Treatment Philosophy and Services
“What does it mean to ‘treat a trauma’? Does it mean that we treat the memory? Or the low self-esteem? The self-destructive behavior? Or the difficulties in maintaining connection to self and others?”
—Rachel Yehuda
In the aftermath of trauma, our symptoms and difficulties reflect how we tried to adapt to circumstances beyond our control: depression to cushion us against disappointment and overwhelm; hypervigilance to stand guard over ourselves; shame to increase our compliance and dampen anger. In treatment, those survival strategies must be respected, not pathologized, even while we are trying to transform them. Whether providing psychotherapy or consultation and training, I integrate a number of different modalities: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Structural Dissociation, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Since each client’s adaptation to trauma will be different, each treatment method must be carefully chosen to fit existing strengths as well as needs for change.
Services Provided
- Psychotherapy: individual and couples
- Client consultation and referral
- Consultation to client and therapist: overcoming stuckness or conflict in therapy
- Consultation to therapists and agencies
- Advanced Seminar Program
- Online classroom (in progress)
- Workshops and conference presentations
- Inservice training on the treatment of trauma, dissociation, and attachment failure
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for Trauma
Also see Advanced Seminar and Trainings and Workshops.