My Approach to Therapy

Modalities

  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidence-based approach used to help individuals process and heal from distressing or traumatic memories. It involves recalling these memories while simultaneously engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, which helps reduce the emotional intensity and distress associated with the memories. EMDR supports clients in reprocessing experiences to promote adaptive resolution and reduce trauma-related symptoms.

  • Somatic Therapy

    Somatic therapy is a body-centered therapeutic approach that integrates awareness of physical sensations with traditional talk therapy to support emotional healing and regulation. It helps clients notice how trauma and stress are held in the body, using techniques such as grounding, breathwork, and gentle movement to release tension, increase resilience, and foster a sense of safety and connection within the body.

  • Narrative Therapy

    Narrative therapy is a collaborative, strength-based approach that views individuals as separate from their problems and emphasizes the stories people tell about their lives. It helps clients explore and re-author these stories in ways that align with their values, strengths, and preferred identities, allowing them to reduce the influence of problems and create new, empowering narratives.

  • Solution-Focused

    Solution-focused therapy is a goal-oriented, brief therapy approach that emphasizes clients’ strengths and resources to build solutions rather than focusing on problems. It helps clients identify their preferred future and the steps needed to achieve it by exploring what is already working and highlighting small, achievable changes to support progress.

  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy

    Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an attachment-based, structured approach often used with couples to improve emotional connection and relationship security. It focuses on identifying and transforming patterns of interaction that create disconnection while helping partners express underlying emotions and needs to each other, fostering safer, more responsive, and supportive bonds.

  • Existential

    Existential therapy is a humanistic approach that focuses on exploring clients’ experiences of meaning, freedom, choice, and responsibility in their lives. It encourages clients to confront existential concerns such as isolation, mortality, and the search for purpose, helping them to live more authentically and align their actions with their values. The therapist’s role is to support clients in increasing self-awareness, taking responsibility for choices, and embracing the freedom to create meaningful change in their lives.