I am a Registered Psychotherapist, who holds a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in psychology. I have been trained in EMDR therapy to work with complex trauma, PTSD, and dissociative disorders.

I have completed additional, specialized training in family therapy. I have extensive clinical work facilitating life coaching and stress management workshops.

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Calming Techniques

According to Dr. Peter Levine, "fear is a combination of a bodily sensation coupled with images and or certain thoughts". Sensation is just a sensation but when coupled with specific thoughts or images, the sensation will turn into fear.Dr. Levine thinks that one tool that can help us not to worn out by this fear is to separate the physical sensations of fear such as rapid heartbeat, tightness in the

Life is full of stressors and other triggers that make us feel stressed, unsafe, uncomfortable in our bodies, or overwhelmed by emotions that we find them too much or too intense. If we have experienced some type of trauma at any point of life, this can impact our mind, body, emotions, thoughts, perception, experiences and reactions. Sense of safety is another factor that is highly impacted by experiencing trauma.Feeling safe,