Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Consultation and healing arts centered on embodied mindfulness and research in stress & trauma physiology, solidly rooted in social work values, including awareness of the interplay of environment and relationships on patterns of functioning. Over 75 hours of sex therapy clinical training, including Sensate Focus and partner-based activities. I am a licensed social worker but not a clinical social worker, meaning I am not licensed to diagnosis or treat mental illness. I approach trauma from an integrative, relational, and strength-based perspective, not a medical model, and individual session work is just one part of my practice that predominately focuses on research and work that brings communities and organizations into regulation, safety, and health.
Age 18 and older. Specializing in resolving trauma in the body, through touch-based or talk-based modalities, or both. Touch-based work can be done in person or taught over video with a friend or partner, talk-based modalities by video only. Work with groups, such as organization leadership is contract-based.
VIRTUAL (VIDEO) SESSIONS ANYWHERE, IN-PERSON SESSIONS NEAR SILVER SPRING, MD AND ONSITE WHEN TRAVELING