Trauma Therapy
What is Trauma Informed Therapy?
Trauma can deeply impact our emotional and mental well-being, affecting how we navigate the world. Whether it's due to childhood experiences, past relationships, or societal pressures, trauma can shape who we are and how we interact with others. As a trauma-informed therapist, my goal is to provide a safe, compassionate, and consent-oriented space for people hoping to heal from past experiences and regain a sense of control and well-being.
Trauma informed therapy is a specialized approach to mental health that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic events. In therapy, we explore how past experiences—whether they involve physical, emotional, or psychological harm—continue to affect your life. Traumatic experiences can fracture our sense of time, reality, and relationship to self. We build more tolerance as you connect with your body, increase feelings of safety, and trust in yourself. Together, we’ll create a space to process these emotions, develop coping strategies, and build resilience.
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I value:
Compassionate Care: A collaborative, non-judgmental environment where you can feel heard and supported as you process your experiences.
Identity work: Exploring how factors like race, gender, cultural identity, sexuality, illness, class and other social locations interact with trauma and mental health.
Theory: I am guided by attachment theory, parts work, somatic approaches, mindfulness, and psychodynamic therapy.
Consent: I approach working with trauma with honor and care. This means I strive for sessions to be consent-oriented, moving at a pace that feels safe and supportive for you.
Relationship to your body: I use mindfulness and somatic techniques to increase your ability to connect with your body safely.
Strengths: Together we will honor and work with what’s allowed you to keep going, while acknowledging the spaces where you need change and expansion.
Together we can work on:
Creating more safety within your body
Processing feelings of anxiety, irritability, depression, isolation, disconnection, numbness, shame
Moving through overwhelming body sensations such as re-experiencing or flashbacks
Recognizing and shifting negative core beliefs that stem from traumatic experiences (e.g. I am not worthy of love, no one understands me, it’s not okay to feel my emotions, I have to be perfect, etc)
Coping with chronic feelings of emptiness, numbness, feeling “dead inside”
Understanding your relationship to control, safety, choice, and autonomy
Processing the impacts of interpersonal trauma and complex trauma
How trauma impacts your relationship to your body and body image
Learning to connect with and care for all parts of yourself using parts work
Creating stronger relationships
Addressing patterns around perfectionism, people-pleasing, and co dependency
Creating rituals and gently holding your feelings of grief, sadness, and loss
What to Expect from Therapy
I offer virtual sessions for clients living in Oregon and California. I also offer in person therapy in San Francisco, and walk-and-talk therapy in the Bay Area. Together, we'll explore your experiences and strengths, while identifying areas for growth and change. Hopefully, as we build a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship, you are able to explore sensations in the body and make sense of past experiences.
My approach is grounded in feminist and affirmative therapy. I am informed by parts work, narrative theory, ecopsychology, mindfulness, and contemporary psychodynamics.
Take the Next Step Toward Healing
You deserve a therapist who understands and supports your journey. Schedule a consultation today to take the next step toward healing and growth.