You've been to talk therapy, working through the symptoms and patterns you're ready to change. But something still feels missing. You know how you want to feel, but you're not sure how to get there.
You may already know the story and understand why. But whatever's actually driving it lives somewhere below where talking can reach, and knowing hasn't been enough to change it.
Maybe you're tired of bracing for it, or working around it so it doesn't take over your day. You don't want another skill for managing it, you want it to actually be different.
LET'S BEGIN
HOW I WORK
MY VALUES
My goal in therapy is to help you stop managing the pattern and start changing it at the root. I use approaches that work with what's happening in your body and nervous system as it's happening.
Symptoms usually develop for a reason, even when they no longer feel helpful. Underneath most patterns is a painful experience that was never fully processed. Processing that experience is what actually changes the pattern, not just talking about it.
The symptoms you show up in the room with aren't flaws to be fixed; they're pointing toward what still needs to be processed. Once that happens, they don't need to keep showing up in the same way.
LET'S BEGIN
HOW I WORK
MY VALUES
LET'S BEGIN
HOW I WORK
MY VALUES
Healing doesn't happen in a bubble
I am not the expert on your life. Together, we figure out what you need and how to get you there.
You've been hurt on an individual level, but you've also been hurt by harmful power structures and systemic issues. I'm not neutral about that harm, and part of our work is figuring out how to work against it, not just live inside it. I believe individual and collective healing are connected–what changes in you doesn't have to stop with you.
You won't have to justify your identity or the context that shaped you. Your whole story comes into the room with you, including your culture, family, and social location. Healing means reckoning with what those systems did to create the pain in the first place, not just helping you function better inside them.
You've been to talk therapy, working through the symptoms and patterns you're ready to change. But something still feels missing. You know how you want to feel, but you're not sure how to get there.
You may already know the story and understand why. But whatever's actually driving it lives somewhere below where talking can reach, and knowing hasn't been enough to change it.
Maybe you're tired of bracing for it, or working around it so it doesn't take over your day. You don't want another skill for managing it, you want it to actually be different.
LET'S BEGIN
HOW I WORK
MY VALUES
My goal in therapy is to help you stop managing the pattern and start changing it at the root. My therapy modalities help you experience freedom from the patterns that have felt deeply ingrained in your life.
You are not coming here as a problem to fix. Here, you won't have to justify your identity or the context that shaped you. Your whole story will be taken into account, including your cultural and family background and social location.
Healing means looking at what the systems around you did to create this pain, not just how you're functioning inside them now.
Therapy can look different. Here, we move from just 'talking about it' to actually living differently.
LET'S BEGIN
EMDR THERAPY
MY VALUES
LET'S BEGIN
HOW I WORK
MY VALUES
Healing doesn't happen in a bubble
I am not the expert on your life. Together, we figure out what you need and how to get you there.
You've been hurt on an individual level, but you've also been hurt by harmful power structures and systemic issues. I'm not neutral about that harm, and part of our work is figuring out how to work against it, not just live inside it. I believe individual and collective healing are connected–what changes in you doesn't have to stop with you.
You won't have to justify your identity or the context that shaped you. Your whole story comes into the room with you, including your culture, family, and social location. Healing means reckoning with what those systems did to create the pain in the first place, not just helping you function better inside them.
Not everyone needs the same thing from this work. Some people are here for deep trauma processing. Some are looking to somatically process material they hold in their body. Some want a case consult. Some are looking for community, or a space that's specifically queer and safe. Explore what might work for you.
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A space to slow down and look closely at the patterns shaping how you show up in life. A time that’s entirely yours, and the work goes past just talking about it.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
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Learn more
For those who already understand your history and what you want to shift. An EMDR Intensive gives you the concentrated time to make that change tangible, without waiting months for weekly sessions to get you there.
EMDR INTENSIVES
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
QUEER STEP-PARENt coaching
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Collaborative consultation for clinicians working toward EMDRIA certification or looking to refine their EMDR skills, in individual or group formats.
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QUEER STEP-PARENt coaching
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A 6-week program for queer stepparents and bonus adults who are feeling alone or stuck in the role. Built around real connection with people who get it.
QUEER STEP-PARENT
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EMDR CONSULTING
EMDR INTENSIVES
QUEER STEP-PARENt coaching
EMDR CONSULTING
TRAUMA INTENSIVES
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THERAPY
Hello!
I'm Lauren
I bring compassion, warmth, and directness to my work, and I believe you already have what you need to heal. My role is to help you uncover this innate wisdom. In our work together, symptoms or struggles will not be treated as signs that you are broken. Instead, we examine how these patterns may have helped you survive your context and we consider how you can move forward with greater compassion for yourself.
My lens is liberatory, intersectional, and queer-affirming, and it shapes everything about how I practice. I don't believe healing happens in a vacuum — the harm you're carrying was shaped by real systems, and I'm not neutral about that. Part of my own ongoing work is staying honest about my own biases and the privilege I hold, so the relationship we build actually moves toward something bigger than symptom relief: liberation, joy, and equity.