Trauma and Anxiety Therapy in Portland, OR and throughout Oregon
Do these sound familiar?
Constant Stress or Fear: You feel overwhelmed, on edge, or unable to relax.
Relationship Struggles: Your trauma or anxiety is causing distance or conflict with others.
Daily Life Feels Hard: Everyday tasks feel exhausting or impossible to manage.
Stuck in Negative Patterns: You’re caught in cycles of fear, doubt, or reliving past trauma.
Physical Anxiety Symptoms: You experience headaches, stomach issues, or trouble sleeping tied to emotional stress.
With therapy, you can break free from the weight of trauma and anxiety, heal deeply, and create a life filled with peace and possibility.
How I Can Help
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have been working with clients for over 15 years. I am also a certified Brainspotting practitioner and have taken Internal Family Systems (IFS) trainings.
I specialize in helping individuals navigate trauma, life transitions, anxiety, and depression with compassion and expertise. My approach focuses on guiding you to uncover your true self and establish healthy boundaries in all areas of your life. Using somatic trauma-based modalities like Brainspotting and parts work, I support you in processing deeply held emotions and experiences. Together, we’ll work toward aligning your life with your personal values, ideals, and goals, creating space for healing and growth.
Therapy for trauma and anxiety can help you…
Build Emotional Resilience: Manage stress and overwhelming feelings with greater confidence and calm.
Strengthen Relationships: Establish healthy boundaries and foster deeper, more meaningful connections.
Gain Self-Awareness: Identify and change patterns that no longer serve you.
Feel More Grounded: Move through life with less fear and more clarity.
Release Emotional Weight: Let go of past trauma and open the door to peace and joy.
My Specialties
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Trauma and Anxiety Therapy
You may feel stuck, carrying unresolved emotional burdens, or frustrated by recurring patterns that hold you back. You’re ready to do the deep work needed to heal and thrive and be your best self.
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Brainspotting Therapy
Brainspotting is a focused therapy using eye positioning to access and process deeply stored trauma. It helps uncover and heal issues at their core, promoting lasting emotional relief.
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Brainspotting Therapy Intensives
Brainspotting therapy intensives offer extended, focused sessions for deep healing and breakthroughs. It’s perfect for tackling trauma or anxiety with concentrated attention and quicker progress.
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Brainspotting Coaching Intensives
Brainspotting coaching intensives offer extended and focused sessions designed to help youovercome blocks, enhance performance, and achieve transformative growth faster.
You don’t have to navigate this alone. There’s a way forward, and it starts with taking that first step.
FAQs about Trauma and Anxiety Therapy
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If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or like something isn’t quite right, you might be wondering if trauma or anxiety could be the cause. Trauma can show up as flashbacks, nightmares, or avoiding certain situations, even long after a distressing event has passed. Anxiety often feels like a constant weight, with worries that won’t quiet down, trouble sleeping, or even physical symptoms like a racing heart or tension in your body.
These feelings can be exhausting, but you don’t have to figure it all out on your own. Talking with a therapist can help you untangle what you’re experiencing and explore how trauma or anxiety may be affecting your life. Together, we can work toward relief, clarity, and hope for what’s possible.
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Therapy is about creating a safe, supportive space where you can explore what’s really going on beneath the surface. For trauma and anxiety, we’ll often look at how your body and mind are working together—sometimes holding onto stress or pain in ways you may not even realize. Using approaches like Brainspotting and somatic therapies, we’ll gently access and release what’s been keeping you stuck.
In our sessions, we’ll work at your pace to understand your triggers, reduce overwhelming feelings, and build resilience. Over time, therapy helps you feel more in control, more aligned with who you truly are, and more capable of navigating life’s challenges with calm and confidence.
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The first step is simple—just reach out. We’ll start with a 15-minute initial consultation where we can talk about what’s been going on for you, what you’d like to change, and how therapy might help. It’s also a chance for you to ask questions and get a feel for my approach to see if it feels like a good fit.
From there, we’ll schedule your first session and begin working together to create a personalized plan for your healing. I’m here to support you every step of the way.
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Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all, and the length of time really depends on your goals and needs. Some people work through a specific challenge in just a few months, while others find value in ongoing sessions as part of their self-care and growth. It’s entirely up to you and what feels right for your journey.
If you’re considering therapy intensives, these can offer a focused, deeper approach to create meaningful shifts in a shorter timeframe. Whether it’s short-term or longer-term, we’ll work together at your pace to help you reach the place you want to be.
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Progress can look different for everyone, but it often feels like a breath of fresh air. You might notice you’re handling stress more easily, breaking free from old patterns, or feeling calmer in situations that used to overwhelm you. Your relationships may feel healthier, and you’ll start to see yourself moving toward a life that feels more balanced and fulfilling.
We’ll check in regularly on your goals, celebrating the small wins along the way. Whether it’s greater peace, emotional resilience, or simply feeling more like yourself, progress is a sign that healing is happening—and you’re capable of creating the life you want.