Virtual Therapy for Women with Trauma, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Dysautonomia
Individual and Group Therapy in Tennessee, Colorado, Virginia, and North Carolina
Trauma
Trauma can profoundly impact the way you relate to yourself, your body, your relationships, and the world around you. It’s not just what happened to you—it’s how your nervous system had to adapt in order to survive. Trauma may stem from a single overwhelming event, or from more chronic, complex, or relational experiences, such as ongoing invalidation, emotional neglect, or feeling unsafe in your environment. Even experiences that may be overlooked or minimized by others can leave lasting imprints. I offer trauma-informed care that honors the complexity of your story while helping you move toward healing. Using approaches like EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, and the Safe and Sound Protocol, we’ll work together to process what’s happened, restore regulation, and reconnect with your sense of safety, strength, and self.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety can feel like living in a body and mind that won’t let you rest. You might constantly worry about the future, replay conversations in your head, or feel on edge without knowing why. For some, anxiety shows up as racing thoughts, tightness in the chest, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, irritability, or insomnia. For others, it can look like obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors that temporarily relieve distress but ultimately keep you stuck in a cycle of fear.
Anxiety is not just in your mind—it’s a whole-body experience. When your nervous system senses danger, even if there is no immediate threat, it activates the fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response. This can lead to physical symptoms like a racing heart, shallow breathing, muscle tension, stomach issues, or feeling suddenly hot or dizzy. Over time, this constant state of hyperarousal can make everyday situations feel overwhelming or unsafe.
I work from a nervous system-informed, trauma-aware approach to help you understand and respond to what your body is trying to communicate. Using evidence-based therapies like CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), IFS (Internal Family Systems), and somatic tools, we’ll help you identify the patterns driving your anxiety, build emotional regulation skills, and restore a sense of safety and calm from within.
Eating Disordered Behavior
Chronic Health & Nervous System Dysregulation
Eating disordered behavior is never just about food. They often emerge as powerful coping strategies—ways to create control, manage emotional pain, or disconnect from overwhelming sensations. Whether you’re struggling with restriction, bingeing, purging, compulsive exercise, orthorexia, or chronic body image distress, these patterns often carry deep roots in trauma, anxiety, shame, or attachment wounds. You might feel stuck in cycles of guilt and self-criticism, constantly thinking about food, your body, or exercise. Or perhaps you feel emotionally numb, disconnected from your hunger cues, or overwhelmed by intense feelings you don’t know how to process. In our work together, I provide trauma-informed, body-based therapy that meets you with compassion—not judgment. We’ll explore the emotional, relational, and somatic layers driving your behaviors, using approaches like IFS (Internal Family Systems), EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and nervous system regulation tools to gently support healing. My goal is not just symptom relief, but deep, sustainable recovery grounded in connection to yourself, your body, and your emotional needs.
Eating disordered behavior is never just about food. They often emerge as powerful coping strategies—ways to create control, manage emotional pain, or disconnect from overwhelming sensations. Whether you’re struggling with restriction, bingeing, purging, compulsive exercise, orthorexia, or chronic body image distress, these patterns often carry deep roots in trauma, anxiety, shame, or attachment wounds. You might feel stuck in cycles of guilt and self-criticism, constantly thinking about food, your body, or exercise. Or perhaps you feel emotionally numb, disconnected from your hunger cues, or overwhelmed by intense feelings you don’t know how to process. In our work together, I provide trauma-informed, body-based therapy that meets you with compassion—not judgment. We’ll explore the emotional, relational, and somatic layers driving your behaviors, using approaches like IFS (Internal Family Systems), EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and nervous system regulation tools to gently support healing. My goal is not just symptom relief, but deep, sustainable recovery grounded in connection to yourself, your body, and your emotional needs.
This approach is appropriate for clients who:
Struggle with chronic illness and feel emotionally dysregulated
Experience trauma symptoms related to medical experiences or diagnoses
Have difficulty tolerating stress, noise, or social engagement due to autonomic dysfunction
Are looking for a holistic, body-based approach to healing nervous system dysregulation
Feel stuck in a state of fight, flight or freeze
Anxiety or panic symptoms linked to nervous system dysregulation
Have sensory sensitivities (light, sound, touch)
