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Treatment
Approaches

     Every client’s story is unique. I draw from multiple evidence-based and integrative therapeutic models to create a treatment plan that aligns with your goals, nervous system capacity, and personal values. Treatment is always collaborative, individualized, and trauma-informed.

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

 

(EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy designed to treat trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and distressing life experiences.

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EMDR helps the brain reprocess memories that feel “stuck” or emotionally overwhelming. Using bilateral stimulation—such as guided eye movements, tapping, or tones—the brain is activated in a way that supports its natural healing process.

Rather than reliving trauma in detail, EMDR allows the emotional charge of painful memories to decrease, often more efficiently than traditional talk therapy alone.

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How EMDR Works

When traumatic memories remain unprocessed, they can continue to trigger anxiety, fear, shame, or panic. EMDR pairs these memories with bilateral stimulation to help the brain:

  • Reduce the intensity of distressing memories

  • Reprocess experiences in a safer, adaptive way

  • Integrate healthier beliefs about the self

  • Decrease triggers and emotional reactivity

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EMDR is effective for:

  • PTSD and complex trauma

  • Anxiety and panic

  • Medical trauma

  • Grief

  • Disturbing childhood experiences

  • Performance anxiety

The Comprehensive Resource Model 

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(CRM) is a holistic, neurobiologically informed trauma treatment designed to safely reprocess traumatic experiences.

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CRM focuses on building internal resources before and during trauma processing. It helps create what is often described as a “neurological scaffolding” across the midbrain, limbic system, and neocortex—supporting regulation, safety, and integration.

This approach reduces the risk of overwhelm, dissociation, or re-traumatization during trauma work.

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Key Features of CRM

  • Resource-building in a structured, layered sequence

  • Somatic embodiment techniques

  • Breath regulation and nervous system stabilization

  • Attachment-informed interventions

  • Ego state and parts work

  • Eye position anchoring

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CRM is particularly helpful for:

  • Complex trauma

  • Developmental trauma

  • Attachment wounds

  • Clients prone to dissociation

  • Individuals who feel overwhelmed in traditional trauma therapy

 

CRM is heart-centered and holistic, recognizing that healing must occur not only cognitively—but emotionally and physiologically.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

(CBT) is a structured, goal-oriented therapy that helps individuals identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.

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CBT is based on the understanding that thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interconnected. By identifying distorted thinking patterns and replacing them with more balanced perspectives, emotional distress often decreases.

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Core Components of CBT

  • Identifying automatic negative thoughts

  • Challenging cognitive distortions

  • Reframing unhelpful beliefs

  • Behavioral activation

  • Exposure-based interventions when appropriate

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CBT is effective for:

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Depression

  • PTSD

  • Obsessive thinking

  • Stress management

CBT is typically present-focused, practical, and skills-based.

Faith-Integrated Therapy

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Faith-Integrated Therapy blends evidence-based clinical treatment with a client’s spiritual beliefs—only when requested.

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For clients who value their faith as part of their identity, therapy can respectfully incorporate spiritual resources alongside models such as CBT or EMDR.

This approach addresses healing of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—without imposing any specific belief system.

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Key Principles

  • Evidence-based clinical care remains primary

  • Spiritual elements are incorporated only with consent

  • Therapy aligns with the client’s specific faith tradition

  • Psychological and spiritual concerns can be addressed together

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Possible components may include:

  • Faith-aligned cognitive restructuring

  • Scripture or sacred text reflection

  • Prayer or meditation

  • Spiritual identity exploration

Faith integration can help reduce stigma for individuals who worry therapy may conflict with their beliefs.

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