The primary focus of my work is helping clients to establish a sense of safety and comfort in their lives.  I work with clients experiencing a wide range of emotional and social challenges due to past traumatic experiences.  Intense feelings of anxiety, fear, sadness, and anger can become triggered by unconscious memories that arise in our daily lives.  These feelings can become stuck, driven by processes deep within our brains.  We are often unaware that these emotional states are activated until we start to feel agitated and unwell.  Many traditional approaches to therapy are unable to address these deeper processes because they are beyond our conscious awareness.  Specialized mind-body techniques can be used to target these emotional processes that normally remain unconscious.  In this way, clients can develop a more regulated nervous system, capable of returning to a feeling of safety, comfort, and wellness. Clients use this foundation to confront difficulties in their lives, without being thrown off track by their unconscious emotions.  They are both more successful in their efforts and more satisfied in their relationships.

 

I work with adults, as well as children and adolescents, who are trying to resolve past traumatic experiences of injury, violence, abuse, conflict, and grief.  Many times, these traumatic experiences have taken place in the context of family and intimate relationships. I also work with patients, who are recovering from the psychological impact of hospitalization and medical procedures.  The phenomena of secondary trauma can occur from witnessing the traumatic experiences of others.  Secondary trauma affects the lives of first responders, health care workers, social workers, and family members.