You may be someone who is used to holding a lot.

You take care of what needs to be taken care of. You show up for the people who depend on you. You may be thoughtful, capable, and already have a pretty good understanding of yourself and the patterns you carry.

And still, something may not feel right.

You may find yourself overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, exhausted, or responding in ways that don't quite match what you know to be true. Maybe you understand where your patterns come from, but understanding them hasn't necessarily changed what happens when you're in the middle of them.

This is often where our work begins.

What it's like to work with me

I don't believe therapy is only about talking through what happened or figuring out why you feel the way you do.

I'm interested in what happens when we slow things down enough to notice what is happening right now—in your thoughts, emotions, body, relationships, and the ways you've learned to protect yourself.

Together, we can become curious about the patterns you've developed, what they have helped you survive or navigate, and whether they still serve you in the life you're living now.

Sometimes that means talking. Sometimes it means noticing what happens in your body as you tell a story, paying attention to an impulse or emotion, slowing down a familiar reaction, or practicing something different while we are together.

The goal isn't to get rid of difficult emotions or become perfectly regulated.

It is to develop a deeper relationship with yourself so you can recognize what you need, trust what you notice, and have more choice in how you respond.

My approach

My work is relational, attachment-focused, and body-based.

I have training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy®, an integrative, trauma-informed approach that considers the relationship between our thoughts, emotions, bodies, attachment experiences, and the ways our nervous systems have adapted to what we've lived through.

This approach is especially meaningful for people who have done a lot of thinking, reflecting, or even previous therapy and still find themselves asking:

I understand why I do this. So why does it keep happening?

Insight matters. But sometimes our bodies and relationships are carrying something that cannot be changed through insight alone.

Therapy gives us an opportunity to work with those experiences differently.

Culture, identity & connection

I believe we understand ourselves through relationship—to ourselves, to other people, to our ʻohana, culture, community, and the places we come from.

Those relationships matter in therapy.

I am particularly drawn to working with women whose experiences of responsibility, caregiving, identity, family, and culture have shaped how they learned to move through the world. For many of the women I work with, taking care of others comes naturally.

Making room for themselves can feel much harder.

Our work does not require you to separate yourself from the people and communities you love in order to become well.

Instead, we can explore what it means to remain connected while also developing a stronger connection to yourself.

Therapy is sacred work.

There is something deeply meaningful about being trusted with another person's story.

I don't take that lightly.

My hope is to create a space where you can feel seen, heard, and known—not only for what you are struggling with, but for the whole person you are.

You do not need to arrive as a different version of yourself.

We begin with who you are and where you are.

And from there, we listen closely to what may be asking for your attention.

Areas of Focus

Trauma · Anxiety · Attachment & Relationship Patterns · Grief · Life Transitions · Identity · Motherhood & Caregiving

Populations:  Women · Children · Couples · Families

Approach: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® · Attachment-Based · Relational · Body-Based · Trauma-Informed