How I Work

I’m a trauma-informed, attachment-based therapist who cusses a little and cares a lot.
My approach is rooted in:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) – is a powerful, evidence-based model that helps people understand the different “parts” of themselves—like the overachiever, the people-pleaser, the inner critic, or the part that shuts down. These parts often formed in response to past pain, and they’re usually trying to protect you. IFS helps you connect with those parts, understand their purpose, and begin healing the wounded places they’re guarding. Whether you’re working individually or in a relationship, it creates more compassion, clarity, and internal balance.

• Somatic Experiencing – helps you work through trauma and stress by tuning into what’s happening in your body. It’s designed to release stuck fight, flight, or freeze responses so your nervous system can finally settle. Even if your mind knows you’re safe, your body might still be bracing—this approach helps you actually feel calm again.

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – helps you understand the deeper emotions driving your reactions—whether you're in a relationship or working on your own healing. Instead of just focusing on behavior, EFT gets to the why underneath it all. It helps you recognize patterns, make sense of your emotional responses, and build safer, more connected relationships—with others and with yourself.

Individual Therapy

I help high-functioning people unpack the emotional baggage they’ve been carrying since childhood—guilt, shame, anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anger. The stuff that doesn’t show up on your résumé, but definitely shows up in your relationships, your body, and your sense of self.

We’ll slow down enough to talk to the parts of you that still think it’s your job to keep the peace, stay small, or stay silent—the ones that kick in automatically, even when you know better. And we’ll help those parts feel seen, supported, and safe enough to step back.

You’ll learn how to:

• Heal the early wounds that shaped your self-worth and how you show up in life and in relationships

• Understand your nervous system’s response to stress, conflict, and intimacy

• Reconnect to your own voice, body, and needs

• Let go of patterns that once kept you safe but now keep you stuck

• Stop reacting from survival mode and start showing up from your truth

• Learn to set boundaries so you can maintain safety for parts of you that may have not always felt safe

This is the kind of work that changes relationships—starting with the one you have with yourself.

You love each other. You want this to work.
But somehow, you keep ending up in the same unhealthy cycles.
Maybe one of you shuts down or pulls away. Maybe the other explodes or pursues — making demands or giving criticism. It’s not because you want to hurt the other person. In fact, that’s the last thing you want. Maybe old wounds (even from childhood) are getting tangled up in your current fights—and it’s exhausting.

I use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based model that helps couples heal—not by rehashing arguments, but by getting underneath them. I won’t take sides. I’ll help you both notice what’s happening in real time and communicate in a way that feels less like defense and more like connection.

And if you’re the logical one in the relationship, let me just say—I see you.

Before I became a therapist, I was actually an engineering major. So yes, I do a lot of work with emotions, vulnerability, and attachment—but I also deeply understand the more logical brain. I’m structured, efficient, and intentional in how I guide sessions. There’s a method to the work we’ll do, and I’ll make sure it makes sense as we go.

Because this isn’t about endless talking. It’s about actually changing the pattern—and building something stronger together.

Love is worth the work. Let's get to it.