History
I've been a practicing trauma therapist in Berkeley since 2013. As of Spring, 2022, I'm currently a Consultant-in-Training (a high level of EMDR training) and plan on achieving the highest level of training by Spring 2023.
Specialties
I offer EMDR therapy for high-achieving individuals who want relief and lasting results fast. What is EMDR? EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. EMDR therapy is a widely researched, evidence-based, and neuroscience-informed integrative therapy that was discovered and further refined to reduce distressing emotional symptoms from a multitude of challenging life experiences including isolated and protracted traumatic experiences, addictions, phobias, and more. Using bilateral stimulation (be it eye movements, alternating auditory sounds, or bilateral physical sensations - hand buzzers), EMDR works with and aids your brain's natural impulse to synthesize and metabolize maladaptive memories, behavior patterns, and beliefs that are getting in your way. EMDR, simply put, helps your brain and body do what it naturally wants to do: move towards healing. EMDR can work well in treating a wide variety of disturbing experiences and adverse life events. Here is a partial list of issues EMDR can be effective in treating: Post-traumatic stress; Depression/Anxiety; Pre-natal, post-partum and birth traumas; Phobias (such as flying, heights, public speaking); Performance anxieties (test taking, public performances); Medical traumas; And more. If you are interested in EMDR therapy, please get in touch with my offices and a member of my team will get back to you right away. I look forward to being of support to you.