An overview of the healing modalities I use — and why they matter.
Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. I use a combination of approaches that support both the mind and the body, helping clients move from survival toward safety, connection, and a deeper sense of self. Here’s a look at the primary modalities I draw from:
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Healing trauma through the body’s natural rhythm.
Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach to healing trauma. Instead of retelling or reliving traumatic events, SE helps you tune into subtle body sensations and track your nervous system responses in real time. We’ll work together to gently shift out of fight, flight, or freeze — and build your capacity for safety, presence, and regulation.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Meeting the parts of you that learned to protect you.
IFS views the self as made up of many parts — each with its own voice, emotion, and purpose. Some parts carry pain, while others try to manage or protect. In therapy, we’ll get to know these parts with compassion and curiosity, helping them feel less alone and less extreme.
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Reprocessing traumatic memories with less overwhelm.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements, tapping, or sound) to help the brain process stuck or distressing memories. You stay in control of the pace, while we target memories, beliefs, or experiences that are still causing distress — even years later.
Intuitive Eating & Body Connection
Reclaiming your relationship with food — and your body.
As a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, I help clients move away from diet culture, shame, and control-based narratives around food and body image. This work helps you rebuild trust in your internal cues, honor your needs, and relate to your body with respect rather than criticism — especially after trauma or chronic disconnection.
Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
Understanding healing through the lens of brain, body, and relationships.
IPNB is a framework that integrates what we know from neuroscience, attachment, and relational psychology. It helps us understand how early experiences — especially those involving connection, rupture, or neglect — shape the developing brain and nervous system. In practice, this means we pay close attention to how your relationships (past and present) impact your sense of self, safety, and capacity for connection.
The brain is shaped by experience — and that means it can be reshaped through safe, attuned relationship.
Why I Integrate These Approaches
I don’t believe in forcing healing to look a certain way. These modalities allow us to work flexibly, with your nervous system in mind — not against it.
Sometimes that means slowing down. Sometimes it means getting curious about a reaction you didn’t expect. Sometimes it means laughing, crying, breathing, or simply being together in a space that’s safe enough for something new to emerge.
Curious which modality might be the best fit for you?
Let’s talk about it. Contact me here.