Trauma

Living with the effects of trauma is to be haunted by a past that feels ever-present. It can feel as though your nervous system is perpetually on high-alert leaving you feeling disconnected from your body, your life, and your fundamental sense of safety.

When overwhelming experiences aren’t fully processed, the body and brain stay organized around protection. Even in ordinary moments, you may find yourself reacting as if danger were still near. Trauma-informed therapies begin with understanding these reactions as the nervous system’s way of trying to keep you safe, not as signs of weakness or failure.

From the outside, your life looks successful and put-together. Internally, however, you may be running on an engine of relentless overthinking, restlessness, and a quiet, persistent sense of dread. This is the isolating experience of high-functioning anxiety, where the very drive that fuels your achievements is also the source of your exhaustion.

Anxiety is often the body's adaptive, yet maybe no longer useful way of trying to keep you safe. We will seek to understand and calm the root causes - working to develop a new relationship with anxious sensations and build more capacity to feel grounded even when faced with stress. Integrative methods like Clinical Hypnosis and Ego State Therapy can help access underlying beliefs that fuel anxiety.

Significant life changes—in your career, relationships, health, or identity—can be deeply unsettling, even when they are positive. These periods often feel like a crossroads, bringing up old patterns and forcing you to confront fundamental questions about who you are and what you want.

My own non-linear path has given me a deep appreciation for the challenges and opportunities inherent in these events. Years living abroad has given me a deep, firsthand appreciation for how we navigate identity, belonging, and change; a perspective that enriches my work with clients in transition.

The goal is not to rush to an answer, but to provide a steady, curious space for you to explore your values, find clarity amidst the complexity, and build a path forward that feels both intentional and authentic to you.

60 min: $195