If you feel overwhelmed in your relationships, it could be linked to unresolved childhood trauma or attachment issues. These issues often stem from early emotional neglect, abandonment, or experiences where you didn’t feel safe or supported. EMDR therapy can help you reprocess these past memories, helping you break free from emotional overwhelm. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy will allow us to work with different parts of you that may be stuck in old relational patterns, empowering you to build healthier, more balanced relationships.
Trust issues often arise from early childhood trauma or experiences of emotional betrayal or neglect. If you’ve been hurt in the past, especially by caregivers, it can be difficult to trust others in adulthood. Through EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), we can target the root of these trust issues and help reprocess the painful memories that contribute to your fear of betrayal. IFS therapy helps you heal the inner child or parts of you that feel unworthy of trust, so you can rebuild trust in others and in yourself.
Emotional numbness is often a protective response to unresolved childhood trauma. If your emotional needs were neglected or dismissed as a child, you may have learned to shut down your feelings in order to survive. Through EMDR therapy, we can help you process these blocked emotions and reconnect with your true self. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you identify and heal the parts of you that feel disconnected or shut off, enabling you to experience emotional connection again in your relationships.
Feeling unworthy of love and happiness often stems from childhood emotional neglect or toxic parental messages. These early experiences may leave you believing that you are undeserving of happiness or healthy love. EMDR can help you reprocess these early memories and clear the emotional blocks that fuel low self-worth. With IFS therapy, we can work to integrate the parts of you that feel unlovable, helping you to cultivate self-compassion and embrace your worthiness for love and happiness.
Intense emotional reactions to seemingly small triggers often point to past trauma that has been stored in the body and mind. These reactions can happen when your nervous system is in a heightened state due to earlier emotional injuries. Through EMDR therapy, we can reprocess the painful memories that contribute to your hypersensitivity to triggers. By incorporating polyvagal strategies, we can regulate your nervous system, helping you respond to triggers with more calm and emotional balance.
Healing from childhood trauma involves revisiting and reprocessing painful memories that have been carried for years. With EMDR therapy, we can help you reprocess these memories in a safe and controlled way, allowing emotional healing to take place. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps by identifying the inner parts of you that still hold pain, so you can release that emotional burden and restore inner peace. Together, we’ll heal your emotional wounds and create space for healthier relationships and a more fulfilling life.
Emotional disconnection can result from early emotional wounds or unmet needs during childhood. If you were taught to suppress or hide your emotions, or if you didn’t feel truly seen or valued, this can create a persistent sense of disconnection. EMDR can help you process these past experiences and clear the emotional blocks that contribute to feeling disconnected. IFS therapy works to help you reconnect with all the parts of yourself, facilitating deeper connection with both yourself and others.
Difficulty setting healthy boundaries is common for those who grew up in environments where emotional needs were ignored, invalidated, or manipulated. If you didn’t learn how to assert your needs as a child, you may struggle to do so as an adult. EMDR helps release the emotional trauma associated with boundary violations. Through IFS, we work with the parts of you that fear rejection or feel unworthy of having boundaries, helping you to reclaim your personal power and assert healthy boundaries in all relationships.
Relationship self-sabotage is often a defense mechanism rooted in fear of abandonment or low self-worth. If you experienced emotional neglect or trauma as a child, you may have learned to push people away as a way to protect yourself from hurt. Through EMDR, we can heal the core beliefs and past wounds that fuel self-sabotage. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you identify and heal the parts of you that fear intimacy or feel unworthy of love, enabling you to break free from these destructive patterns.
Feelings of hopelessness and despair can often be traced back to unresolved childhood emotional trauma. If your emotional needs were not met as a child, or if you were subjected to neglect or abandonment, you might carry a deep sense of emptiness or despair. With EMDR, we can process these memories and release the pain that keeps you feeling stuck. IFS allows us to heal the parts of you that feel hopeless, helping you reconnect with a renewed sense of hope, purpose, and self-worth.
Suicidal thoughts are often the result of overwhelming emotional pain and feelings of hopelessness rooted in childhood trauma. These feelings can be caused by emotional neglect or past experiences of emotional abuse. I am here to offer support in a safe and compassionate way, using EMDR to reprocess these painful memories and IFS to help you reconnect with your inner strength. We can work together to bring healing, restore hope, and find meaning and purpose in life again.
Anxiety and depression are often connected to unresolved childhood wounds, where emotional needs were ignored or rejected. These early experiences can lead to chronic emotional struggles later in life. EMDR therapy can help you process the trauma and release the emotional pain that fuels anxiety and depression. IFS helps us address the underlying parts of you that hold onto these feelings, restoring emotional balance and well-being. Together, we’ll break free from the cycle of depression and anxiety, and build a stronger foundation of mental health.
Fairy tales offer a symbolic mirror for the struggles we face in our own lives. By connecting your personal journey to the transformative journeys in fairy tales, we can heal emotional wounds and rewrite your story. The hero’s journey in fairy tales reflects your own path to healing and self-discovery. Using fairy tale therapy, we can work through your trauma narrative and help you regain the courage, hope, and resilience needed to overcome your challenges.
Emotional disconnection in relationships often comes from unresolved childhood wounds. If you grew up without the emotional support you needed, it can be difficult to form deep, lasting connections with others. EMDR helps to clear past trauma that disrupts your ability to connect, while IFS works to heal the parts of you that have been closed off or hurt in previous relationships. By working together, we can restore emotional intimacy and help you build a healthier, more connected relationship with your partner.
A pervasive sense of emptiness often stems from emotional neglect or unresolved trauma in childhood. This feeling of being unfulfilled or incomplete can linger well into adulthood if the underlying issues are not addressed. Through EMDR, we can process the past emotional wounds that create this emptiness, while IFS allows us to heal the parts of you that have been neglected or abandoned. Together, we’ll restore your sense of self and help you reconnect with your true identity.