My approach is rooted in the understanding that complex trauma doesn't live only in memory — it lives in the body, in the nervous system, and often in the different parts of self that developed as survival strategies.
I adapt the work to fit you, not the other way around. We move at the pace your system can hold, and the approach evolves as you do.
How I work
Whether we're doing stabilization work, trauma processing, or parts work, these four principles run through everything.
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Safety first
Before anything else, we build a foundation your nervous system can trust. No rushing to "the hard stuff" before the ground is solid.
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Parts work
Working with dissociation and internal systems — not against them — to reduce conflict and build inner cooperation.
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Whole-brain care
Therapy that accounts for how ADHD, autism, and twice-exceptionality intersect with trauma responses and nervous system patterns.
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No performance needed
You don't need to arrive put-together, articulate, or ready. Come as you actually are — that's where the real work begins.
Internal systems
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a model of therapy based on the understanding that the mind is naturally made up of multiple "parts" — different sub-personalities or voices that each carry their own feelings, beliefs, and roles. When trauma is part of the picture, parts often get stuck in protective or survival roles that made sense once, but now create internal conflict and exhaustion.
Parts work offers a compassionate framework for getting to know these different aspects of yourself — not to eliminate them, but to understand what they're carrying and help them find more freedom. It's particularly effective for people with dissociation, complex trauma, and those who experience feeling like "different people" in different contexts.
Trauma processing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain process traumatic memories that have become "stuck" — continuing to trigger distress as if the original event were still happening right now.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation — guided eye movements, tapping, or audio tones — to help the nervous system complete the processing it couldn't finish at the time of the trauma. The result is that the memory loses its charge: it becomes something that happened, rather than something that keeps happening.
I integrate EMDR within a broader trauma-informed framework and only introduce it once a solid foundation of safety and stabilization has been established. I am an EMDRIA member and actively pursuing certification.
Body-based work
Trauma doesn't only live in memory and thought — it lives in the body. Somatic approaches recognize that the nervous system holds the experience of what happened, and that healing often requires working with the body's responses, not just the mind's narrative.
I draw from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma, which integrates body awareness, movement, and sensation into the therapeutic process. This helps complete stuck survival responses — the freeze, flight, or fight that never fully resolved — and builds a greater sense of being at home in your own body.
Thérapie en français
Language carries culture, identity, and nuance that don't always survive translation. For many French speakers, being able to do therapeutic work in their native language — without the cognitive effort of translation or the subtle loss of meaning — makes a meaningful difference in the depth of the work.
I am a native French speaker and offer all of my services in French for clients who prefer it. Whether you're a French expat living in the US, a French-Canadian, or someone who thinks and feels most deeply in French — you're welcome to work in the language that feels most like you.