HEY! If you’re interested in learning a fun way to regulate your nervous system, check out this workshop I’m facilitating on Saturday, October 24th at GoComedy Theater in Ferndale, Michigan.

Understanding yourself takes patience and compassion. You can create a life for yourself that is vibrant, aligned with your values, and filled with deep connections to others. There are so many ways to learn how to handle what life throws at you.

Whether you’ve experienced heartache, bullying, or abusive or neglectful parents, you may feel deep wounds related to the people you’ve cared for and from whom you’ve sought comfort, who did not return your love and affection. Your heart carries the pain of that rejection or dismissal, and no matter how many times you try to understand why, you can’t quite seem to stop remembering that pain, and maybe even reenacting those unhealthy patterns in your current relationships. When we fear a relationship we depend on might end, we may dismiss our worry, or ignore our discomfort, because we can’t understand what’s right in front of us. When the person who should be taking care of you is also the person who terrifies you, lets you down, or causes you pain, what happens inside of us? How do we make sense of that?

This is where many children who grow up in a house with addiction, violence or emotional unpredictability find themselves. We learn to run in both directions, to and from, at the same time. And yet, these experiences have allowed you to adapt! Your sensitive brain processes deeply, you feel your emotions intensely, your nervous system picks up more cues, and you have a deep well of empathy towards others. I am here to help you discover your strengths and resilience using effective, evidence-based techniques such as EMDR and group psychotherapy.

I work with adults aged 25 and up who’ve experienced developmental trauma, and relational and attachment in particular. I am a National Certified Counselor (NBCC), licensed by the state of Ohio and Illinois, earned an M.A. degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and supervised by Deanna Chase, LPCC-S. I am also certified by the University of Vermont as an End-of-Life/Death Doula, and received additional training in Jungian psychotherapy. I’ve studied Relational Trauma Repair with Dr. Tian Dayton, and received certification in Relational Trauma Repair: Sociometrics (RTR-S). I accept Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CareSource, FrontPath, Medical Mutual, Meridian, Meritain Health, Molina Healthcare, and Paramount, and I am an approved Ohio Department of Medicaid provider. I provide in-person sessions at the offices of Rooted Therapeutic Healing in Sylvania, Ohio and via teletherapy every day except Thursdays. I am accepting new clients for individual treatment and group therapy. I have availability in the afternoons and early evenings for in person appointments and in the mornings for online sessions. I also see clients on Saturday and Sunday mornings. If you are uninsured, or underinsured, please consider working with me through Open Path Psychotherapy Collective, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization connecting middle and lower-income level clients who cannot afford market rates for therapy, and lack adequate mental health insurance coverage.