Every clinician has a modality that they incorporate into their practice with clients.

EMDR Therapy:

I am fully trained in Eye-movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)  therapy, and currently working on consultation for additional training to be EMDR-certified. EMDR is especially helpful for individuals who have experienced trauma, flashbacks, panic attacks, and nightmares.  This modality believes that normal everyday memories get stored in our brain in an adaptive way and help to construct our self-concept and view of the world. However, when trauma happens, those memories also get stored in our brain but in a maladaptive way-usually with all of the original emotional reactions, body sensations, thoughts, and experiences.  EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to desensitize trauma memories and reprocess them in a more adaptive way so that you can continue to live your life without flashbacks, panic attacks, or nightmares. 

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS) was developed by Richard Schwartz. This modality is based on the idea that we are multi-minded. Just like in an external family, we have an internal family system with different parts that each play a role within us. IFS aids individuals in building relationships with our parts and developing a sense of self that is based on confidence, calm, compassion, courage, creativity, clarity, curiosity, and connectedness. 

Being an integrative clinician:

As a therapist I believe it’s important to tailor my therapeutic approach to each client’s unique and individual needs. Although my main foundations lie in EMDR and IFS, I also incorporate mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal skills, attachment theory, acceptance, and other skills and methods into sessions.