I am a licensed therapist in Tucson, Arizona specializing in trauma, emotion dysregulation, addictions, and dependency issues, many of which are present in Borderline Personality Disorder. I routinely
address and treat self-mutilation and disordered eating which are frequent expressions of overwhelming emotional distress and pain. My approach is experiential, emotion focused (EFT), and supportive. I work with complex trauma (trauma and personality
issues), childhood abuse (sexual, physical), and co-occurring mood disorders. My clients have voiced success in living happier and healthy relationships both within themselves and with those in their lives. My clients can anticipate learning effective and successful tools in creating inner emotional safety and emotion regulation. Together, we will address decreasing impulsive & self-harming behaviors that once served as adaptive measures from experiences of rejection, abandonment and/or invalidation. My focus is to support a client’s enduring, positive change toward healthier experiencing away from self-destructive behaviors and toward self-empowerment and happiness.
I am trained in the practice of EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization Reprocessing) which is a non-invasive method of accelerating recovery from traumatic memories, be it a onetime event or from repetitive traumas. It is a collaborative approach utilizing
eye movements to minimize negative beliefs and feelings associated with past traumatic events and memories. EMDR works directly with memory networks and creates new, more positive associations between
the distressing memories. It is thought that the distressing memory is transformed when new connections are forged with more positive and
realistic information. “This results in a transformation of the emotional, sensory, and cognitive components of the memory so that, when it is accessed, the individual is no longer distressed. Instead
he/she recalls the incident with a new perspective, new insight, resolution of the cognitive distortions, elimination of emotional distress, and relief of related physiological arousal. (Shapiro, Francine, MD, Founder EMDR Institute)
