We all have a desire to live full, rich lives - yet sometimes there is something that  stands in the way...

 Together we work to create a safe space to begin exploring what's been happening in your life that is causing difficulties. When we become wrapped up in stuck patterns it is often connection with others and ourselves that we need most, yet this is what is difficult to maintain.

At Embodied Illumination I strive to help people find freedom in their minds, bodies, and lives again using a curated model grounded in mindfulness-based, somatic psychotherapy, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, as well as EMDR-aided somatic-integrated trauma and attachment therapy.  By integrating insights in this way, I strive to make a functional approach to mental health accessible to all.

I firmly believe in each person's ability to heal from patterns and memories that cause so much pain. My work focuses on helping people find more meaning, peace, and vibrancy in their lives. 

My goal is to help you find freedom!

If you are a Veteran who has served since 2001, or a Veteran who has experienced military-related sexual assault from an era, you qualify for confidential, free Individual Therapy. Please explore the Veterans Services page to get started!

I specialize in working with people who are experiencing:

  • anxiety

  • panic

  • depression

  • trauma +PTSD

  • autism and sensory spectrum challenges

  • feelings of abandonment

  • managing stress

  • performance anxiety + perfectionism

  • separation anxiety

  • early childhood + developmental trauma

  • difficulty accessing + working with emotions

  • sexual assault and domestic assault survivors

  • addictions

  • grief, loss, and ambiguous loss

  • chronic illness

  • auto-immune illness, including CIRS, Lyme Disease and Mold Illness

  • traumatic brain injury

  • combat trauma

  • impulsivity

  • anger

  • shame

  • guilt and survivor’s guilt

  • highly sensitive people (HSP)

  • feeling checked out and dissociative disorders

  • relationship difficulties

  • obsessive thought patterns


Learn more about Our Specialized services

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Veterans Services
Veterans Services

We strive to provide the very best trauma care to all, and few have experienced systemic and prolonged high stress like Veterans. We are paired with Project Headstrong to offer free therapy to Veterans who have served at any time since 2001. Please reach out for more information!

EMDR Therapy
EMDR Therapy

EMDR stands for Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and it is the Gold-Standard for Trauma therapy. Clients who have engaged in this practice work through difficult past experiences so rapidly, often quicker than they ever thought.Together we work with creating rapport in the therapeutic relationship, build resourcing skills, focusing on the areas of struggle you are experiencing, and then systematically work through painful experiences and coming to a grounded place on the other side.

Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a gentle and highly effective trauma-informed modality developed by Dr. Peter Levine with the underlying notion that all humans have an innate capacity to heal when given the appropriate time, support, and context. The impacts of trauma (both acute and complex) can keep someone feeling frozen in time, leading to the reexperience of fear, depression, anger, or other debilitating responses to triggers in their environment that remind them of a past event, person, or experience.

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients experience more frequent breakthroughs and sustained improvement in symptoms. KAP has been demonstrated to be incredibly supportive in the healing of trauma, depression, anxiety, and OCD.