How I Work
I offer in-person psychotherapy in Asheville, NC, and virtually throughout North Carolina and South Carolina to older adolescents and adults of all genders.
I take an integrative, whole-person approach to therapy, blending Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), EMDR, and trauma-informed yoga to support meaningful, lasting change. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we work together to understand what you need and draw from different modalities to support healing in a way that feels thoughtful, collaborative, and individualized.
Specialties & Areas of Focus
Internal Family Systems
IFS helps us become curious and compassionate toward the different “parts” of ourselves—especially the parts that may feel anxious, critical, controlling, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Instead of judging these patterns, we explore what they may be trying to protect and what they need from us. This can be particularly helpful for understanding the protective patterns that often develop around food, body image, trauma, and anxiety, while creating space for greater self-compassion and choice.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
ACT helps cultivate greater psychological flexibility—the ability to stay present with difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences without allowing them to dictate your choices. Rather than spending all of our energy trying to avoid discomfort or get rid of difficult feelings, we explore what truly matters to you and practice taking meaningful, values-guided action. Over time, this can create greater freedom to respond to life with intention rather than simply reacting to what feels difficult in the moment.
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
EMDR offers a structured approach to processing traumatic and distressing experiences so that painful memories can become less emotionally charged and no longer feel as present or overwhelming. By helping the brain and nervous system reprocess experiences that may feel “stuck,” EMDR can support a greater sense of perspective, safety, and freedom in the present.
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Trauma-informed yoga brings healing into the body, offering gentle, accessible practices that support nervous system regulation, grounding, body awareness, and a greater sense of safety and agency. These practices are not about flexibility or performance; they are an opportunity to reconnect with your body in a way that feels supportive, choice-based, and respectful of your individual experience.
Woven together, these approaches allow us to work not only with thoughts and emotions, but also with the body, nervous system, relationships, and the deeper experiences that shape how we see ourselves and move through the world.
My goal is to create a therapeutic space where you can feel understood rather than judged, develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself and your body, and begin to loosen the patterns that may no longer be serving you.
Ultimately, therapy is about more than feeling better in the moment. It is about developing a deeper understanding of yourself, building trust in your own inner experience, and creating the freedom to move toward a life that feels more authentic, connected, and fully your own.