I work as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), trained in Internal Family Systems, Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and also in mindfulness and meditative traditions. I use eclectic methodology from Shamanic traditions as well (always honoring the low-key theft of such medicine from the Native peoples of the world), and even cognitive behavioral therapies, such as CBT, DBT, and others, always to prepare people for deeper trauma integration work. 

My background (before the second round of Master’s Ed) is in the literary world, where I worked as a coach and midwife to traumatic narratives in a diversity of contexts, from Graduate Teaching in the UNC system, to working with inner city youth through Writers in the Schools, to serving eight years at Pongo Poetry, serving incarcerated youth, to running writing workshops in confidential DV shelters, to teaching at Seattle’s Hugo House, and more. I was taught by my students (when I was at the ripe age of 23), that crafting literary narratives can set the stage for integration and healing of trauma as or more effectively as any talk therapy. Please see this link to find out more about my main alter, the writer!

I have been humbled with a long waitlist, and urge folks to check out my resources and referrals, though all are welcome to shoot me a message.