Virtual Therapy

I offer online therapy sessions for adults & young adults and Parent Coaching for families.

I understand how attachment trauma impacts us as children, and later as adults. I also understand how an adopted child with attachment trauma can impact the entire family - parents, siblings, and even friends.

I also have experience treating the following:

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  • Attachment trauma (aka RAD, developmental trauma)

  • Complex trauma, PTSD

  • Sexual assault

  • Dissociative disorders

  • Adoption issues

  • Identity issues arising from transracial adoption

  • Chronic pain

  • Anxiety & depression

  • Grief and loss

I use a variety of therapeutic approaches, including art, narrative, (virtual) sandtray, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. The most important aspect of therapy is an attuned, healing relationship between therapist and client. I approach each therapy session with empathy, curiosity and creativity. A conversation between two people, with one listening compassionately, can lead the speaker (the client) to new insights. But sometimes words are not enough.

EMDR: When Words Are Not Enough

When upset from a distressing event is not processed, those thoughts, images, emotions, and body sensations may become stuck in the memory system. For someone living with unresolved trauma, certain situations or behaviors can become triggers, in which something happening in the present causes an overwhelming feeling of reliving the traumatic event (also known as a flashback). Triggers can interfere with healthy responses to many situations and create additional challenges in relationships.

EMDR treatment involves bringing up a visual, internal image of the trauma, the emotions that the memory arouses, where those emotions are felt in the body, and the negative belief about the client that the memory evokes. The therapeutic process then utilizes bilateral stimulation to enable the brain to process stored traumatic memories. Bilateral stimulation uses touch, eye movement, or sound on alternating sides of the body to (a) help process disturbing memories and (b) enhance feelings of calm, positivity, and well-being. Although the traumatic experience is not forgotten, the fight, flight, freeze response is no longer attached to the memory.

EMDR can be done virtually in a variety of ways, and we will work together to find the way that works best for you.