Trauma Therapy in Arizona

EMDR (or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) uses eye movements and body awareness to help you reprocess distressing memories. It targets thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and body sensations to address each of the impacts of the memories. It is well-researched and an extremely effective tool for all types of trauma.

IFS (Internal Family Systems) is built on the idea that we all have different internal ‘parts’. Some parts hold pain from the past, and other parts keep you from feeling it. In IFS, we work with the protective parts to free them from their ‘job’, and heal the rejected parts that hold pain. In doing so, you are able to access the deeper sense of security and wisdom that lies beneath all these parts, and build a secure attachment with yourself.

Somatic (or body-focused) therapy explores symptoms as unreleased body states and sensations. Strongly supported by the current research on trauma healing, somatic therapy helps you process the physical states (like anxiety, freeze, shutdown, etc) that keep you stuck in old patterns.

Polyvagal therapy is the science of regulating our nervous systems, and understanding our defense states, including fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and collapse. I’ll give you tools to reprogram your nervous system, and teach you how to shift back to calm.

Elements of mindfulness, meditation, and somatic (or body) awareness are woven throughout my approach to help my clients reconnect to a deeper sense of presence beneath their survival mechanisms. Through practicing mindful awareness, we become more intentional, awake, brave, compassionate, and resilient to the pain that comes with being human.

I always work from a holistic perspective that recognizes that the brain and body are completely intertwined. In order to help clients achieve their goals, I help them assess how all aspects of their life impact their mental health.