Psychodynamic
Our early experiences and relationships shape how we relate to ourselves, others, and how we show up in the world. For those who have experienced trauma, these patterns can feel deeply ingrained and often operate outside of conscious awareness, making them difficult to shift. By bringing these patterns into awareness, we can begin to understand how unresolved conflicts, unprocessed emotions, and early attachment dynamics continue to shape your present struggles. Together, we will explore and connect the links between your past and present, creating space for healing and transformation.
My approach to psychotherapy is grounded in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory, using a relational and trauma-focused lense…what does this mean?
Relational
This work is most effective when the therapeutic relationship is built on trust, authenticity, and mutual respect. I believe in being fully present as a real person in the room, attuned to both your verbal and non-verbal cues, and to our interpersonal dynamic. In the safety we co-create, we can explore the feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and relational dynamics that arise - patterns that often mirror external relationships. Through this attuned connection, our relationship becomes a space for reparative experiences, where new ways of relating and being in the world can emerge.
Trauma-Focused
I prioritize understanding the whole person within the context of their environment, including the sociocultural systems and power dynamics that shape life experiences and one’s sense of self. Remaining attuned to how traumatic experience lives in the body, and how dissociation can emerge as a protective response to overwhelming or unsafe experiences, is one of the major tenents of trauma therapy. We will move at a pace that honors your sense of safety, working gently to reconnect with parts of yourself that may feel distant, shut down, or fragmented, as well as parts of you that seek to make more empowered choices.
* I also offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Psychedelic Integration, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) *
“We are all much more simply human than otherwise” - Harry Stack Sullivan