Reconnect With Yourself
For the deeply feeling, hard-on-yourself person who’s tired of holding it all together - whether that shows up as trauma, anxiety, or chronic pain
Online Counseling for Adults Across Idaho
It feels like your past just keeps catching up with you
You are noticing that your self-talk is more critical than usual
You feel more “on edge”, or “short” lately
You try to make others happy instead of yourself
You want to connect with your friends and family, but don’t want to overthink every interaction
You are extremely responsible and are tired of feeling like it’s not enough
You feel things more intensely than the people around you, and you’ve been told you’re “too sensitive”
Pain has become part of your daily life, and you’re tired of hearing “it’s probably just stress”
If you’re the one who holds it together for everyone else - and is quietly running on empty - some of this may sound familiar:
How I Can Help
However this shows up for you, I meet you there:
Trauma
Move from survival toward safety and connection
Anxiety
Quiet the overthinking and self-criticism
Highly Sensitive People
Understand your sensitivity as a strength, not a flaw
Chronic Pain
Work with your nervous system and the parts of you carrying the pain
When You’re Ready to Be Kinder to Yourself
Clients who see me are conscientious and hard working. And more often than not, they are very hard on themselves. They frequently don’t acknowledge or see their strength and resilience.
Unresolved trauma and anxiety often affect them more than they let on. Shame, guilt and self-criticism become the norm. It feels like the past is repeating itself with no end in sight.
Before reaching out, you might be wondering if it will be worth it. You are worth it!
Whatever brings you in, trauma, anxiety, concerns related to being highly sensitive, or chronic pain, I use Internal Family Systems to help you build a compassionate relationship with the parts of you carrying this, and for chronic pain, I also draw on Pain Reprocessing Therapy.
When you’re ready, schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
How I Work - Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I work from an IFS lens. I help people connect with their core self and all parts of themselves. Through parts work you get to know and understand more clearly all of your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and find your natural capacity for clarity, confidence and compassion. I have found IFS to be the most effective and common-sense way of healing. IFS is an evidence-based approach that is used for trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain and more. It is non-pathologizing and allows healing in more curious and compassionate way.
IFS recognizes that we all have different parts inside ourselves, with many different voices, thoughts and feelings. Each individual has the inner resources to heal deep emotional wounds, and gain insight into their emotions and behaviors while building healthier connections with others.
Through IFS you will build a relationship with parts of yourself that may be causing anxiety, self-criticism or people-pleasing. You help them to transform through your connection as a naturally compassionate self. You create more internal balance and harmony which helps parts to do the same externally.
Who This Work Is a Good Fit For
I work with people who feel deeply and who want more than to just cope with anxiety, trauma or chronic pain. Maybe you are sick of feeling controlled by your past or tired of feeling it is too scary to look into the future. If you're ready to start living a more present life, let go of the stuck patterns you reconnect with your inner knowing, you’re in the right place. Building a new relationship with yourself isn’t always easy work, it is incredibly rewarding.
When This May Not Be the Right Fit
This isn’t the right fit if you’re in acute psychiatric crisis and need that level of support, if you need insurance-based care, or if you want couple’s therapy. I work with adults only.