Anxiety can show up as racing thoughts, overthinking, irritability, tension, panic, avoidance, perfectionism, or the feeling that something bad is about to happen. You may be high-functioning on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or disconnected inside.

Therapy can help you understand what your anxiety is connected to, how it shows up in your body and relationships, and how to build more steadiness when old responses take over.

Past experiences can shape how we relate to ourselves, other people, and the world around us. Trauma is not always about one single event, but can also include relational wounds, chronic stress, emotional neglect, attachment injuries, spiritual/religious trauma, or repeated experiences of feeling unsafe, unseen, responsible, or alone.

In therapy, we explore how earlier experiences continue to shape present-day patterns, including self-criticism, shame, distrust, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, difficulty setting boundaries, or fear of conflict.

Emotions often show up in the body before we can fully make sense of them. This might look like tension, shutdown, numbness, restlessness, panic, difficulty breathing, a sense of urgency, or feeling disconnected from yourself. You may understand something logically but still feel unable to access that understanding when you’re overwhelmed.

Therapy can help you build more awareness of what’s happening inside, recognize early signs of activation, and develop ways to stay more connected to yourself in difficult moments.

I’m trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy and use it with clients when it’s clinically appropriate and aligned with their goals.

EMDR can help the brain and nervous system process experiences that still feel emotionally active, even when you know they’re in the past. These may include traumatic events, painful relational experiences, attachment injuries, shame-based memories, or current triggers connected to earlier wounds.

We move carefully and collaboratively, with attention to preparation, pacing, and your ability to stay connected to the present.

Parenting often brings old emotional patterns to the surface, even when you deeply love your child and are trying hard to respond differently.

I offer therapy and consultation for parents who want support understanding their own reactions, their child’s behavior, and the family patterns that feel hard to shift. This work may include focusing on parenting triggers, emotional regulation, repair, boundaries, developmentally appropriate expectations, shame, overwhelm, and the ways your own history shapes what feels difficult in parenting now.

Some parents come to therapy because they want to understand themselves more deeply, while others are looking for practical support with specific parenting situations. Most of the time, we focus on both.

Pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, and the transition into parenthood often brings significant emotional, relational, and identity shifts. Maybe you're navigating anxiety, grief, resentment, rage, guilt, intrusive thoughts, loneliness, birth trauma, relationship strain, or the sense that you don’t quite feel like yourself.

Therapy offers space to process what you’re carrying, understand what this season is bringing up, and support your emotional health through a major life transition.

Shame can make people hide, perform, over-function, withdraw, or believe they are the problem. You hold yourself to impossible standards, replay conversations, feel responsible for everyone else’s feelings, or struggle to trust your own needs and limits.

Therapy helps you notice shame without being ruled by it, understand where harsh self-protection comes from, and relate to yourself with more honesty, compassion, and steadiness.

Patterns from earlier experiences often carry into the relationships you have now. You might notice yourself over-accommodating, avoiding tension, shutting down, over-explaining, or losing sight of your own needs in order to maintain connection. In therapy, we explore where these patterns come from and how they show up in your life. Together, we can work toward greater clarity about your needs, practice setting boundaries, and build more steadiness and self-respect in how you navigate relationships.

Even wanted changes can bring up anxiety, grief, uncertainty, and old questions about identity and belonging. Therapy can support you through transitions related to parenting, work, relationships, family roles, loss, health, caregiving, or major decisions while making space for both what’s changing around you and what’s being activated within you.