My Framework for Therapy

A process-oriented, trauma-informed, creative, and relational approach to healing

Therapy with me is spacious, creative, and grounded in real connection. 

It’s about slowing down, feeling things through, and making space for the parts of you that haven’t had room to speak. Together, we explore your inner world with curiosity, care, and compassion—honoring both your pain and your potential. My approach is collaborative and non-pathologizing, rooted in the belief that healing isn’t about “fixing” you, but about reconnecting with your wholeness. I draw from a range of integrative frameworks that support emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, self-expression, and deep inner clarity—all while making room for humor, art, and the wisdom of your lived experience.

My Values

Here are some of my core values and beliefs that will guide our work together.

  • Healing happens in relationship — through being seen, felt, and understood.

    • I meet each client with warmth, curiosity, and care — never forcing an agenda.

    • I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is sacred and healing.

    • I track verbal, nonverbal, somatic, and energetic cues to attune in real time.

    • I invite clients to notice what’s happening in the room — not just the story they’re telling.

    Core tools: active listening, relational mindfulness, therapeutic transparency, gentle challenge, pacing, co-regulation

  • Art speaks when words can’t.

    • I meet each client with warmth, curiosity, and care — never forcing an agenda.

    • I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is sacred and healing.

    • I track verbal, nonverbal, somatic, and energetic cues to attune in real time.

    • I invite clients to notice what’s happening in the room — not just the story they’re telling.

    Core tools: active listening, relational mindfulness, therapeutic transparency, gentle challenge, pacing, co-regulation

  • We move at the pace of safety, not urgency.

    • I honor the wisdom of the nervous system and the adaptive strategies clients have developed.

    • I don’t push for disclosure or catharsis — we go slow, titrate, and build capacity to feel.

    • I use parts work (IFS), EMDR, and somatic tools to support healing from trauma.

    • I center choice, consent, and collaboration in every step of the process.

    Core tools: IFS, EMDR, parts mapping, somatic tracking, resourcing, containment, pendulation, psychoeducation

  • We do not heal in a vacuum — our stories are shaped by culture, systems, and lived experience.

    • I hold space for identity exploration through the lenses of race, gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, culture, and spirituality.

    • I support clients in unlearning internalized messages and reclaiming their truth.

    • I approach therapy with humility, cultural responsiveness, and an anti-oppressive lens.

    • I believe in collective care, community, and creating new ways of being that resist perfectionism and urgency.

    Core tools: narrative therapy, values clarification, cultural humility, collective meaning-making, re-authoring stories

  • Therapy is not just about talking — it’s about remembering who you are and reiminagining who you could be.

    • I help clients connect past patterns with present behavior without over-intellectualizing.

    • I gently guide clients into deeper insight while staying connected to the body and felt sense.

    • I invite intuitive knowing — dreams, gut feelings, metaphors, synchronicities — into the process.

    • I support integration through reflection, ritual, and repetition.

    Core tools: reflective questioning, inner child/parts work, intuitive art-making, ritual closure, future visioning

  • We’re not rushing to ‘fix’ — we’re growing capacity to be with what is.

    • I work toward change that is embodied, sustainable, and self-led — not performance-based.

    • I support clients in building internal trust, emotional regulation, and practical tools.

    • I focus on helping people create lives that feel aligned, intentional, and self-honoring.

    • I celebrate small shifts, emotional honesty, and the ability to stay present with discomfort.

    Core tools: strengths-based approach, micro-habit scaffolding, emotion regulation, boundary work, self-trust practices