My Therapeutic Approach
Therapy at The Healing Office is collaborative, practical, and tailored to what you need. I don't believe in using one approach for every person or staying stuck in insight without knowing what to do with it.
Sometimes our work will focus on understanding where a pattern came from. Other times, we may focus on managing what is happening right now, setting a boundary, making a difficult decision, or learning how to respond differently when emotions take over.
I integrate CBT, ACT, and practical skills from DBT to help us understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, question beliefs that may no longer be helpful, and develop new ways of responding. When clinically appropriate, I may also incorporate EMDR to address experiences that continue to affect how you feel or see yourself.
The goal is not just to feel better. It is to understand yourself, have more options in how you respond, and make changes that actually carry into your life.
My work integrates the following approaches and trainings:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Focuses on understanding the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and identifying ways to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns; graduate-level training.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Supports psychological flexibility, acceptance of difficult emotions, and making choices guided by personal values; foundational training completed in 2024.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): I integrate DBT-informed skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and setting boundaries; foundational training completed in 2021.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): A structured approach for processing distressing experiences that continue to affect the present; foundational training completed in 2022.
Additional EMDR Training: Attachment-Focused EMDR (2025) and R-TEP and G-TEP protocols for recent and group-based traumatic experiences (2023).
I continue to develop my clinical skills through ongoing education, research, and professional consultation.
These approaches are not one size fits all. I adapt our work based on what you need, balancing structure and flexibility, insight and action.
