Alleviate emotional pain and live a more fulfilling life

I specialize in working with adults who have endured trauma or adverse life experiences and struggle with low self-worth, perfectionism, intellectualizing, people pleasing, and relationship challenges.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

Often times you can identify the “why” behind your behaviors or emotions, yet you still feel the same. It can feel as though you have continued to cycle through the same thoughts or emotions over and over. You have an idea of where your emotional pain comes from, but it still feels like nothing has changed. You are still consumed by the anxious and critical thoughts in your mind. You are struggling with relationships that leave you feeling unfulfilled and empty. If you’re ready to delve into the root of your struggles and uncover the deeper issues that have been holding you back, rather than remaining trapped in unending cycles, you are in the right place.

I help heal emotional distress and trauma stored in both your explicit and implicit memory:

Implicit memory in therapy:

Unconscious influence:

Implicit memories, often formed during early childhood or traumatic events, can majorly influence how you react to situations without you realizing it, leading to automatic responses like anxiety or avoidance behaviors.

Trauma and implicit memory:

Traumatic experiences often create strong implicit memories, leading to triggers and emotional dysregulation even when you cannot consciously recall the traumatic event. 

Attachment and implicit memory:

Early childhood experiences, especially traumatic ones, can be deeply embedded in implicit memory, significantly impacting attachment styles and relationships later in life.

Implicit memories can be formed from early interactions with caregivers. Positive or negative experiences during formative years can create deep-seated beliefs about trust, safety, and love.

Body-based memory:

Body-based memory refers to the way our bodies hold onto past experiences and emotions, often in ways that you may not consciously recognize.

When you experience trauma or an adverse experience, your body may react with tension, pain, or specific sensations that linger long after the event. These bodily responses can serve as a physical reminder of past experiences, influencing how you feel and behave in the present.

Have you ever experienced an intense feeling of panic and you were not sure where it was coming from or what triggered it?

Intense feelings such as panic can often arise from body-based memories. This happens because your body can store emotional responses tied to past experiences. When something in your environment triggers a similar emotional state—it can activate these stored memories, leading to intense feelings like panic (or anxiety, overwhelm, sadness, dissociation, etc.).

This process is often unconscious; you may or may not consciously remember the event that caused the initial fear, but your body automatically reacts as if it is happening again.

A focus on implicit memory is essential in therapy because it can heavily influence your behaviors and emotions without conscious awareness, this plays a major role in what keeps you feeling stuck.

Healing trauma or emotional pain allows you to break patterns, regain a sense of security and stability, alleviate deep rooted beliefs about yourself, increase self-esteem, and finally experience peace.