My Approach

Working with Parts to Understand Your Inner World

When you've lived through childhood trauma, it can feel like different versions of you take over at different times. You experience a part of you who lashes out, part who goes numb, a part who collapses in shame, and a part who tries to hold everything together.

This is all normal, it’s how a mind learns to survive. We are all naturally multiple because we carry different inner states that show up in different moments. For people with trauma or dissociation, these parts can be especially distinct and often feel in conflict with each other.

Parts work approaches those inner states with curiosity rather than judgment. Each part developed for a reason: to protect you, carry pain, and help you survive. Therapy is about understanding them, not eliminating them.

If you are a DID or OSDD system, your experience is unique and I work with you accordingly. 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. We do not use a one-size-fits-all approach.

In our work together I help you recognize which parts are showing up and why, create enough safety that protective parts don't have to work so hard, care for younger or wounded parts still carrying painful memories, and build more internal cooperation so life feels less chaotic and more your own.

EMDR Therapy, Helping You Get Unstuck

Difficult experiences can overwhelm the nervous system, leaving pieces of them stuck in images, body sensations, and beliefs like I'm not safe or It's my fault. EMDR therapy helps you reprocess those experiences 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.

EMDR 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 to make sure 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 real change. Not just insight, but relief you expereince in your daily experiences.

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 an EMDR therapist in Austin, Texas who understands complex trauma, dissociation, and plurality my experience is built for exactly what you're carrying.