Healing happens in the space where you no longer have to hold your story alone.
Trauma-informed therapy for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves. Offering relational therapy in-person in Spokane, WA and via telehealth in WA State
Specializing in supporting Gen X’ers and Millennials healing from religious trauma and the disorientation of faith deconstruction; adults living with PTSD or chronic stress; and those working through how childhood experiences shape adult relationships and attachment patterns.
If you’re here, there’s probably a part of you that’s tired — tired of holding everything alone, tired of trying to make sense of the stories you were given, and tired of feeling like you should be “over it” by now.
I want you to know that nothing about your pain is unreasonable. Nothing about your confusion is wrong. And you absolutely do not have to carry it by yourself.
Many of the people I work with come from religious or family environments that were highly controlling and authoritarian. It may have been a “jump when I say jump” kind of environment where obedience was expected in order to stay in favor with God. You were required to figure it out on your own, questioning those in charge wasn’t safe, emotions were labeled as weakness, and getting your emotional needs filled was met with spiritually dismissive language. Maybe some of that feels familiar to you.
My work centers around making sense of your story with you. I believe that we are hurt by people and that we heal with people. I create an opportunity and space for a do-over. We practice together —naming needs, being vulnerable, showing up honestly in whatever state we’re in, talking through difficult parts of your story, and ultimately learning that not all relationships will hurt us.
This isn’t about blaming your past. It’s about understanding it, being honest about it, and being able to name what you’ve maybe never named before — your truth.
In our work, we may talk about:
The guilt that shows up even when you know you haven’t done anything wrong
The fear that something bad will happen to you if you “do it wrong”
The loneliness of stepping away from a community that once felt like home (whether family or religious community)
The ache of having relational ruptures and wondering “What’s wrong with me that people don’t stay with me?”
The parts of you that long to be seen, but learned to hide in order to survive
The way people-pleasing served you but now seems to sabotage you
How to reconstruct your sense of identity after years of abandoning yourself
