Adjusting to changes, whether these are a new job, relationship, city, or a breakup, divorce, or relocation can be difficult. You may find yourself questioning the change and your choices leading up to and after the transition. You may find what was once exciting and something you were looking forward to now leaves you on the brink of tears and worried about what is happening. Because change can cause stress, it can effect your daily life and how you interact with others. I can provide support and help you cope with life transitions, whether you are preparing for them to happen or they have already occurred. I can also assist you in exploring and thinking through potentially life altering choices.

Throughout your life you may experience a one-time traumatic experience or chronic and complex traumatic experiences that have overwhelmed your ability to cope, impaired your daily functioning and relationships. You may find yourself thinking of this event often, having nightmares, experiencing depression, anxiety, irritability, not wanting to talk about what happened, and conflicts in your relationships. I help people whom experienced a wide range of traumas from bullying, disruptive life events and relational experiences to witnessing a horrific event or chronic abuse. I can help you reconnect with yourself, your family and friends, and the world around you. I can help you learn to calm your body and work through what happened to you through various trauma informed approaches, including EMDR. I am certified in EMDR and incorporate this into my work to help individuals relieve suffering and emotional distress. Together we will pick up the pieces and reclaim your life.

Have you ever asked yourself: What is important to me? What are my values? Goals? Who am I? Is it ok that my beliefs are different from my parents? Will I be successful? Can I make it on my own? What do I want from my relationships? These are questions that teens, college students, and young adults explore. Emerging adulthood is the exciting, yet potentially stressful, period of growth and exploration between late adolescence and adulthood. In this time you are exploring and really figuring out what you want to do, where you want to go, and who you want to be with. The instability of this figuring it out period may lead to frequent moving, job, and relationship changes – which may contribute to confusion, uncertainty, dissatisfaction, worries, and hopelessness. I can assist you with your exploration process to identify what is important to you and who you are, to cope with stresses, and capitalize on your possibilities.