Relationships
Setting Boundaries Without Guilt: Why Limits Feel So Hard (and How to Hold Them Anyway) TL;DR You know you’re a people pleaser when guilt shows up before you’ve even finished the sentence. But boundary guilt is almost a rite of passage, especially if you grew up learning that your needs were the “extra” item on […]
How to Heal Attachment Wounds Without Abandoning Yourself TL;DR Healing attachment wounds is the work of becoming securely connected to yourself and others. Attachment healing often requires more than insight alone because attachment patterns live in the nervous system and body, not just the mind. Through therapeutic interventions like EMDR, somatic work, parts work, and […]
Why Your Adult Relationships Feel So Hard (Even When You “Know” Better) TL;DR Adult attachment patterns are not random personality traits. They’re often adaptive strategies that began in childhood and continue shaping how people experience closeness, conflict, needs, and emotional safety in adulthood. Anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, and disorganized attachment are not identities to be […]
How Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Attachment (And Could Be Hurting Your Relationships Now) TL:DR Attachment isn’t formed by a single moment or one defining event. It’s built through thousands of repeated interactions that teach a child’s nervous system what to expect from relationships. The survival strategies that made sense in childhood often become the emotional […]
I'm not here to pathologize your experience. I'm here to help you understand how the survival strategies that once protected you might now be keeping you stuck—and to help you reconnect with who you really are underneath all the patterns.
My approach blends evidence-based trauma therapies with nervous system science and attachment theory. We'll work with both your mind and body to create lasting, embodied change that shows up in your real-life relationships and daily experiences.