EMDR for Complex Trauma: Why Experience (and Customization) Matter If you’ve tried therapy before and either felt overwhelmed, spun up, or quietly wondered whether EMDR might be “too much” for you, you’re not wrong to be cautious. EMDR for complex trauma needs something different. Complex trauma doesn’t live in one memory. It lives in patterns: Read more

How EMDR Therapy Works (Without the Jargon) If you’re struggling with unresolved trauma or distressing thoughts, EMDR may be a valuable option for your healing journey. If you have tried talk therapy and got stuck you might be referred for EMDR to try methods that work at a different starting point. Especially if you have Read more

Leaving Chaos Coordinator in the Past – A Therapist Real Life Story 2 years in to private practice has let me embrace simplified me I spent many (many) years working in a hospital doing group, individual, and family therapy, including a solid stretch during COVID. Oh … the stories I have. I’ve solved a lot Read more

For overdoers whose anxiety wants them to PIVOT every time something doesn’t go exactly how they thought it might. I use images like this because anxiety lives in the body, not just the words. A visual gives your nervous system something to grab onto before your brain starts overanalyzing. Metaphors and images create a pause, Read more

Sometimes the first step to healing doesn’t come from a perfectly planned moment. Sometimes it starts in chaos or an anxiety spiral. A client recently told me they found me during a full-blown anxiety spiral, typing into ChatGPT, looking for anything that could help them breathe. And somehow, the internet led them to me. I Read more

There’s a moment, quiet but undeniable—when you know: you can’t keep going like this. You might still show up. Still play the part. Still tell yourself to be grateful. But something inside of you whispers (or maybe screams):This is not sustainable. It’s a strange kind of limbo. You haven’t left yet. Maybe you can’t. Not Read more

We vacation in Maine. My husband’s family has a cabin there and it’s been part of our story for a long time. Showing up in the powerful wilderness and letting it fill my spirit is a routine I hope to never lose. Maine is amazing and weird in the best way. And there are parts Read more

For the clinician searching for a safe place to land So, you’re the therapist.The one people trust.The one who always holds the heavy stuff with grace, skill, and a slightly-too-full calendar. And now, you’re tired in a way you don’t quite have language for.Not just physically. Existentially. Deep in your bones. You might still be Read more

When Identity Shifts Feel Subtle but Profound There are moments in therapy—both as a clinician and a human—when something shifts in a way that’s hard to describe. Not because it’s dramatic or loud, but because it happens quietly, beneath the surface. You’re not performing a new role. You’re becoming someone different. And you may not Read more

Waking at night is totally normal—most people wake up a few times each night between sleep cycles. The issue isn’t the waking itself; it’s the struggle to fall back asleep. Here are some evidence-based strategies to help: 🔁 Step 1: Don’t Panic. Don’t Check the Clock. Why: Clock-watching creates performance anxiety about sleep (“It’s 3:17 Read more