Specialties

Stress and Trauma

What is Trauma? 

Trauma is a distressing or disturbing experience that overwhelms a person's ability to cope.

Sometimes stressful experiences are single events, and sometimes they are reoccurring in a specific circumstance.

We can find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and avoidant when reminded of these experiences. They stay frozen in time deep in our minds, and we never look at them again so detailed and clearly in the lens of our current reality.  

A note about trauma: If you're not comfortable with calling your experience(s) "trauma", we refer to them as a stressful event or circumstances.

What does therapy for stress and trauma look like? 

In therapy you will learn how to notice what causes overwhelming reactions as well as the tools for handling them. 

I use gradual exposure to slowly acclimate you to reliving a stressful experience, and practice the coping skills you need to manage reactions to the memories in real time so you can reduce feelings of overwhelm.  These skills are applicable in daily life so you can continue to use them after therapy ends.

Relationship Conflict for Families and Couples

You will discover the source of your relationship problems, learn to understand, to be understood, and practice effective communication skills.