Just as the midlife journey can be complex, integrative therapy can meet you as a whole person.  I integrate multiple modalities from an EMDR based holistic approach. 

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• I affirm menopause-informed care -the menopause transition has many pathways.  Few therapists are trained in the complexities of this transition and can provide you with an understanding of the stress-menopause transition (called the neuroendocrine transitional state).  Menopause is a WHOLE BODY EXPERIENCE that can resurface old nervous system patterns of trauma, surface new health issues, and is a critical window of vulnerability with real long-term physical and mental health consequences. 

• I affirm trauma-informed care -  From a neurobiological lens (mind/brain-body) trauma is held in the body and in our nervous system strategies that help us adapt to survive.  I help you understand your body's unique signals, messages of trauma and stress embedded in the nervous system's response and can help you process these in a somatic (body) and a brain (adaptive information processing), EMDR based, approach. Because of the major identity transitions within midlife, we are often in a deeper opportunity of healing habitual patterns of stress and trauma. EMDR therapy is an evidenced based approach to the treatment of trauma. 

• I affirm a psychospiritual approach - As we age, deeper questions of life meaning and purpose emerge.  We face loss, grief and deep transformation as we move through these spiritual layers of human being.  I use expressive arts (Morning Altars TM), nature, compassionate grief based care and ritual to work with the spiritual layers that naturally emerge within this transition. 

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