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From Fear to Freedom
to forge your path..
out of your most difficult times, comes your greatest strengths.
I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8
Are you struggling with issues related to trauma, grief, addiction, anxiety, or major life changes? There comes a time when help is needed from a certified professional to cope with many of life’s challenges. I’m a licensed Psychotherapist with a Christian Worldview in the Placer and Nevada County- Rocklin and Nevada City. I am also licensed in Hawaii and provide teletherapy. I’m here to support you on your journey toward healing and self-discovery.
Facing challenges
From the core areas in a functioning adult self?
Based on Pia Melody and Jan Bergstrom's work.
A child needs to receive love, guidance, physical & emotional protection, nurturance and resources in order to be able to feel loved and capable to become a functioning adult. When a child doesn't receive the resources they need to grow, they often will fill in these gaps with unhealthy strategies to manage the difficult experiences, emotions and stressors. We also must learn to provide the essential compassion and nourishment to ourself and reach for healthy love, respect & regard, humility and godly consideration. If we do not have a godly and healthy love for knowing our needs and our self-care, we will not be motivated to take care of ourselves in beneficial ways.
If your basic needs for nurturing, limits, protection, and support were not met by neglectful or self–absorbed parents, you will have a difficult time knowing how to meet those needs now. It is as if there is a disconnect inside you –figuring out between what you need and providing for yourself. These core areas are essential to living a joyful and vibrant life, with True Freedom. You don't have to look with wonder at others who are motivated to take care of themself and assertive.
Isaiah 30:20-21
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
HEALING OUR CORE ISSUES
Developmental and Relational Trauma
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utilizes material from the work of
Mother Hunger & Motherless Daughters
Is a developmental and relational trauma model based on the belief that individuals who have experienced suffering in their lives can receive relief, healing and experience joy again.
*"We can’t heal what we don’t know, and if we can’t talk about It, we can’t do much about it”
"What we feel, we can heal. What we embrace gives us grace. What we resist, persists. "
"We are simply not powerful enough to mess up God's plans for our lives. He is in all of it and not deterred by our past or future. So don't get in His way."
*“Maternal love is our first experience of what love feels like, and the maternal care we receive informs how we feel about ourselves throughout life.”
*Kelly McDaniel
Regard for self and your esteem.
How was your early life impacted? Were there events & gaps in your childhood that interfere with the person God made you to be? Are you living today being present for this moment or in the tread of yesterday's pain? Do you want to have a framework to function as an emotionally healthy adult who isn't striving through your own strength exhausted and overwhelmed?
Boundaries
Boundaries come from the inside out. God is clear about our faith and his word. As you seek him, how do you protect yourself from others physically and emotionally? Do you allow the world, others, or your thoughts to control your direction and influence? How do you protect others from yourself? Do you want to learn how to increase your internal and external boundaries ? Do you want to learn how to rely on him to guard you and filter out what doesn't belong?
What is reality? What is the truth about you?
When you look inward to assess your needs, can you see the truth and can you separate the facts from the truth? Facts are important because they give us information and help us to make decisions moving forward; truth reminds us who we are and where our strength comes from.
Do you look outside of yourself to determine what you need and want? Are you able to live in reality? Or, are you caught up in a cycle of denying what is truth?
Self-Care and Interdependence
How do you get your needs
and wants met ?
Are you dependent on others more than you want, or overly independent and self reliant, protective of self at the expense of feeling isolated or alone? Do you guard yourself from being vulnerable and transparent? Or, Do expose all your vulnerabilities with abandon struggling with sharing too much and then feeling vulnerable?
Balance and Moderation
Do you live in extremes, black and white , all or nothing thinking or can you come to the middle and recognize the importance of balance in your life? Are you able to view others, self and your situations with curiosity, grace and compassionate warm regard without losing reality, or do you get stuck in shame and judgement of intrinsic value? Can you adjust yourself and find the healthy middle ground in your life?
Based on Developmental and Relational Trauma
Healing Childhood Trauma
Would you like to practice a healthy way of living?
- Learn what attitudes, beahviors or stance that holds you back
- Discern your history and how it effects your present
- Heal the wounds and hurts that keep you repeating patterns
- Learn to stand up for yourself by knowing the truth of who you are and having your own back
Heal childhood trauma through resources, connection and focused practices
-Recognize the root of dis-ease
"You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them; .. greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world." 1 john 4:4
What To Expect At Your Visit
The tools that I'll provide you with are direct, focused and immediate for helping people like you. My goal for you is to leave each session, feeling able to manage the symptoms you are experiencing and heal the areas of your past. I will give you take home techniques. You will leave each session with access to discreet exercises that can quickly create relief. I am direct, solution focused and faith based. I work collaboratively to heal trauma, address the anxiety attacks that are affecting you right now and create new pathways to relieve depression. We'll start with what's going on in the moment & how to gain freedom and discipline needed over your body, thoughts and behavior. I will help you to get in touch with different parts of your body and brain to find relief. We'll discuss what happens to your body when fear takes over so you can learn how to quickly regulate and you will gain resilience to have the courage to meet the demands of today. Each session the hope is to leave you challenged to grow and take action in your life as you heal the wounds from the past and explore the options for your future you are growing into.
I use ACT, DBT, CBT, Brainspotting &EMDR.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that True Freedom is vital for life, therefore when we have faith intersecting with heart & mind, we are able to face the demands of reality with courage. Often our fears both unconscious and conscious are what keep us stuck. I believe reaching towards God and layering helpful approaches, good council, and relief, changed lives happen. Every life is fearfully and wonderfully made. To me, freedom is synonymous with health & well-being to think, live & be at peace in the world & our soul. I trust that everyone can grow at any time in their lives when they have the faith, support, resources & desire. My faith in Jesus gives me hope & instills a courage in me to go beyond what I believe is possible & I know that is true for you. Often people who develop mental health issues have had pivotal experiences in their lives that have not been fully healed and where they felt out of control in their own abilities. You will see me on the front lines standing for freedom ... for every one... For their health, life and ability to make positive and healing choices.
It is essential to keep in mind that therapy alone is not a quick fix: therapy, intersecting your faith, instilling hope and neuroexperiential modalities ( Emotional Freedom Technique, Brainspotting, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) are all part of the healing process that necessitates participation and investment from the patient and therapist alike. But in the end, sharing the journey, through small changes made to self-defeating behavior, healing trauma that has held you back and coping with feelings of sadness, fear, and pain can bring life-altering results.
EMDR & BRAINSPOTTING
HEAL CORE TRAUMA • PROCESS PAINFUL EMOTIONS • EMPOWER YOURSELF
MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR LIFE
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Brainspotting (BSP) are both amazing and faster methods of healing trauma, & shifting stuck patterns. Both methods can treat any kind of trauma, including abuse, PTSD, relational, development, medical, combat, bullying, accident traumas; either single incident, or chronic multi-incident traumas as well as anxiety. They can also help create new types of behaviors and thoughts which can facilitate a more grounded, peaceful and calm sense of oneself and ability to relate to the world outside of oneself. They help with creating performance enhancement in athletes and performers in addition to helping individuals focus on their purpose and direction to take. EMDR and BSP can help create positive changes in any area of life one would want, if there is motivation towards healing and growing.
A major difference between these modalities and traditional talk therapy is that these modalities tend to help people dive deeper, work on the core issues in a more focused way, and get relief more quickly. I use these modalities within the framework of a traditional therapy relationship. Sometimes clients prefer to work session after session using EMDR or BSP, and other clients prefer to alternate this kind of work with a traditional talk therapy session.
There are a variety of benefits to each of these methods. I work with each client in a unique way to determine which method to use. Both EMDR and BSP are body based therapies, which use a form of bilateral stimulation (through hand held tappers, eye movement, or alternating sound), an alternating focus on re-experiencing the distressing material in a controlled safe way, and being in the safe here and now of my office, and possibly with a powerful healing image. Both give high priority to attending to the inner experience of the felt sense, including body sensations.
I can often help a client in a single incident trauma to attain significant relief in one or two sessions. In developmental or relational trauma, or multi-incident trauma, it can take more sessions to feel healed.
I have attained EMDR and BSP training and certification.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR Is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference.
Groups and classes coming up
Group therapy is a type of psychotherapy in which a therapist works with multiple clients at a time in a group setting.
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
DBT-Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a modality that focuses on teaching individuals how to effectively manage their emotions. DBT Skills are often used to address various conditions, but it is evidenced based and provides useful skills that will carry over into having "a life worth living".
ADULT
CBT- STAIR is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation class/group. These are evidence based Skills that are rooted in the tenets of CBT and Trauma Based Therapy. This is a modality that focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT skills can be helpful for learning how to cope with conditions such as depression, anxiety. STAIR is helpful when a person has experienced developmental or complex trauma and their daily life is impacted by their past circumstances.
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