Therapeutic Approaches

Many clients come to me after years of being in traditional therapy. They’ve intellectualized their trauma, but they are still enduring the symptoms- hyper vigilance, unhealthy patterns of behaviors, triggers, anxiety, over performing, etc. While talk therapy can be beneficial, acknowledgement of the nervous system’s role in healing is essential.

My approach is unique & specialized. I offer individual therapy that integrates Somatic Experiencing and Lifespan Integration to support deep and lasting healing. Each session is tailored to your unique needs and pace, honoring the wisdom of your nervous system and your lived experience. I offer both extended and shorter sessions to provide support that meets you where you are and adapts to what your healing process requires. My approach provides specialized care within a warm and supportive environment, where you are met with intention, presence, and compassion. Together, we create space for your system to gently unwind, reconnect, and rediscover a sense of safety, stability, ease, and wholeness within yourself and in your life.

How Somatic Experiencing and Lifespan Integration Work Together

Somatic Experiencing and Lifespan Integration work together by helping both your body and mind heal at the same time. Somatic Experiencing supports your nervous system by gently releasing stress and old survival patterns that get stuck in the body. Lifespan Integration then helps your brain realize that the painful experiences you lived through are truly in the past, giving you a stronger sense of safety today.

When these two approaches are combined, your body begins to settle, your memories feel more organized and less overwhelming, and you start to reconnect with yourself from a place of calm and clarity. This creates a natural mind–body connection that supports deep and lasting healing.

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Individual Therapy Sessions

Meet with me for a 50 minute session or choose an extended session for deeper and expanded support.

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Somatic Experiencing® (SE)

Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach to healing trauma and stress. It helps regulate the nervous system, release stored survival energy, and restore a sense of safety and presence in the body. Through gentle awareness and guided interventions, SE supports clients in reconnecting with their innate capacity for resilience and calm.

I am an approved SE Individual Session provider for SE students at the Beginning level. Please email me if you are seeking educational SE sessions for credit.

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Lifespan Integration (LI)

Lifespan Integration is a gentle, neuroscience-based therapy that helps the mind and body recognize that past trauma is truly over. By revisiting memories in a structured and compassionate way, clients naturally integrate past experiences and experience greater stability, self-compassion, and emotional regulation in the present.

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When we heal our own trauma, individually and collectively, we don’t just heal our bodies. By refusing to pass on the trauma we inherited, we help heal the world.
— Dr. Resmaa Menakem