You already know what you feel, you just weren’t allowed to trust it.
At some point, staying in a relationship dynamic, a job, faith, family role, asked you to stop listening to yourself. To override what you felt.
You did it so well, for so long, that eventually it became second nature.
Until something cracked.
And inside that crack - you feel it - a true loss of connection to yourself.
To what you feel deep inside.
To the artistry of your life.
To what is true for you.
The grief underneath it all
This is a kind of grief that rarely has a name.
The grief of becoming someone you had to be, And now no longer recognizing yourself.
I call this identity grief.
It can look like codependency, resentment, chronic self-doubt, emotional numbess, burnout, or feeling deeply unmoored from your own life.
A sense of losing the plot to your own story.
Self-trust as the return
Perhaps you learned early to trust outside voices and opinions more than your own. That certain feelings are not welcome. And a result, silencing your feelings and overriding your own wisdom became the new normal.
It may not even feel clear what self-trust looks like anymore.
I’m here to help you learn how to rebuild a relationship with what got left behind. To help you build a bridge between yourself and your wisdom, instincts, sense of clarity.
What begins to change when self trust becomes the pillar we lean on
You feel more in control of your life & life story.
Relationships feel more honest and aligned.
Decisions become clearer.
You stop treating your feelings as obstacles to override.
There is a steadier sense of groundedness and internal peace.
That is the work.
And it begins exactly where you are.
My Philosophy
You deserve more than a life of second-guessing yourself.
I believe there is a deeper knowing in each of us that existed before doubt took hold. I help you return to it.
Approach
Trusting What You Feel
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Beneath the anxiety and the numbness, there are real feelings that never got to land. We explore them together, gently and at your pace.
Trusting Your Wisdom
Brainspotting
Some of life’s experiences left us with a sense of ‘freeze’ and stuckness we can’t explain. Brainspotting helps bring movement to that.
Trusting Your Worth
Compassion Focused Therapy
The self-criticism. Perfectionism. This feeling of being worn down is met with warmth and kindness here.
The Foundation
Trauma-Informed Lens: Your nervous system is respected. The pace you need to go at is always honored.
Spiritual & Existential Perspectives: Questions of meaning & intuition are not separate from healing. They are often at the very heart of it.