Psychotherapy for Individuals & Survivors

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I offer somatic trauma therapy to help individuals regain control over their lives and heal after adverse life events. Therapy is offered in my Sebastopol office or online for residents of California or Oregon.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PTSD is a diagnosis that includes clusters of symptoms following a threatening event: intrusions, avoidance, changes in nervous system arousal, pronounced shifts in mood or thinking, and oftentimes dissociation.

Sexual Assault

& Trauma

Survivors of sexual abuse or assault can experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress, including hypervigilance, numbing, marked distrust, nightmares, flashbacks, memory gaps, and more.

Complex Trauma

(C-PTSD)

C-PTSD describes cumulative, ongoing traumas that oftentimes occur during childhood in a relational context, but can also occur during adulthood. There is not a single triggering event, but instead is the result of multiple traumatic experiences.

Dissociation

Dissociation exists on a spectrum and is a built-in survival mechanism. When something becomes overwhelming, the brain can disconnect, or separate, from what is happening in its intelligent effort to survive.

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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

Helen Keller

About

Release the Past,
Feel Peace and Wholeness

About Me

I help people who are willing to begin or continue the courageous journey towards healing from sexual harm or trauma so that they can live more fully and peacefully in the present moment.

Do you feel like you are struggling and that despite having survived much hardship, life is hard?

You may benefit from somatic therapy if you still can't find relief from your past, feel on edge, get triggered all the time, don't trust yourself or other people, and are stuck despite years of talk therapy.

You feel overwhelmed and alone, disconnected, lost, and are exhausted with what seems like an inner battle with yourself. It's like your body is working against you.

Sometimes you turn to desperate ways of coping to escape your pain. You feel like your life is forever changed and derailed.

Trauma gets in the way of the life you want in so many ways.

It can disrupt all aspects of life - relationships, nervous system, sleep, work, your spirit, and much more.

If you would like support in healing from sexual harm and the overwhelming, devastating aftermath...I am here to help.

Offering somatic therapy, I walk alongside my clients through the mud for the sacred waves of stuck emotions and memory to move through the body and finally be released. What emerges on the other side is someone who feels whole - calmer, more joyful, less fearful.

You have a right to a life where you are not suffering due to what happened. Being able to go through your day without being ambushed by emotions is within your reach.

It is important for you to find a therapist who you connect with. Feel free to reach out to me to explore the possibility of working together towards recovery and peace.

You deserve to have support through this, and are not alone.

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