Trauma & PTSD

Trauma shows up in the ways you learned to respond to the stressful events in your life. The things that happened to you and the way you reacted to them over time have come together and created who you are today. Since nobody taught you how to react to stressful events in an adaptive and healthy manner, you learned to react in the best way you knew how: shutting down, lashing out, self-harming, substance use, etc. These reactions have helped you cope, but have made it difficult for you to have healthy relationships with yourself and those around you. Learning to recognize when you are feeling threatened and responding in a healthy way will be an important part of your healing process and our work together.

Talk therapy can be effective in helping you get through difficult times, but there can be events that just get “trapped” in your mind and body. This is where EMDR comes in. This therapy modality is effective in helping     you process traumatic or distressing events that just don’t seem to go away. Through the use of something called bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps you “digest” traumatic events or memories in a way that your brain is better able to handle. Those painful images that have haunted you in the past, begin to lose their hold on you and begin to feel easier to process.  

Men's Issues

Men’s issues in therapy focus on the unique challenges men face, including difficulty expressing emotions, managing stress, anger, relationship struggles, self-esteem issues, and unresolved trauma. Many men feel pressure to appear strong, suppress vulnerability, and navigate life alone, leading to anxiety, depression, or emotional disconnection. Societal expectations often discourage men from seeking help, making it harder to break free from patterns of isolation, frustration, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.Therapy provides a practical, judgment-free space to address these struggles. By working through past wounds, challenging negative thought patterns, and building emotional regulation skills, men can regain control over their lives and relationships. Therapy isn’t about weakness—it’s about strength, self-awareness, and taking action toward a healthier, more fulfilling life. Healing is possible, and with the right tools, men can build confidence, improve relationships, and feel more at peace with themselves.

Anxiety & Depression

Impending doom, a chronic sense of urgency, feeling like you’re forgetting something (all the time), wondering if you’re even doing enough… sound familiar? If you didn’t know by now, that’s anxiety. The constant fear of a real or perceived threat that makes you feel like you need to do something right here right now… or else. This perpetual worry has taken over your life and keeps you from ever enjoying the present. Your list of things to deal with keeps growing and the weight of the world is becoming too much for you to bear.

On the other hand you’re finding yourself completely unmotivated to get things done, you’ve become irritable and angry, and the things that used to bring you joy no longer interest you. Your outlook on the world has become pretty negative and you feel sad… a lot. This is one of many ways that Depression can show up in your life. When you experience both anxiety and depression you can find yourself in a bit of a ‘chicken or the egg’ cycle where one makes the other worse and you don’t really know which is causing what. Getting to know your anxiety and depression and learning ways to slow down that cycle will be an important step for us to work on in order to get you feeling happier and at peace.