I work with adults 18+ whose experiences don't fit standard templates — people whose trauma runs deep, whose nervous systems work differently, and who have often been failed by approaches that weren't designed for them.
Being "too complex" isn't a problem here. It's where we start.
Complex & Developmental Trauma
Complex PTSD develops when trauma is repeated, prolonged, or happens within relationships — particularly in childhood, when the nervous system is still forming. This kind of trauma reshapes how you relate to yourself, other people, and the world. It shows up not just as flashbacks or nightmares, but as chronic shame, difficulty trusting, emotional dysregulation, and a pervasive sense that something is fundamentally wrong with you.
None of that is true. It is a set of learned survival responses — and they can change. I work with the full picture of complex trauma: developmental, relational, intergenerational, and the long-term effects of unsafe or unpredictable environments.
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Childhood neglect & abuse
Emotional, physical, and developmental trauma that shaped your sense of self and safety.
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Relational & betrayal trauma
When the people who were supposed to protect you were the source of harm.
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Intergenerational trauma
Patterns and wounds that move through families, cultures, and generations.
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Medical & chronic illness
Trauma held in the body from illness, procedures, or healthcare experiences.
Dissociation & Dissociative Disorders
Dissociation is the mind's way of coping with experiences that are too overwhelming to process all at once. It exists on a wide spectrum — from spacing out and feeling foggy, to depersonalization (feeling disconnected from your own body), to more complex presentations involving distinct parts of self or identity.
Many people who experience dissociation have spent years being misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or told their experiences aren't real. I work from a trauma-informed, parts-based framework that approaches dissociative experiences with curiosity and respect — never pressure or pathologizing.
Neurodivergence
Neurodivergent adults often carry a specific kind of accumulated exhaustion — from years of masking, of trying to fit systems that weren't built for them, of being told they just needed to "try harder" or "be more consistent." When that history intersects with trauma, the result is often complex and hard to untangle using standard approaches.
I'm neurodivergent myself, and I bring that understanding into the room. Therapy here is paced, flexible, and adapted to how your brain actually works — not how the average therapy protocol assumes it should. I hold ADHD-CCSP certification and specialized training in neurodivergent-affirming care.
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ADHD — including late-diagnosed adults
Emotional dysregulation, executive function, rejection sensitivity, and the grief of late diagnosis.
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Autism & autistic burnout
Masking, exhaustion, sensory needs, and identity after a lifetime of compensation.
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AUDHD
The unique experience of co-occurring ADHD and autism — and everything that comes with it.
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Twice-exceptional adults
High capacity alongside significant challenges — where giftedness and difficulty live side by side.
Anxiety, Depression & Life Challenges
Anxiety and depression — especially when rooted in unprocessed trauma or the chronic stress of navigating a world not designed for your nervous system — need more than symptom management. I work to understand what's underneath, and to build the internal resources to move through it differently.
I also work with people navigating significant life transitions, loss, grief, identity questions, and the particular strain of living with chronic anger that has nowhere safe to go.
Couples
I offer couples therapy via telehealth for partners navigating communication breakdowns, attachment wounds, trauma that's showing up in the relationship, and the particular challenges that arise when one or both partners are neurodivergent.
My approach draws on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which focuses on the attachment patterns and emotional cycles underneath conflict — not just the surface arguments. When both partners can be seen and understood, the dynamic shifts.
Is this for you?
If any of this sounds like you — you've found the right place. You don't have to simplify yourself to get help.