I practice using somatic attachment therapy by integrating trauma-informed tools such as art therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). We collaborate to determine patterns of what is working and what no longer serves you in your daily life. I believe the language we use shapes the story we tell ourselves and, in turn, how we relate to others in a larger societal context.

In the therapeutic process, I consider the whole person and view each of my clients from a culturally-sensitive and trauma-informed lens. As a therapist I believe in practicing cultural humility with a liberation mindset. In practice, this looks like a healing-informed, client-centered approach where the client is the expert. We may explore and collaborate on questions like: What has happened to you and those who came before you? What continues to happen? How do we honor your ancestral wisdom to heal ancestral and contemporary wounds and shift from surviving to thriving?

I hold the assumption that everyone has been impacted by past events, experiences, and emotions. Trauma often disconnects us from our whole true selves and can leave us with wounded inner parts that need healing. Through this work, we will address distressing memories, how the nervous system operates, and how primary relationships shape our worldview.

As humans, we often disconnect our minds and bodies resulting in unhelpful ways of coping to maintain feeling safe in our own bodies. Learning to be mindful of our bodies can offer us a source of inner-knowing and powerful healing. As a Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT-200), I utilize mindfulness-based and somatic practices to help inform clients where they hold their emotions and help them move through it.