Somatic Trauma Therapy
Healing for your whole self.
It is common for people who have experienced significant life changes, challenging relationship dynamics, individual trauma or collective trauma to feel a sense of disconnection from their inner self, their bodies, and their relationships. It often feels as if the weight of your experiences are blocking you from fully engaging in your present life. I specialize in supporting you in healing these barriers to growth and building unity within yourself and your relationships.
In session, we will attend to your mind, body, spirit, and collective experience. My intention is to support you through challenging life patterns, personal struggle, and difficult relationship dynamics. We will work together to validate your pain and joy without shame, activate inner wisdom, and move towards healing and wholeness.
I specialize in working with people wanting to address the following:
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Trauma and Complex PTSD
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Queer identity exploration and development
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Relationships: Ethical non-monogamy, partnership transitions, codependency
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Spiritual growth
My work is client-centered and relational, meaning that each session is customized to meet you where you are at. I believe that you are the expert in your own experience, and see our relationship as a primary part of the healing process. My therapeutic offerings draw from my training in the following modalities:
“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me”
– Audre Lorde
“We heal primarily in and through the body, not just through the rational brain. We can all create more room, and more opportunities for growth, in our nervous systems. But we do this primarily through what our bodies experience and do—not through what we think or realize or cognitively figure out.”
– Resmaa Menakem
“The job of a therapist is to help people acknowledge, experience, and then bear the reality of life – with all its pleasures and heartbreak.”
– Bessel Van Der Kolk
Washington State Mental Health Counselor License #LH61040153