attachment, trauma, psychiatric interventions, neuroscience, and self-help interventions. I believe most mental health symptoms originate from early attachment and stressful events, and that revisiting these early life experiences helps people develop more adaptive emotional and cognitive responses to present-day stressors.

I specialize in the evidence-based therapies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Lifespan Integration (a form of Narrative Exposure Therapy), Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET), plus borrowing from other therapies, such as Internal Fmaily Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing (and more), primarily with people who are 18 years of age or older. Most of my clients enjoy the eclectic elements of these non-linear “right brain” therapies, ranging from brief exposure, insightfulness, somatic mind-body awareness, and the unconscious. My approach is a combination of lightheartedness and kindness, alongside being directive and honest. I also draw from a wide range of personal life experiences, knowledge from others, and ongoing continuing education.