Trauma Therapy

I specialize in the treatment of traumatic events and adverse experiences that have occurred at any stage of life. I have a particular specialty in working with people to address sexual trauma, a passion that has grown since completing a postdoctoral residency specifically focused on the treatment of military sexual trauma. I have training in several evidence based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, including Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR, both of which are treatments included in the American Psychological Association’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for treatment of PTSD.

When we talk about trauma, we are talking about the emotional, physical and cognitive responses to a terrible event(s) or a series of chronically stressful, unstable, invalidating experiences. I trust and respect that you and your body know that you have been through something and I have an expansive view of what trauma can look like and how we are impacted. This includes working with the mental health impacts of the chronic stress of systemic oppression and societal structures that perpetrate and reinforce harm to Black and Brown people, queer, transgender, nonbinary, fat, disabled, and neurodivergent people. You deserve to be heard, the time to explore, to integrate life events, to take up space and to heal.

I do not have a predetermined approach to addressing your painful experiences and we will together focus on creating an individual plan for you, one which feels comfortable and meets your present needs. This may mean we start with coping tools or increasing your ability to stay present in your body, or perhaps addressing relationship functioning that is impacted by these disruptive life experiences. Addressing the traumatic events is just one part of healing and we will work collaboratively to identify what holistic wellness looks like in your life.