IFS Level 1 Trained

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy offers a compassionate approach to understanding the different parts of ourselves—the inner voices, feelings, and protective patterns that shape how we experience life. Through IFS, we explore these parts with curiosity rather than judgment, helping you access your core Self: the calm, confident, and compassionate center within you. While IFS emphasizes this internal healing journey, I believe our growth happens not in isolation, but through connection. As you develop a more harmonious relationship with your inner world, you'll also discover how this work naturally enhances your relationships with others. Together, we'll honor both the wisdom within you and the vital importance of interdependence—recognizing that healing ourselves and nurturing our connections with loved ones are deeply intertwined.

Trauma and emotion aren't just stored in our minds—they live in our bodies. Somatic therapy offers a bottom-up approach to healing vs top down approach in CBT, working directly with the physical sensations, tensions, and nervous system patterns that hold our unprocessed experiences. Through techniques like body scans, breathwork, and grounding exercises, we'll help you tune into what your body is communicating and gently release what's been held there. This approach recognizes that sometimes we need to feel safe and settled in our bodies before we can fully process our stories cognitively. As you develop greater awareness and regulation in your physical self, you'll find this naturally supports both your internal healing and your capacity for presence in relationships. Somatic work honors the wisdom of the body and its essential role in how we experience ourselves and connect with others.

Psychodynamic and attachment therapy explores how our early relationships and experiences continue to shape the way we connect with others today. Together, we'll gently examine the patterns that may have formed in childhood—the ways you learned to seek closeness, manage distance, or protect yourself from hurt—and how these strategies show up in your current relationships. This approach recognizes that we are fundamentally relational beings; we don't just heal in isolation, but through understanding ourselves in the context of connection. By bringing awareness to these unconscious patterns and the emotions beneath them, you can develop greater freedom in how you relate to others. Rather than being driven by old wounds or fears, you'll have more choice in creating the secure, authentic, and interdependent relationships you desire.