My Approach
I've come to understand my work as a therapist is based on two things I believe deeply. One is that people already carry within themselves what they need to grow and that growth happens best in relationship. A solid and healthy relationship allows a person feel safe enough for real change to happen. The other is what memory reconsolidation research tells us about how change actually happens at the level of the nervous system. EMDR and parts work are tools I use to put that into practice, bringing an old emotional truth into focus and holding it next to a new one long enough for something in the brain to actually revise itself.
What is EMDR therapy?
EMDR therapy helps your nervous system reprocess overwhelming experiences that have gotten stuck as images, body sensations, or beliefs like I'm not safe or It's my fault — so they no longer run your life. After EMDR, people often notice triggers losing their intensity, old shame loosening, and a greater sense of choice in daily life.
What if you have DID or OSDD?
Your experience is unique, and I work with all of yous accordingly. Yous don't need to convince me. I have specialized training in dissociative systems and consult and train with lived-experience educators. Together we focus on internal communication, cooperation, and the individual needs within your system. I don't use a one-size-fits-all approach.
In our work together, I help yous recognize which parts/alters are showing up and why, create enough safety that protective parts/alters don't have to work so hard, care for younger or wounded parts/alters still carrying painful memories, and build more internal cooperation so life feels less chaotic and more authentic.
How does EMDR work for complex trauma and dissociation?
Not all EMDR looks the same. As a trauma therapist in Austin specializing in dissociation and complex PTSD, I use EMDR carefully and collaboratively, so all parts of you feel respected and included rather than overridden.
How It All Works Together
Parts work builds safety and understanding inside while EMDR helps release what's stuck. Together they create the conditions for change. You move from insight into relief you actually feel in your daily life.
My role isn't to push you. It's to walk alongside you, at your pace, helping each part of you feel seen and supported as things shift.
If you're looking for a therapist in Austin, Texas who understands how to move from insight to choice, my experience is available to support you.
What is parts work?
Parts work is a therapy approach that treats the different inner states you experience — the part that lashes out, the part that goes numb, the part that holds everything together — not as flaws, but as protectors that developed for a reason. I draw on training across several parts based models, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), but I don't follow one exclusively because I use what actually fits you, in the moment.
We all carry different inner states that show up in different moments. That's normal, it's how a mind learns to navigate life. When you've lived through difficult experiences, it can feel like different versions of you take over at different times. For people with trauma or dissociation, these parts can be especially distinct.
Parts work approaches those inner states with curiosity. Each part developed to protect you, carry pain, or help you survive. Therapy isn't about eliminating them, it's about building a relationship with them, so they don't have to hold on so tightly anymore.
Patterns don’t have to define your life.
When you've lived through difficult experiences or childhood trauma, it can feel like your mind and body are working against you: memories intruding, emotions flooding, shutting down, parts of you pulling in different directions. You may wonder if things can ever get better.
I believe they can. Shifts happen when all of you has space to be seen, heard, and cared for. My work combines parts work and EMDR, two approaches that respect your internal wisdom.