My approach utilizes Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy as an evidence-based psychotherapy or counselling that aims at addressing the needs of clients with post traumatic stress disorder and other difficulties related to traumatic life events.
Psychologist, PhD, LPC, PsyD, MSW, Marriage and Family Counselor, LCSW
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop from being exposed to a wide variety of traumatic events such as motor vehicle crashes, home accidents, sexual assault, domestic violence, or being involved in a natural disaster. As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) describes it, PTSD happens after “being witness to or being exposed to situations involving threatened or actual serious physical harm or death.” But it’s important to keep in mind that experiencing a trauma doesn’t mean a person will absolutely develop PTSD.
As Somatic psychotherapists, we help clients feel more regulation and ease in their systems and decreases symptoms of anxiety, depression, or chronic stress.
I have been trained in trauma-informed care and I have found it is the root cause of many of our problems. I offer evidenced-based solutions to the problem of trauma and provide you space to process the scary stuff you've been through if you choose to.
I am an expert in PTSD and its treatment. I'm trained in several evidenced-based treatments. I have experience treating assault trauma, combat trauma, traumas rooted in childhood, and many others. If you are feeling jumpy, upset by intrusive memories and suffering from nightmares, please contact me to begin your trauma recovery process.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) is my psychotherapy model of choice when it comes to trauma processing. It worked wonders for the combat veterans and sexual trauma survivors I worked with at the Veterans Administration.
Marriage and Family Therapist, Ph.D., LMFT, CAS, EMDR-2
Trauma is a specialty for me. I have done hours of training on Trauma and PTSD. I use EMDR to work with trauma but along with EMDR a client must look at their patterns of thought, feeling and especially behavior. All of these work together. Once a trauma is processed, the patterns that go with the trauma must also change and grow.