You're here because understanding your patterns hasn't been enough to change them.

You've read the books, analyzed your past, and can name what you're doing—the overfunctioning, the people-pleasing, the emotional shutdown. You know why you do it. And you're still doing it. That's not because you're resistant or broken. It's because your nervous system doesn't respond to logic. It responds to felt experience. Talk therapy gave you the map. This approach actually moves you.

You're tired of feeling caught in these cycles…

Doing months or years of talk therapy, but still shutting down in conflict or working yourself into burnout.
The past still triggers you, and thinking or talking about it hasn't stopped your past from controlling your reactions.
Living in your head, overthinking, and never truly finding long-term answers or solutions.
Looking put together or functional to everyone else while you feel scattered and overwhelmed inside.
Never feeling good enough or like you actually fit in with everyone else.

My Approach

Three Integrated Modalities

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Instead of talking in circles or giving advice you can look up online, I use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS™), and somatic therapy together. These aren't three separate treatments happening side-by-side — they're one integrated process that works directly with how trauma, stress, and relational wounds are stored in your brain, body, and protective system. I don't follow scripts. If you need to feel angry for three sessions before feeling ready to talk about the hurt underneath, we do that. If EMDR is the most direct route, we use it. We go where your brain and body need to go to heal.

What Makes This Different From Standard Talk Therapy

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You use your thinking brain to understand and reframe your experience. This is helpful for insight and perspective — but it doesn't always change what happens in your body when you're triggered.

Talk Therapy Works Top-Down

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I Work Bottom-Up AND Top-Down

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We're addressing the body (somatic), the memory (EMDR), and the protective system (IFS) simultaneously. Your nervous system gets new information through felt experience, not just cognitive reframing.

This Doesn't Mean Talk Therapy Failed

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t means you needed something that works with how trauma and relational wounding are actually stored — in body, memory, and protective adaptation — not just in thought patterns.

The Result

You don't just understand why you react the way you do — you stop reacting that way. The shift happens at the physiological level, not just the intellectual level.

i want you to know…

You can give your nervous system a different way to heal

Deep Work, Delivered Where You Are

Whether you prefer meeting face-to-face or from the comfort of your own home, we do the exact same deep work.

The therapeutic relationship is what creates safety for this work — and that builds just as effectively through a screen as it does in person. What matters is presence, attunement, and your nervous system's sense that you're seen and understood.

In-Person Therapy in Murrieta, CA

In-person sessions take place at my office on Technology Drive in Murrieta, serving clients across Temecula, Menifee, Wildomar, and the wider Temecula Valley.

Secure Telehealth Across California

Virtual therapy and EMDR Intensives are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant video for adult residents located anywhere in California—from San Diego and Orange County to Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and Sacramento.

Virtual Therapy Is Ideal If You:

Prefer processing trauma in your own familiar space
Live outside the Temecula Valley or want to eliminate commute stress
Are neurodivergent and feel more regulated in your home environment
Are juggling a busy schedule, caregiving, or travel commitments

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FAQS

Common questions about mind & body based therapy

No. Neither EMDR, IFS or somatic work requires you to verbally process every detail of what happened. You hold the focus internally while I guide the bilateral stimulation and somatic tracking. You share only what feels helpful.
You don't relive it. You reprocess it.
Not at all. You don't need to adopt any specific terminology. If you've ever said "Part of me wants to go, but part of me wants to stay home," you already experience parts. IFS™ simply gives us a clear framework to work with the internal dynamics you already live with.
Yes. Clinical research confirms that virtual EMDR and IFS™ are just as effective as in-person therapy. Instead of holding physical tappers, we use visual or auditory bilateral stimulation techniques through your screen.
No. We never dive straight into intense trauma processing. First, we use somatic grounding and IFS™ protector work to ensure your nervous system has the stability and safety it needs to process memories without becoming overwhelmed.
Sometimes we can. If you have a relatively contained memory (a specific incident, not early childhood trauma) and you can handle intensity without completely dissociating or getting overwhelmed, we can start EMDR by session 2 or 3.
But if diving straight in would flood you — if you tend to go blank, numb out, or the memory is from very early on — then jumping in too fast can actually retraumatize you or make your defenses stronger.
We do a quick assessment in the first session or two. I'm watching: Can you stay present when we get close to the material? Do you have enough capacity to feel something without losing yourself completely?
If yes, we go. If not, we spend a few sessions building that capacity first — learning to track what's happening in your body, understanding what makes you disconnect.
This isn't me making you wait arbitrarily. It's making sure the memory work actually resolves instead of reinforcing the trauma.
Most people who need prep are ready within 4-6 sessions, not months. And we're doing real work during that time — you'll notice shifts even before we touch the big memory.
Yes. If you don't have the bandwidth for repeated 50-minute sessions, or if you want to tackle a specific trigger, performance block, or trauma quickly, I offer EMDR & IFS™ Intensives.
An Intensive uses this exact integrated approach (EMDR, parts work, and somatic tracking) but condenses it into extended, multi-hour sessions over 1 to 3 days. It allows your nervous system to process deeply without the constant starting and stopping of weekly therapy. We can discuss whether a weekly or intensive format is best for your system during our consult. (You can learn more about how Intensives work here.)
Depends on what we're working on. If it's a specific memory or trigger, EMDR can resolve it in 3-6 sessions. If it's complex trauma with layered protective strategies, expect 6-12+ months of consistent work.
You'll see shifts early (better sleep, less reactivity, more clarity) but deep pattern change takes time because we're working with your entire system, not just one symptom.
What if I don't know what the "root issue" is?
You don't need to. Most people come in with a present-day problem (anxiety, relationship pattern, burnout, shutdown) and we work backward from there. Your system will show us what needs attention — you don't have to have it figured out before we start.
If you're here, something isn't working. You've tried other things and you're still stuck. This approach targets the actual mechanism — not just symptoms.
You'll know within 4-6 sessions if it's working. If it's not, we adjust or you stop. I'm not interested in keeping you in therapy indefinitely.
We can explore your specific situation on a free consultation call.