Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Arlington, MA

Are you finding it difficult to manage your worries or struggling with panic attacks? Are you struggling to make meaning following a major life transition like a break-up, divorce, or career change? Or perhaps you and your partner feeling “stuck” in a place of disconnection due to numbness, exhaustion, or lack of sexual intimacy?

Do you struggle with feeling anxious, replaying past traumatic moments over and over, or constantly running worst-case scenarios in your head? Do you lie awake at night anxiously planning the next day? I am the kind of therapist who likes to partner with you to make sense of what is happening and work with your mind and body to heal. We’ll use mindfulness strategies, and breathing techniques to help you find more peace, and be more present in your day. If you’re curious and open to trying new things, I am committed to being open, and patient, to drop my assumptions, and to be flexible, so you have the freedom to heal.

Are you seeking a deeper connection with the parts of yourself that call for healing? Are you motivated for change and to strengthen your capabilities? I aim to enhance your self-awareness to better understand and accept yourself, ultimately leading to a healthy and balanced life. I hold space for individuals to summon their resilience and uncover a lost connection to Self and others due to trauma or stress. Have you lost touch with your intuition? I will support and facilitate your ability to tune into your inner healing intelligence and by doing so, allow you to gain clarity, new perspectives and reconnection.

Therapy is a process of working together to help you experience new ways of generating hope and inspiration for your life. As we understand the dilemmas you face, I'll help you see how you can use your creative abilities to develop new choices for meeting them and explore new paths toward change. In my work with individuals, couples and families I offer a framework for keeping track of important ideas, meaningful life stories and useful directions. I integrate ideas from family systems and narrative therapies and phase-oriented trauma recovery.

I am looking to help people gain insight into why they may respond to the world/relationships around them in the way they do, why they are feeling the way they feel. To help people create a narrative that is strength based and adaptive, to find hope. I hope to help clients start to feel like they have more control of their conscious mind, to step out of living life on autopilot and to find safety in their own bodies. In addition to trauma informed care, I am experienced in helping adults and teens experiencing anxiety, depression, mood disturbance, emotion dysregulation, relational issues and adjustment to acute life stressors.

I hold the understanding that all people have within themselves the wisdom and strength necessary to heal, and I believe that entering into a supportive and respectful therapeutic relationship can help these strengths and awarenesses emerge, develop, and grow. I enjoy working with people of all ages who desire a more peaceful and enjoyable life.

Each of us has the capacity to be fully alive. Something may be keeping you from being fully yourself, whether it is anxiety, fear, shame, guilt, difficulties with work or relationships, past traumas, illness, loss or abuse. I am here to address these obstacles with you so you can move toward living a full life. I am interested in helping you heal. When we view the obstacles compassionately as parts of you that are acting in extreme ways or carrying burdens, they begin to relax and learn to trust your Self. Then they become assets to a healthy life.

“Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, going through a transition or needing support resolving a particular issue you need to feel heard and understood. I feel that healing and change are most readily achieved in a compassionate, non-judgmental and supportive environment. I have worked extensively with individuals who struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, loss and trauma . My emphasis is on identifying strengths and working collaboratively to increase awareness, coping ability and well being."