unburden and reclaim
Therapy for
individuals and couples
NORTHERN Virginia
Stop pretending everything is okay…
You want to feel excited about your life…
But instead you feel…
Exhausted from trying to cope. This is not the life you want.
Depleted from showing up for everyone except you.
Sad, frustrated, terrified...can this relationship survive this?
Paralyzed by anxiety, and faking it. You can’t keep this up.
Sick of powering through those traumatic memories.
Tired of trying...done with the noise, the work, the overwhelm.
You’re on the edge of something different…
and it’s time to live like you mean it
Being in pain is real—the gravity, the confusion, the mess. I’m honored to be here for it with you, to share in it with you… if nothing more than to know you are not alone…
I’m not here to talk at you - and overwhelm you with clinical jargon. I’m here to be human with you. To dig, share trenches and pitfalls and remain genuine, compassionate and focused. I am trained in all the greatest hits but what works, is what speaks to you. We get honest, we get curious, we may get uncomfortable, and we get to work.
There’s nothing wrong with you. You have a nervous system that adapted to survive.
That’s not a disorder. That’s brilliance.
I’m here to help you know this.
Meditation, breathing, yoga, cold plunges. affirmations, journals, bubble baths…
You are doing all the things and they kind of help…
but they can’t heal what you are still trying not to feel.
The problem isn't the practice. It's the intention behind it.
If you are using these tools to decrease intensive emotions, you are not regulating.
You are coping, masking, faking.
hey - you are not failing. You are surviving.
So what does work?
Learning how to feel safe enough to move through emotions without being overwhelmed and flooded by them.