A regulative collaborative approach to trauma healing
Healing involves reconnecting with your truth and gradually discovering that it is safe to live from that place.
This is not a service where something is done to cure or fix you. Many of the adults I work with are thoughtful, perceptive, and accustomed to managing complexity internally. Rather, a safe therapeutic container is created through the space and our connection so that parts of you that have long felt masked, pressured, or misunderstood can begin to emerge at a sustainable pace.
T rauma Processing
Coping skills are not meant to be permanent life preservers; they provide stability while we process trauma at the level it was encoded - in the body and nervous system.
When something traumatic happens, memories and information about that event are not always stored in ways that are fully accessible to conscious awareness. This is why individuals who have experienced trauma may struggle with physical pain, memory gaps, or patterns of behavior that feel difficult to change. In trauma therapy, this is understood and respected. Rather than only analyzing symptoms, body-based interventions allow traumatic imprints to reorganize without forcing narrative insight before the nervous system is ready.
The Wisdom Of The Body
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Client & Counselor
There are many levels of relationship that I visit with my clients for their healing, but the relationship between client and counselor is the most important one to focus on first because it sets the stage for everything else. This includes building trust and comfort in the space.
Why Work With Me?
As a Certified IFS Therapist in Columbus, Ohio, I offer clients more than just an IFS-informed perspective- I provide therapy that is fully grounded in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, supported by years of advanced training, mentorship, and hands-on experience.
I completed Level 1 IFS Training in 2022, Level 2 in 2023, and became a Certified IFS Therapist in 2024. I’ve also served as an assistant trainer in an official IFS Level 1 training and am currently pursuing leadership roles with the IFS Institute. This means the work we do together is guided by deep knowledge of the model, clinical skill, and ongoing connection to the broader IFS community.
In addition to my IFS certification, I bring a background in the visual arts, which allows me to integrate creative and experiential approaches to therapy that help clients access and express their inner parts in new ways. I am also pursuing somatic therapy training to help clients connect more fully with their bodies while doing IFS parts work.
My approach is experiential, compassionate, and body-based. Clients often come to me after insight alone hasn’t created lasting change. I am committed to ongoing advanced training so the work we do together remains grounded, effective, and trauma-informed.
You are the expert of You
I view clients as experts of themselves and honor that you are your own best advocate. Many thoughtful and internally complex adults have learned to override their own signals in order to function well in demanding environments. In this space, we slow down enough to listen more carefully. As the client, you remain in the driver’s seat, and therapy unfolds collaboratively at your pace.
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I understand the validity in all perspectives and help people validate their current perspective while opening up to new angles.
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I invite and encourage healthy and positive conflict resolution, as I understand that sometimes it is normal to need to get on the same page… I believe successful conflict resolution is incredibly rewarding and an important feature of healthy relationship building that people haven’t often felt safe practicing.
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I expect that both myself and my clients show up as imperfect. I have found this to be vital to an effective healing process of relationship.
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Meet Gatsby
My office's beloved dog, Gatsby, brings joy and comfort to both myself and my client's with his wagging tail and gentle nature.
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"You are the sky- everything else is just the weather."
Pema Chödrön
Current background
• Clinical Counseling based graduate program
• Art therapy based graduate program
• 100+ hours of supervision by an art therapy supervisor
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1
• Coaching with Spirit with Guthrie Sayen
• Basic Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) IFS Level 2
• Strengthening the Basics IFIO
• 100+ hours of ongoing IFS Consultation
• 40 hours of Basic Eye Movement Desensitization training
• 75+ hours of Instinctual Trauma Response Training
• Basic Fluency training with Journey Clinical for Ketamine Assisted Therapy
• Emotional Support Animal Letter writing training
• 200 hour basic yoga teacher training
• 100 hour trauma EMBER yoga based trauma training
• Hakomi Level 1 Training
• Deep Brain Reorientation (DBR) Level 1 (Jan 2026) & Level 2 (Feb 2026)
• Certified IFS Therapist, Licensed Professional Art Therapist, And Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor