Forty years ago, I was trained as a Holistic Social Worker.  I have worked across the America's with all age groups and numerous cultures.  It is important to me to offer you person-centered communication to support you strengthening your own motivation to change.  No one knows you like you do!  There are many healing traditions out there and I will honor you and your choices. 

My approach to counseling combines cognitive (thought) and somatic (body) techniques.  I specialize in working with stress and trauma.  We all have different responses to stress and trauma.  I work with how your nervous system has been dysregulated, basic understanding that Trauma is in the nervous system not the event. 

Symptoms arise when residual energy from the experience is not released from the nervous system.  For instance, if your system is stuck on "High" you may be experiencing Rage, Hyperactivity, Elation/Mania, Anxiety, Panic and engaging in high risk behavior.  If your system is stuck on "Low" you could be experiencing Depression, Disconnection, Hopeless, Exhaustion and Numbness.