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Here's How We'll Work Together

Healing isn't about insight alone. I use EMDR, parts work, and somatic approaches to help your nervous system catch up to what your mind already understands — so patterns can actually shift.

Upriver Wellness — How I Help

Therapy that works at the level where patterns live

You may already understand your history. What often hasn't shifted yet is how your nervous system responds — the automatic reactions, the distance, the way certain moments feel much bigger than they should. That's where we work.

EMDR Therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps your brain process experiences that got stuck — reducing their emotional charge without requiring you to talk through them in detail.

Parts Work (IFS)

Internal Family Systems helps you understand the different parts of yourself — the protectors, the wounded younger parts — so you can relate to yourself with more compassion and less internal conflict.

Somatic Approaches

Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. Somatic work helps you notice and work with your body's signals — building a felt sense of safety from the inside out.

What guides my work

Trauma-informed, always

Every session is paced by your window of tolerance. Nothing is forced. We move at the speed that allows real integration.

Attachment-focused

Your earliest relationships shaped how you relate to yourself and others. Understanding those patterns is often where lasting change begins.

Evidence-based

EMDR, IFS, somatic approaches, MBCT, and Motivational Interviewing — methods with strong research support, adapted to you.

Whole person

Brain, body, and relational history are all part of the picture. We don't separate "the trauma" from the rest of who you are.

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Contact

Whether you have a question, an idea, or just want to say hello, feel free to reach out—we’re here to help.