“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.”

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of restoring broken items with gold, and an apt analogy for post-traumatic growth. In healing from trauma, you will have the chance to create new meaning with the goal of integrating traumatic memories so that they are only a part of your story. What we become in the process of healing from terrible things is beautiful in its own way, even though what happened to you never should have. I believe that healing happens within the context of human connection and that you get to choose what comes next, at your own pace. I take a creative approach to treating trauma, and collaborate with clients to identify how they prefer to approach their healing. We might take a somatic approach, as theories suggest that trauma resides in the body, work on self-compassion, or set up play dates for you and your inner child. The therapeutic relationship in and of itself, guided by client choice, offers great potential for healing.