Welcome

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I'm motivated to help people get past their pain and become who they were meant to be. Doing this requires trust, curiosity, careful listening, thoughtful feedback, and a full commitment to what is most alive in you. The reward for me is that I get to be present when the next, better, freer and more flexible version of you comes into the world. It's exciting, meaningful work.

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Trauma & EMDR

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Trauma shows up in some unexpected places: as anxiety, depression, obsessions, compulsions, panic attacks, substance abuse, etc. I'm interested in the big and small traumas that accumulate over time, steering the course of a human life without our full awareness. Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) and Somatic Experiencing (SE) give us "embodied" ways to work with these symptoms, creating an opportunity for permanent change.

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Experience

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I bring eight years' experience working in hospital-based mental health settings, both inpatient and outpatient, where I treated a broad range of mental health issues, including: crisis intervention, severe and persistent psychiatric illness, mood disorders, PTSD, family conflicts, identity and phase-of-life issues, and many others. I have been in full-time private practice for four years, focused primarily on the treatment of trauma
and anxiety.

 

I have additional training / certification in these areas:

 

• Addiction Counseling (Rutgers, ACT)

• Bowen Family Systems Theory (Rutgers)

• Domestic Violence and Trauma (Rutgers, VAWC)

• EMDR (EMDRIA-trained, NJ)

• Ontological Coaching (Newfield, Boulder, CO)

• Somatic Experiencing, SEP + Conference Assistant (SEI, CO)

• Internal Family Systems Theory (IFS / Canada)

• Certified Clinical Social Work Supervisor (NASW / NJ)

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