Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Getting to know the different “parts” of you, like the protector, the critic, and the one still hurting, with curiosity instead of judgment.
Services
How we can work together
EMDR, relationships and attachment, and everything in between. All virtual, for anyone in Florida.
The details
How sessions work
Weekly
A steady rhythm
We meet once a week, which gives us room to build trust and keep momentum going.
Virtual
From wherever you’re comfy
Secure, HIPAA-compliant video, so you can join from your couch, your car, or a quiet corner.
Florida
Anywhere in the state
I work with teens and adults all across Florida, so there’s no commute and no waiting room.
Private pay
No insurance
I don’t take insurance. We’ll go over fees on our free call, before you commit to anything.
My toolbox
Other approaches I use
Everyone’s different, so I don’t do one-size-fits-all. Depending on what you need, I’ll mix in other approaches alongside EMDR and talk therapy.
Somatic approaches
Noticing what your body holds and learning to settle your nervous system when it gets activated.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Practical tools for anxious thoughts, avoidance, and the patterns that keep you stuck day to day.
EMDR therapy
“I know it logically, but I still don’t feel it.”
If you’ve ever said that, EMDR might be for you, even if you wouldn’t describe what you’ve been through as “trauma.”
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of therapy that helps you process experiences from the past that may still be affecting how you feel, think, or respond today.
Difficult experiences can leave us with beliefs like these:
- “I’m not enough”
- “I’m not safe”
- “I’m unlovable”
- “I have to be perfect”
Even when we know they aren’t true, they can still feel true, and they show up in our relationships, anxiety, self-esteem, and everyday reactions.
EMDR helps your brain process these experiences so they don’t carry the same emotional weight. We use bilateral stimulation, like following a soft dot as it glides across your screen, listening to tones that drift gently from one ear to the other, or tapping, to work with the memories, emotions, body sensations, and beliefs that feel stuck. It might sound a little odd at first, but most people are surprised by how natural it feels.
The goal isn’t to erase what happened. It’s to help the past feel like the past.So it has less power over how you see yourself and move through your life today.
- Good for
- Trauma, and also anxiety, depression, self-worth, relationship patterns, grief, and those “why does this still get to me?” moments
- Do I have to share every detail?
- Nope. You share what feels okay, and it still works
- Format
- Virtual EMDR for teens and adults in Florida
Want to read the research?
- World Health Organization guidelines (2013)Recommends EMDR as a first-line treatment for PTSD
- de Jongh et al., Journal of Traumatic Stress (2024)“State of the science” overview of EMDR research
- Valiente-Gómez et al., Frontiers in Psychology (2017)How EMDR is being studied beyond PTSD
- Yunitri et al., Journal of Psychiatric Research (2020)Review of trials on EMDR for anxiety
- Carletto et al., European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2021)Review of trials on EMDR for depression
What to expect in EMDR
The eight phases of EMDR
People often ask me, “When do we start EMDR?” The answer: from day one. Everything we do is part of EMDR. The processing part is just one of eight phases, and the groundwork before it matters just as much.
See the eight phasesHide the eight phases
History
We do need to know some of your history, but this isn’t about telling your story for the millionth time. We’ll map out a timeline together while building the trust that helps you feel safe here.
Preparation
You learn ways to settle your body and nervous system, so you can stay grounded in the present, even while we revisit the past.
Assessment
Using your timeline, we choose where to start and notice what it makes you believe about yourself.
Desensitization
The part most people picture when they think of EMDR, where the memory starts to lose its sting.
Installation
We make a kinder belief stick, like “I did the best I could.”
Body scan
We check in with your body for anything still lingering.
Closure
We always leave time to come back to the present, so you end each session feeling grounded.
Reevaluation
Next time, we look at how things feel and decide where to go from there.
Setting expectations
EMDR isn’t a magic wand
As powerful as EMDR can be, therapy isn’t about me “fixing” you. It’s work we do together.
Two paths
The old one is familiar and well-worn, even when you know it isn’t taking you where you want to go. Through EMDR, we work on the experiences, beliefs, and emotional wounds that keep pulling you back toward it, and start clearing space for a new one.
You choose the new one
That might look like setting a boundary when you’re afraid someone will leave, communicating instead of shutting down, letting someone get close instead of pushing them away, or doing something differently even when the old response feels more familiar.
It may feel uncomfortable at first
That doesn’t mean the work didn’t work. It means you’re practicing something new, and I’ll be there to support you as you learn to move differently through your life.
We clear the path together. You learn how to walk it.
Relationships & attachment
Relationships have a way of bringing our deepest patterns to the surface.
You might find yourself choosing the same types of partners, overthinking every shift in someone’s behavior, struggling to trust, fearing rejection or abandonment, or losing yourself trying to keep a relationship together.
Together, we can explore where these patterns come from and help you build a stronger sense of security within yourself.
- Attachment
- Boundaries
- Communication
- Self-worth
- Dating patterns
- Breakups
- Connection without losing yourself
The goal isn’t just healthier relationships. It’s feeling more secure, grounded, and like yourself within them.
What I can help with
You don’t need to be in crisis to come to therapy.
Sometimes you just know something doesn’t feel right, or that you don’t want to keep feeling the way you’ve been feeling.
Maybe you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, or feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you feel empty, disconnected, or stuck in patterns you can’t seem to change. Or maybe you’re navigating heartbreak, attachment, self-worth, or a hard chapter of life.
And sometimes nothing is necessarily wrong. You might just want a space that’s yours: to talk, vent, understand yourself better, and keep growing into the person you want to be. An hour where you don’t have to take care of anyone else.
Mood & mind
When your head won’t quiet down
- Anxiety, overthinking & chronic worry
- Depression, emptiness & feeling disconnected
- Stress, overwhelm & burnout
- Substance use & sober curiosity
Relationships
When love feels complicated
- Relationship & dating patterns
- Attachment, abandonment & trust
- Communication & conflict
- Breakups & heartbreak
Self-worth
When you’re hard on yourself
- Self-esteem & limiting beliefs
- Boundaries & people-pleasing
- Perfectionism
- Fear, insecurity & self-doubt
The past & what’s next
When the past lingers or life shifts
- Trauma & difficult past experiences
- A nervous system stuck on high alert
- Grief, loss & big life transitions
- Feeling stuck or unsure what comes next
Therapy can be a place to heal what hurts, understand what keeps repeating, and create more of what you want in your life.