My degree is in Marriage + Family Therapy, which informs my work with individuals by considering the many systems that are all parts of our whole selves. This equips me to see my clients more holistically as we identify and welcome the  many parts of our lives that hold power and influence. The Family Systems approach is not only focused on your understanding or meaning-making around your family of origin, but also the other biopsychosocial-spiritual systems you are, or have been, connected to.

My work is deeply shaped by a Trauma-Informed and Somatic-Based perspective, which emphasizes the significant impact trauma as well as all life experiences have on our bodies. We are our bodies and everything that we have ever felt or experienced has been in our bodies. My approach is informed by a somatic lens which allows me to guide my clients in listening to what bodies are speaking up about as well as building trust in the innate wisdom our bodies are continually offering. I believe Embodiment (which put simply, is our awareness of being a body), is a key component to finding connection with truth as well as our truest selves.

I also practice from an Emotionally-Focused and Attachment-Based lens, which highlights the role and power of emotions both in our relationships with others as well as our relationship with ourselves. EFT is a humanistic and evidence-based approach that was birthed from Attachment Theory, which acknowledges the influence our early childhood experiences and relationships have on the way we operate in current experiences and relationships. The hope with these modalities is to find secure attachment, which is often characterized as feeling safe and connected in relation to others and self. This approach also places great value in having a secure therapeutic relationship in order to access the space and freedom my clients need to heal.