Healing the past to change your present

Therapy for Childhood & Complex Trauma

In-person in Reno and telehealth throughout California & Nevada

Trauma isn’t just big things: abuse, accidents, or loss. It’s any experience that was too much, too soon, or for too long. This includes:

  • A parent who expected constant perfection.

  • Lack of early regulation and/or attachment

  • Being unwanted

  • Experiences of bullying

  • A family who couldn’t see, hear, or validate you.

  • Being blamed for things beyond your control.

  • Growing up around anger, criticism, or rejection.

  • Being told not to feel, or that you feel too much.

  • Experiences of discrimination

  • Feeling frequently out of body or numb in your early life.

  • Gender or sexuality shame.

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“It’s a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found.”

— D.W. Winnicott

  • + Feel like you’re broken, unloveable, or something’s fundamentally wrong with you

    + Feel disconnected from your body

    + Struggle with relationships

    + Have difficulty with sleep or recurring nightmares

    + Live with shame

    + Easily become numb or detached during conflict

    + Have never been able to name what exactly is wrong

  • + Family history

    + Attachment wounds

    + Intergenerational patterns

    + Systems of oppression

    + Disruptive relationship patterns & chasing love

    + Self-hate & self-worth

  • + Increased Comfort discussing your feelings

    + Emotional Resilience: Stop feeling flooded or paralyzed by your emotions.

    + Build Secure Relationships: You break the "anxious-avoidant loop" and feel worthy of deep, consistent, and healthy connection.

    + Quiet the Inner Critic: Soothe the shame.

    + Authentic Living: Deepen your self-awareness & live as your true, whole self

    + Closure: The past remains a part of your story, but it no longer runs your life.

  • Trauma isn't just a memory stored in your mind; it's a physiological state stored in your body and nervous system. Because talk therapy alone often can't reach these deep patterns, I integrate three of the most effective, research-backed modalities available:

    Somatic Experiencing

    Focus: The Body & Nervous System

    When a threat occurs, your body mobilizes energy to defend itself. If that energy can't be resolved, it gets "locked" in your system as chronic anxiety, hypervigilance, or burnout. SE works directly with your body's physical cues to release that stored survival stress, helping your nervous system finally stand down and reset. (Note: Currently in advanced professional training).

    2.Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    Focus: Internal Dynamics & Protection

    IFS looks at the mind as a collection of "parts." For trauma survivors, parts of you may feel stuck in past pain, while other parts (like a relentless inner critic or an over-working perfectionist) work overtime to keep you safe. Instead of fighting these habits, we help these protective parts step back so you can lead from a steady, confident core.

    3.EMDR

    Focus: Brain Function & Memory Integration

    When you experience trauma, the brain can struggle to file the memory away properly. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (like side-to-side eye movements or tapping) to re-engage your brain’s natural processing system. This allows you to unhook the emotional "charge" from past painful experiences so they no longer hijack your present.

How Our Work Looks

01

Understanding the Roots

We look at your history and build a new understanding of what happened

02

Building safety

Using evidence-based trauma-specific therapy practices to release stored stress cycles & old beliefs.

03

Cultivating acceptance

We offer compassion to all parts of you, building new information and beliefs about who you are.

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