I am passionate about helping you gain full access to yourself again.
Individual, couples, and adult family therapy in Arizona
Light, unencumbered, and free.
My Approach
Therapy is a licensed clinical service. It involves a formal therapeutic relationship, the assessment and treatment of mental health conditions, and a clinical framework that is regulated by state licensing boards. As a licensed clinical social worker in Arizona, I provide therapy to clients located in Arizona.
Therapy with me is specifically designed for people navigating complex trauma, narcissistic abuse, relationship and attachment wounds, and personality disorders. I do not run a general practice. The depth of training and clinical focus I bring to these areas is different from a generalist approach.
Therapy is the right fit if you are looking for an open-ended, ongoing clinical relationship where the work adapts to whatever you bring in each week, or if you simply want to understand the patterns you keep noticing in your life. If you are experiencing significant mental health symptoms, want formal diagnosis or treatment, or simply need a space that can hold the full complexity of what you are carrying, therapy is where that happens.
What Therapy Is And Who It Is For
Human beings are not born broken. We are born with an inherent sense of wholeness and worthiness — worthy of love, dignity, and respect. What happens over the course of a life is that we learn to forget this.
We shrink ourselves to accommodate relationships. We learn that certain parts of us are too much, or not enough. We adapt — sometimes by clinging to connection at any cost, and sometimes by pulling away from it entirely. All of this makes sense, because all humans organize around a single unifying principle: maintain connection and survival at all costs. That principle shapes personality development, our relationship to ourselves, our relationships to others, and even our relationship to something larger than ourselves.
Therapy, at its best, is a place to unlearn the forgetting. It is a space where you can begin to access your inherent gifts and feel the full presence of who you actually are — perhaps for the first time.
My Philosophy
If you have been in therapy before, you know that the experience can vary wildly depending on who is sitting across from you. Some therapists mostly listen and nod. Some focus strictly on changing your thoughts. Some treat the session as an intellectual exercise.
My approach is different. When you are my client, I have access to my full clinical toolbox, and I use the tool that the moment calls for.
The Work is Emergent
Therapy with me is not agenda-driven. Your internal state is the guide for the session. We work with what comes up in the room as we explore what has made you you, or where you feel stuck. If you come in highly activated, we might use somatic tools to regulate your nervous system. If we hit a core wound, we might use EMDR or parts work to process it. We follow what is alive.
The Relationship is the Work
The therapeutic relationship is not just the backdrop for the work — for many of the people I work with, it is the work. The experience of being genuinely seen, validated, and respected is healing in itself. And the experience of rupture and repair — of a misunderstanding happening, talking it through, and discovering that we are still okay — is often one of the most powerful things that happens in this space. How you relate to me, and how you experience being supported and challenged here, is often a direct reflection of the relational patterns we are working to understand.
We Work With the Whole You
We don't just talk about the symptoms. We look at the underlying personality structure that shapes how you experience yourself and the world. We look at the nervous system adaptations that kept you safe. We bring it all into the room, without judgment, so you can finally make sense to yourself.
I Connect the Dots You Cannot See
One of the things I hear most often from clients is some version of: I never made that connection before. Because I specialize in these specific areas, I am trained to recognize patterns that are easy to miss from the inside. The way your childhood shaped your nervous system. The way that dynamic in your last relationship mirrors something much older. The way the thing you are most ashamed of is actually a survival strategy that made complete sense given what you experienced. Part of my job is to hold the larger map of your experience while you are living inside it, and to name what I see, with care, when the moment is right.
What Therapy With Me Actually Looks Like
Personality as the Bedrock
I take personality development as the foundation of the work. Before we talk about what happened to you, we look at who you became in response to it — how you were shaped into you, and how that is showing up in your relationships, your sense of self, and the patterns you keep finding yourself in. This is not about labeling you. It is about understanding the architecture of your inner world so we can work with it, rather than around it.
This lens applies across all of the work I do — whether we are navigating complex trauma, narcissistic abuse recovery, relationship patterns, or emotional dysregulation. Personality is not a secondary consideration. It is the context for everything.
The Body as a Source of Information
I bring an extensive background in yoga therapy and nervous system science to this work. The body holds information that the mind often cannot access — and for many people navigating trauma, the path back to self-trust and intuition runs directly through the body. A somatic approach means we pay attention to what is happening physically, not just cognitively. We work with the nervous system, not against it.
Education as Liberation
One of the most consistent things I have seen in this work is that people make sense to themselves when they finally have the right context for their experience. Understanding why you respond the way you do — the neuroscience, the attachment theory, the personality dynamics — can be genuinely freeing. I use psychoeducation not to lecture, but to widen perspective and give people language for what they have been living inside of.
My Clinical Lens
Specialized Training
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a structured, evidence-based therapy designed to help people heal from the distressing symptoms of trauma and PTSD. Using bilateral stimulation — such as guided eye movements, tapping, or sound — EMDR helps the brain reprocess stuck or fragmented traumatic memories so they lose their emotional charge. Rather than requiring you to talk through every detail of what happened, EMDR works with the way your nervous system stores experience, allowing painful memories to be integrated and released at a deeper level. It is widely recognized as one of the most effective treatments for trauma, anxiety, and distressing life experiences.
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Narcissistic Abuse (NACT)
DescriptionRecovering from narcissistic abuse is a unique and often disorienting experience. Gaslighting, manipulation, and emotional invalidation can leave survivors questioning their own reality, struggling with chronic self-doubt, and carrying deep wounds to their identity and sense of worth. NACT is a specialized clinical framework for understanding and treating the complex trauma that results from these kinds of pathological relationships. This approach provides a compassionate, trauma-informed space to make sense of what happened, reclaim your sense of self, and begin rebuilding trust — in yourself and in others.
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NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
NARM is a gentle yet powerful approach to healing complex and developmental trauma — the kind that often doesn't come from a single event, but from years of relational wounds, unmet needs, or early experiences of disconnection. Rather than focusing solely on the past, NARM works in the present moment, exploring the patterns and survival strategies that once helped you cope but may now be keeping you from feeling fully alive and connected. It integrates body awareness, relational attunement, and nervous system regulation to support a deeper sense of self and belonging.
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Personality (C-PD)
Personality disorders are among the most misunderstood and undertreated presentations in mental health — often because they are deeply intertwined with a person's sense of identity, relationships, and early life experiences. As a Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Provider (C-PD), this work is approached with clinical precision, deep compassion, and without judgment. Drawing on evidence-based modalities including DBT, Schema Therapy, and trauma-informed care, treatment is tailored to the full complexity of who you are — not just a diagnosis. Whether you are navigating borderline, narcissistic, avoidant, or any of the other personality disorder presentations, you deserve care that truly sees you and meets you where you are.
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Parts Work & Dissociation (IFS)
Parts work is rooted in the understanding that we are not one single, fixed self — we are made up of many inner parts, each carrying its own feelings, beliefs, and protective roles. Internal Family Systems (IFS) and ego state therapy offer a compassionate framework for getting to know these parts, especially those that developed in response to trauma or pain. Rather than fighting or suppressing difficult inner experiences, this approach invites curiosity and care toward all parts of yourself. For those who have experienced dissociation, parts work provides a gentle, grounded path toward integration — helping the different aspects of your experience come into greater harmony under the leadership of your core Self.
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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
AEDP is a heart-centered, relationally focused therapy that believes healing happens not just through insight, but through genuine emotional experience within a safe and attuned relationship. It gently guides clients to access and process deep emotions that may have been too overwhelming to face alone, transforming pain into growth. AEDP places particular emphasis on recognizing and building upon your existing strengths and resilience, operating from the belief that the capacity to heal is already within you — it simply needs the right conditions to emerge.
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a deeply relational, attachment-based approach that helps individuals, couples, and families understand and reshape the emotional patterns that drive disconnection and distress. Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, EFT is grounded in the understanding that our need for secure connection is fundamental — and that much of our pain in relationships comes from fears of abandonment, rejection, or not being truly seen. By helping clients identify and express their deeper emotional needs and vulnerabilities, EFT transforms negative cycles of conflict and withdrawal into opportunities for genuine closeness, trust, and lasting bond repair.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Somatic Experiencing is a body-centered approach to healing trauma, developed by Dr. Peter Levine from his study of how animals naturally discharge stress and return to equilibrium. When we experience overwhelming events, the body's survival responses — fight, flight, or freeze — can become stuck, leaving the nervous system in a state of chronic dysregulation. SE works gently and gradually, guiding you to notice and track physical sensations, allowing the body to complete those interrupted responses and release the energy that has been held in place. It is a deeply respectful process that honors the body's innate wisdom and capacity to heal.
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Yoga Therapy
Yoga Therapy is a personalized, therapeutic application of yoga practices — including movement, breathwork, and mindfulness — adapted to support your specific physical and emotional needs. Rooted in both ancient yogic tradition and contemporary understanding of the mind-body connection, it recognizes that healing is not just a cognitive process; it lives in the body as well. Whether you are navigating anxiety, chronic stress, trauma, or physical tension, Yoga Therapy offers a holistic path to greater regulation, embodiment, and well-being — meeting you exactly where you are.
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Mindfulness & Meditation
Mindfulness is the practice of bringing gentle, non-judgmental awareness to the present moment — to your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations as they arise. When integrated into therapy, mindfulness practices help cultivate greater emotional regulation, self-awareness, and the ability to respond to life's challenges with more clarity and less reactivity. Rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts or feelings, mindfulness teaches a different relationship with inner experience — one of observation, acceptance, and compassion. It is a skill that deepens with practice and can become a steady, grounding presence throughout daily life.