As a mental health professional specializing in trauma-informed care, I don't believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Your depression is unique to your story, your nervous system, and your life experiences. That's why I draw from several powerful modalities to create a treatment plan that truly serves you.
This integrative approach isn't just about feeling "better"—it's about building a life that feels aligned, fulfilling, and emotionally secure. My goal is to help you reconnect with your inner wisdom, reclaim your energy, and create relationships that nourish rather than drain you.

EMDR Therapy: Gentle Trauma Processing
EMDR helps you process trauma and emotional pain without having to relive every detail. This approach is particularly effective for depression rooted in past experiences, as it allows your brain to reprocess memories that fuel depressive symptoms without retraumatization.

Through our secure online platform, I guide you through bilateral stimulation that helps your nervous system finally release what it's been carrying. It's a gentle yet powerful way to reduce symptoms of depression and restore balance to your system. Many clients with severe depression find EMDR provides relief when talk therapy alone hasn't been enough.

Parts Work (IFS-Informed): Building Internal Harmony
We all have different "parts"—the inner critic that pushes you toward perfection, the protector that keeps others at arm's length, the exhausted part that wants to give up. In depression, these parts often work against each other, creating internal conflict that maintains your symptoms.

Through IFS-informed therapy, we explore these different aspects of you with curiosity and compassion. Instead of fighting your protective parts, we help them understand they're safe now. This builds self-compassion and emotional clarity, addressing the internal fragmentation that often underlies major depressive disorder.

Emotion Processing: Creating Space for Feeling
Depression often involves emotions that have been buried, numbed, or feel too overwhelming to face. Together, we create a safe space to feel, understand, and release these emotions at a pace that feels manageable. You'll learn how to stay grounded even when things feel intense, developing the capacity to be with difficult feelings without being consumed by them.

This emotion processing work is essential for treating depression because it addresses the emotional backlog that keeps you stuck. Whether you're dealing with grief, anger, shame, or fear, we'll work together to help these emotions move through rather than remain frozen in your system.

Skills Building: Practical Tools for Daily Life
While we work on deeper healing, I also provide practical tools you can use immediately. You'll learn to manage stress, set boundaries, regulate emotions, and communicate more effectively. These aren't just coping strategies—they're life-enhancing skills that support sustainable change.

Skills building might include techniques for managing negative thinking patterns, strategies for behavioral activation when depression makes everything feel impossible, or tools for navigating relationships differently. These practical elements ensure you have support between sessions as you navigate daily life with clinical depression.

Symptom Reduction & Nervous System Support
Whether you're experiencing trouble sleeping, chronic pain, or the exhaustion that characterizes depressive disorder, we work directly with your nervous system to reduce distressing symptoms. This might involve breathwork, grounding techniques, or somatic approaches that help calm your system's stress response.

For those with moderate or severe depression, this nervous system support provides crucial stabilization. We're not just talking about your depression—we're actively working to shift how your body holds and processes stress, trauma, and emotion.