Betrayal trauma requires a therapist who understands it at a deep, specialized level, not someone who will treat it as a relationship problem to be managed or rush you toward forgiveness before you are ready. This work requires genuine clinical depth, a trauma-informed foundation, and the ability to work with the whole of your experience, not just the cognitive layer of it. That is what I bring to this work.

My approach integrates Somatic Experiencing-informed therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and advanced trauma treatment in a way that is specifically suited to the complexity of what betrayal trauma survivors carry. I have trained extensively in body-based trauma approaches, including two years of training under a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and completion of Integrative Somatic Parts Work training through the Embody Lab. I am also trained in Brainspotting and IFS, two of the most powerful and evidence-informed modalities available for trauma processing. This is not generalist therapy with a somatic flavor. It is specialized, integrative work built specifically for people carrying what you are carrying.

In our work together, we work at every level of your experience, not just making sense of what happened, but helping your nervous system actually begin to feel safe again. Here is what that looks like in practice:

Processing the trauma itself - We create space to feel and express what has been too much to hold, at a pace that is always determined by you. Using Brainspotting, we can access and process trauma stored beneath conscious awareness, reaching the parts of your experience that words alone cannot touch. We work carefully and collaboratively, never pushing your nervous system further than it is ready to go.

Working with your body - Betrayal trauma lives intensely in the body. The hypervigilance, the physical inability to relax, the visceral reactions to triggers are not just emotional responses, they are physiological ones rooted in your nervous system's attempt to protect you. Drawing from Somatic approaches, we help your nervous system move out of survival mode and begin to find genuine moments of safety and rest, not just intellectually, but in your body.

Working with your parts Drawing from Internal Family Systems, we make space for all of the different parts of you that are activated right now. The part that is furious. The part that still loves them. The part that blames itself. The part that just wants the pain to stop. Rather than fighting these parts or trying to silence them, we work with them with curiosity and compassion, so that you can begin to feel more integrated and less at war with yourself. For betrayal trauma survivors, this work can be profoundly liberating.

Reclaiming your sense of self Betrayal has a way of collapsing your world down to the trauma. Over time, our work creates space to reconnect with who you are beyond this experience, your values, your instincts, your voice, and your life. Many clients describe this as the part of the work that feels most like coming home.