I Offer Psychotherapy, Consultation, & Holistic Healing

A form of psychotherapy utilized to help individuals cope with the distress associated with various traumatic memories. "After successful treatment with EMDR therapy, affective distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiological arousal is reduced"  (EMDR Institute).  EMDR therapy is an eight-phase treatment model. Bilateral stimulation such as eye movements, tapping, or audio are used during part of the session.  After the therapist has determined which memory to initially process, she will ask the client to hold specific images of the disturbing event or thought in their mind and to use their eyes (or other bilateral stimulation) to track the therapist’s hand as it moves back and forth across the client’s field of vision resembling REM sleep. I have specific training in how to integrate EMDR in the perinatal period to help treat postpartum depression , anxiety, birth trauma and childhood trauma resurfacing during the perinatal period. An evidenced based modality for trauma therapy for moms and postpartum depression therapy. Please visit  https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/ for more information. 

In addition, to EMDR as a psychotherapy modality I offer, I also offer EMDR Consultation to other EMDR therapists that have completed their EMDR basic training and are now pursuing EMDR Certification. I am currently a consultant in training and can provide you with 15 of your 20 hours required from EMDRIA for certification. If you are interested in learning more see the consultation section below on information on my groups and individual consultation services. 

"Where you look, affects how you feel" - Dr. David Grand. Brainspotting is a therapeutic tool that helps individuals access unprocessed trauma in the brain.  With the help of Brainspotting the therapist will locate, focus, process and release a range of physical and emotional symptoms. BSP is heavily weighted on dual attunement between the therapist and client. This is another modality that can be used as trauma therapy for moms and postpartum depression therapy. Please visit https://brainspotting.com/ for more information. I am trained in phase 1 & 2.

"Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented modality that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more than 45 years of successful application" (SEI Website). It is a body oriented approach to help with the healing PTSD and trauma. It helps move from a state of feeling "stuck" from various trauma responses such as "fight, flight, freeze or fawn." Somatic Experiencing can help you understand and release sensations in the body that was created by trauma through the use of various techniques and skills. This modality can be used as a holistic trauma therapy for moms and postpartum depression therapy. Please visit https://traumahealing.org/ for more information. I am an Intermediate Level  I Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. 

This is not your typical talk therapy session. During these sessions I will provide you with an authentic and comfortable space to process the daily struggles and stressors you are experiencing. I practice from a holistic, ancestral, social justice and decolonized lens. Where we will also examine how systems of oppression have affected your mental health. If you need music, meditation, sunlight, movement we can get creative and incorporate this when appropriate. 

Reiki is a Japanese healing technique for stress reduction and relaxation. Reiki works with moving energy from areas of the body (chakras) that may be blocked. Reiki incorporates meditation, gentle touch, or non touch and utilizes "Ki" which means life energy. Reiki helps promote healing in the body, nervous system, emotionally, and spiritually. In addition, Reiki involves attunement by the practitioner and lender that begins a cleansing process. These sessions will range from 45- 55 minutes and will be offered in person in my office only. *Disclaimer: Reiki is not psychotherapy