Trauma can have long-lasting effects on our minds and bodies. Do you have difficulties in your relationships, friendships, or work? Do you have a hard time accomplishing goals? Developmental trauma and childhood experiences are pervasive and detrimental to our mental health and ability to have a successful and fulfilling life. 

With trauma, the mind and body separate, so we have to work to reconnect them. We help you learn how to notice thoughts, feelings, and body sensations, so you can become aware of those seemingly small and insignificant things that bring you back into the trauma that happened a long time ago. 

Who were you before your trauma? Who do you want to become? Our work together will lead you to feel a greater sense of self, so you can feel safe within your body and mind. You don’t have to continue to suffer. Therapy can help you ease the pain and find peace again.

Mood Disorders

Mood Disorders and Emotional Dysregulation. Specializing in Borderline Personality Disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Are you feeling depressed or anxious? Have you experienced these feelings for a long time and don’t know what to do? Experiences during childhood, family dynamics, and your relationships with significant caregivers can deeply impact your mental health as an adult. There’s a link between the past and the present. You don’t need to be labeled or diagnosed with having depression or anxiety to know if you are suffering. Emotional pain, whether it’s from emotional neglect as a child or a recent experience, manifests in everyday life. It affects how you think about yourself, your relationships, and the world. 

Are you stuck in a pattern of all-or-nothing thinking? No one is OK all the time. Our emotions fluctuate and serve a purpose. Life isn’t all or nothing, not black or white, right or wrong. Do you find yourself thinking, “I’m all bad,” or “I’m not good enough”? Therapy helps you restore balance and look at yourself in a more nuanced way. We help you change, “I’m never good enough,” to “I’m having a bad day today, but I will be OK tomorrow,” and “This is the best I can do right now.” You’ll learn that your current feelings are temporary and shift away from extremes. 

We can help you restore that balance. Depression and anxiety will never be totally gone, emotions are what makes us human. But it will be a small part of your life and not overwhelming. We’ll look at patterns that are related to depression and anxiety and figure out what works for you. Instead of focusing on what changes need to be made, we work on accepting what is. When you can learn to accept yourself as you are, you’ll find that you’ll be able to live a more balanced, peaceful, and fulfilling life.

(Emotional/sexual intimacy, dating challenges, sexual anxieties and inhibitions)