"You are not broken. You are breaking through."

Maybe you can’t stop replaying something that happened.

Maybe you’ve never had a specific “event,” but your body still feels like it’s bracing for something.

Or maybe you’ve just always felt a little on edge, disconnected, or not fully yourself—and you’re tired of trying to push through it.

You’re not broken. Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do.

And therapy can help you finally feel safe again—in your body, your relationships, and your day-to-day life.

It’s also about:
• What you had to carry alone
• What felt overwhelming, confusing, or out of your control
• What your nervous system never got a chance to process
• The negative beliefs you absorbed about yourself and the world around you

These lingering patterns—like shame, fear, or a sense of “not enough”—can keep showing up long after the original event has passed. Trauma Therapy can give you the time and space to work through these stuck points, so you can move forward with more clarity, ease, and self-compassion.

Symptoms of trauma can show up as:

• Anxiety, panic, or chronic worry
• Emotional numbing or disconnection
• Shame, self-doubt, or people-pleasing
• Hypervigilance or overreacting to small things
• Trouble sleeping, feeling grounded, or feeling safe in your body

Whether the trauma was clear or cumulative, therapy can help you begin to shift from survival to healing.

I bring a grounded, trauma-informed presence to every session—and I always work at your pace. I’ve served as a dedicated trauma therapist at a residential trauma treatment center and have specialized training in EMDR, Brainspotting, and Schema Therapy, all of which are proven to support deep, lasting healing.

My approach combines talk therapy with brain-based and body-aware techniques to help move trauma out of survival mode and into real resolution. Depending on your needs, we might use:

• EMDR therapy (learn more here)
• Brainspotting (learn more here)
• Schema Therapy
• Narrative Therapy to help you explore and reshape the stories you carry about yourself
• DBT skills to support emotional regulation, grounding, and coping
• Mind-body tools and resourcing
• Longer sessions or short-term intensives (for deeper, more efficient progress)

You don’t have to know what approach is right for you. We’ll figure that out together—based on what feels safe, effective, and supportive for your system.

If trauma or emotional overwhelm is still running the show, therapy can help you feel safe in your own skin again—and finally move forward with more clarity and peace.

📍 In-person therapy in Carlsbad, CA
📆 Extended sessions and intensives available

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