We understand that seeking therapy can feel incredibly vulnerable.
Whether you’re struggling with past trauma or loss, navigating the challenges of new parenthood, or seeking to build a more mindful relationship with anxiety, we’re here to walk alongside you. Our warm, collaborative approach creates a safe space for exploration and growth.
We welcome you to reach out for a free 20-minute consultation to discuss how we can best support your healing journey.
Specialized Trauma Treatment Approaches
Reaching out for support is one of the bravest steps you can take. If you’re here, reading these words, you’ve already shown remarkable strength – the strength to consider opening up about experiences you may have carried alone for a long time.
Your experiences are valid, and your timeline for healing is your own. Every person who walks through our doors brings their own unique story and their own resiliency and courage.
Understanding Polyvagal Therapy
Polyvagal therapy helps you understand and work with your nervous system’s natural responses to stress and connection. Through this approach, you’ll:
- Learn to recognize your body’s signals
- Understand your nervous system’s responses and learn to feel safer in your body
- Develop practical tools for managing overwhelming emotions and sensations
- Process difficult experiences at your own pace, without feeling rushed or pressured
- Reconnect with your inner wisdom and natural capacity for healing
- Create more ease in relationships
- Feel more grounded and present
Somatic Experiencing
This body-aware approach helps you process life experiences and build resilience without needing to retell difficult stories. Our work together includes:
- Gentle awareness practices
- Movement based healing
- Self-regulation tools
- Building emotional resilience
Personalized Anxiety Treatment Approaches
We understand that anxiety, OCD, and phobias can feel overwhelming and isolating. Our integrated approach combines evidence-based treatments with compassionate support to help you reclaim your sense of peace and capability.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Our approach to ERP is both systematic and gentle. We help you:
- Create a personalized hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations
- Learn to face fears at your own pace, with support and understanding
- Develop confidence in your ability to handle uncertainty
- Practice new responses to anxiety triggers in a safe, controlled environment
Many clients tell us they’ve avoided ERP because it sounds frightening. We want you to know that in our practice, you’re always in control of the pace. We start with small steps and build your confidence gradually, celebrating each victory along the way.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Our CBT approach helps you understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors while developing practical tools for managing anxiety. Together, we:
- Identify and examine anxiety-maintaining thought patterns
- Develop more balanced, realistic ways of thinking
- Create personalized coping strategies that fit your lifestyle
- Build skills for managing anxiety in real-world situations
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
We integrate IFS to help you understand and work with different parts of yourself that may be contributing to anxiety. This approach helps you:
- Develop self-compassion for the parts of you that feel anxious
- Understand the protective role your anxiety has played
- Access your natural capacity for calm and clarity
- Create internal harmony among different aspects of yourself
Perinatal and Postpartum Mental Health Support
The journey to and through motherhood transforms us in profound ways. While this time can bring joy and wonder, it can also bring unexpected challenges. Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, or navigating the early years of parenthood, you deserve support that honors both your struggles and your strengths.
PSI Framework
Seeking support is a sign of strength, not weakness. Up to 1 in 5 new mothers experience perinatal/postpartum mood and/or anxiety concerns. Early support leads to better outcomes for both you and your baby. We would love to support you if you are experiencing or need support with:
- Pregnancy-related anxiety and depression
- Postpartum mood changes
- Birth trauma and recovery
- Pregnancy loss and grief
- Fertility challenges
- Identity transitions
- Relationship adjustments
- Parent-infant bonding