Trauma Therapist in Carlsbad, California

Yes! I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can get to know each other, talk about what's bringing you here, and make sure we're the right fit. Therapy is deeply personal. Finding someone you trust matters, and I never want that decision to feel rushed.

I offer in-person therapy in San Diego and Carlsbad, as well as secure online therapy throughout California, Colorado, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

During our consultation, we’ll discuss what makes the most sense for your location, schedule, and the work you’re hoping to do.

Yes. EMDR and Brainspotting are two of the trauma-focused approaches I use to help clients work with experiences and patterns that may not shift through insight alone. Both can help us work beyond traditional talk therapy and engage the deeper ways trauma can be held in the nervous system and body. We'll decide together whether either approach makes sense for you. description

Absolutely.

While EMDR and Brainspotting are often associated with trauma, they can be useful for much more than what we traditionally think of as “big T” trauma. These approaches can help us work with anxiety, difficult emotions, relationship and attachment patterns, addiction and recovery, performance blocks, and experiences that feel stuck even when you understand them intellectually.

Brainspotting can also be used to explore physical sensations, chronic stress and pain, creativity, performance, and personal growth, not just distress. You don’t need a single major traumatic event or a PTSD diagnosis for this kind of work to be meaningful. We’ll look at what you’re experiencing and decide together which approach, if any, fits.

I care deeply, but I don't confuse caring with staying comfortable.

I'll sit with you in the hardest moments of your life, but I won't let therapy become a place where we simply rehearse pain. My goal is movement.

Our work together is active, collaborative, and deeply personalized. I draw from a variety of well-established and trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I also don't believe one therapy modality is the answer for everyone. I believe the right therapist knows when to draw from the right approach.

For many people, understanding their story is only the beginning. EMDR and Brainspotting allow us to work with deeper, subcortical processing systems where trauma is often held beyond conscious thought. My hope isn't simply that you understand your past-it's that you begin living differently because of what you've healed.

Insight illuminates the path. Action creates lasting change.

People rarely come to therapy because they have "anxiety." They come because anxiety has stolen their peace. They come because trauma still feels present years later, addiction has become a way of surviving, grief has changed them, or life no longer feels like the one they imagined.

I specialize in trauma recovery, addiction and recovery, anxiety, grief, major life transitions, and working with military members, veterans, first responders, and the families who love them. Whatever brought you here, my hope is the same: that you leave therapy needing me less, and trusting yourself more.

There isn't a timeline for healing because every story is different. Some people come for a specific season of life, while others choose longer-term work. We'll regularly check in on your goals and make sure therapy continues to serve you-not the other way around. My goal isn't to keep you in therapy forever. It's to help you build a life that feels meaningful long after we're finished working together.

Then you're exactly where many of my clients began.

You don't need to know what to say. You don't need to have everything figured out. You don't need to be "ready." You simply need the willingness to take one honest step forward. We'll figure out the rest together.

At this time, I am a private-pay practice and do not bill insurance directly.

I understand that choosing to invest in therapy is a significant financial commitment, and I don't take that lightly. My decision to remain out of network allows me to focus on your care rather than insurance requirements, treatment limitations, or diagnosis-driven authorization.

I've also found that when people intentionally invest in their healing, they often show up with a different level of ownership and commitment to the work. Therapy isn't something that happens to you-it's something we build together.

If you'd like to use your out-of-network benefits, I'm happy to provide a superbill that you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement.