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Trauma Therapy:

We specialize in trauma therapy using powerful and complementary approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). While these modalities are widely practiced, they are not the only ways to address trauma. Other approaches—such as mindfulness-based therapy, expressive arts, breathwork, narrative therapy, and more—can also be effective.

What matters most is finding a therapeutic space where you feel safe, seen, and supported. Trauma therapy offers both structure and flexibility to meet you exactly where you are.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Internal Family System

The Synergy of EMDR and IFS

Somatic Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Attachment-Based Therapy

EMDR is a structured therapy developed by Francine Shapiro that helps individuals process and integrate traumatic memories. It involves bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, tapping, or auditory tones, while the client focuses on distressing memories.

This process helps reprocess these memories, reducing their emotional charge and promoting adaptive resolution. EMDR is particularly effective for treating PTSD and other trauma-related conditions.

IFS, developed by Richard Schwartz, is a therapeutic approach that views the mind as composed of various subpersonalities or “parts,” each with its own emotions, beliefs, and roles.

IFS helps clients connect with their core Self—a compassionate, unharmed essence that can provide secure attachment for all parts. By understanding and harmonizing these parts, clients can achieve greater self-regulation and emotional balance.

Combining EMDR and IFS creates a holistic and client-centered approach to trauma therapy. Here’s how they work together:

Enhancing Self-Regulation: IFS equips clients with tools for self-regulation, creating a safe internal space that prepares them for EMDR reprocessing.

Identifying Relevant Parts: IFS helps identify and explore parts associated with traumatic memories, ensuring a consent-based and collaborative approach to EMDR.

Honoring Complexity: Trauma often leads to fragmentation within the psyche. Integrating IFS into EMDR respects the intricate interplay of protective and wounded parts, facilitating comprehensive healing.

Somatic approaches work directly with the body, acknowledging that trauma is held in muscles, breath, and nervous system responses.

These sessions may involve gentle movement, body awareness, grounding exercises, or breathwork.

Somatic therapy supports release of stored tension and helps the body re-establish safety in the present moment.

CBT is a structured, goal-oriented approach that identifies and shifts unhelpful thought patterns.

By challenging negative beliefs and practicing new ways of thinking, individuals can reduce trauma-related symptoms such as anxiety, guilt, or shame, and cultivate more balanced self-talk.

DBT combines cognitive and mindfulness strategies to support emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy relationships.

It is especially useful for individuals who experience intense emotions or self-destructive patterns, helping them build practical skills for resilience.

Attachment-based approaches focus on how early relationships shape the way we connect with ourselves and others. Trauma often disrupts our sense of safety and trust in relationships.

This therapy works to repair those patterns, helping people build secure, supportive connections and strengthen their ability to trust, bond, and feel supported in present-day relationships.