• High Sensitivity Person (HSP)

    Perhaps you deal with heightened sensitivity to stimuli (sounds, lighting, smell, touch, physical sensations) at times to an overwhelming degree. You’re highly empathetic, moved deeply by emotion and may have a strong intuition. You may also easily absorb or prioritize others’ emotions at your own expense.

  • College-Age + Young Professionals

    You’re expected to be more independent than ever before, and learn as you go. You’re figuring out how the world works and where you want to make your mark. Launching can feel scary, exciting and confusing.

  • Neurodivergent Folks

    Whether you identify as Gifted, AHDH, 2e (twice exceptional) or even suspect that you may be neurodivergent and would like to explore this further.

  • Overfunctioning/ Burn-Out

    This can look like constantly pushing yourself, perfectionism, struggling to say no or set boundaries, seeking control of the outcome by taking everything on yourself. Likely this leads you to burnout in an unhelpful cycle for everyone involved.

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You deserve care and treatment focused on you as a whole-person. Your relationships and environment deserve as much consideration as the symptoms, behaviors and diagnoses that lead you to therapy initially.

“Trauma is a relational experience. It arises more from our sense of being alone with pain and fear than with the event itself.” —Bonnie Badenoch


EMDR FAQs

  • EMDR is a structured, evidence-based treatment that allows the brain to heal trauma and PTSD symptoms. EMDR focuses on reprocessing memories and does not require detailed discussion of the event, or homework. EMDR can also heal distress that results in heightened anxiety, reactivity, and increased nervous system dysregulation (fight/flight/freeze response).

  • EMDR is available and effective for teen and adult clients. EMDR can be useful for single incident trauma (ex: car crash), as well as for deeper rooted concerns and presenting issues. Trauma can be anything that your body experiences as distressing, regardless of how objectively big or small. We will always start EMDR with thorough assessment. Presenting concerns can also include managing anxiety/panic and shame triggers, as well as present day barriers stemming from previous negative experiences.

  • Once we determine that EMDR can be useful for you, we will determine presenting issues to be treated. We will determine “targets” or core memories for EMDR processing, and then work through these during our sessions. Treatment length may vary although the goal is to help the brain heal from unprocessed traumas in a brief manner. We will allow the brain to do the work, and not focus on changing thoughts, behaviors or emotions related to the distressing event.

  • EMDR harnesses the incredible power of our brains. Treatment uses tapping or eye movements to stimulate the brain, while reprocessing distressing memories. These memories are not discussed in detail as we are not “reliving” or doing exposure work around the memory. EMDR can be used virtually or in person, and can be a gentler and more efficient form of trauma therapy.

  • EMDR is akin to “dipping your toe” in the memory, and observing it from a safe distance rather then re-experiencing it, unlike with exposure or talk therapy. EMDR work is only done together in sessions, and is contained so that you may transition into the rest of your day outside of therapy. Some clients experience tears and some physical mild discomfort related to release of emotions, although you are in control and can go at whatever pace feels reasonable for you.