Therapy Approaches
My therapy is tailored to meet each individual's needs with a variety of different tools and approaches. This means we will work both with your thoughts and beliefs (top-down) and your body and feelings (bottom-up). Below you can find some of the approaches I draw from most frequently. However, everything I do is centered around you and your experience, so we will go at your pace and focus on what feels most helpful for you.
Parts Work
Parts work recognizes that we all have different “parts” within us—each with their own feelings, memories, and roles. Through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS), therapy helps you connect with these parts, understand their intentions, and promote internal harmony. The Structural Dissociation Model complements this by showing how trauma can cause parts of the self to become separated to protect you from overwhelm.
Trauma Resiliency Model
Somatic-based approaches like the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) focus on helping you tune into your body’s natural ability to heal from trauma. TRM teaches simple, practical skills to regulate your nervous system by noticing physical sensations and activating your body’s built-in resilience. I bring in elements from other somatic based approaches to address distress and trauma on a nervous system level.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skills-based approach that helps you manage overwhelming emotions, build healthier relationships, and stay grounded in the present. It’s especially useful if you struggle with emotional intensity, black-and-white thinking, or impulsive behaviors. In therapy, we’ll draw from DBT tools like mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—tailored to your needs to create a sense of safety and stabilization.
Relational Therapy
Relational therapy is based on the idea that healing happens through relationships—including the one we build in the therapy room. Many of our deepest wounds come from past relationships where we didn’t feel seen, safe, or valued. In this work, we explore how those early dynamics may still be playing out in your current life, and use the therapeutic relationship as a space to experience connection, trust, and repair. This is a collaborative approach that provides support through genuine human connection.
Coherence Therapy
Coherence Therapy helps uncover and transform the deeper emotional beliefs that drive patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior. Even when recurring patterns in your life do not make sense on the surface, coherence therapy believes that there is a part of you that learned it was necessary to cope or stay safe. This approach in non-pathologizing and gently brings these unconscious emotional learnings into awareness to foster deep, lasting shifts.
Person Centered
Person-Centered Therapy is built on the belief that you are the expert on your own life. In this approach, I offer a nonjudgmental, supportive space where you can fully be yourself, explore what matters to you, and move toward growth at your own pace. It’s a collaborative process based on trust, empathy, and deep respect for your unique experiences and inner wisdom.