Anything that is too much, too soon, too fast or too prolonged for our nervous system to handle.

-I’ve heard this from a few folks including Resmaa Menakem and AOC

Trauma is the bodies response to real or perceived harm, it lives in our mind and body and travels across time and space.

Trauma can be born from a single event (PTSD) or a series of events (Complex Trauma).

Trauma work exists in the personal, familial, inter-personal, communal, cultural, and ancestral realms.

Trauma work is relational work between humans, beings and the Earth.

Working with trauma often involves re-establishing a greater sense of safety in the body. We do this through embodiment practices; your attunement to yourself and the world around you. My grounded presence alongside you helps shift inter-personal dynamics fomented within traumatic experiences.

I share knowledge about the body for the mind. You will learn what our brain and nervous system do when we are feeling unsafe. Which will reveal ways that your body and mind have coped with unresolved trauma. With this knowledge you will be able to see yourself and your adaptive strategies more clearly and with more compassion.

You tell your story and I listen.

Other modalities and frameworks that I incorporate and do not claim expertise in: Indigenous Psychology, Systems Theory, Intergenerational Trauma and Resiliency, Brainspotting, Polyvagal Theory, Grief Work, AEDP, and Ritual.