Therapy with Cat

As a sex therapist, I help individuals and couples explore their sexual concerns by focusing on the connection between the body, mind, and emotions. My approach emphasizes body awareness, nervous system regulation, and mindful practices to release tension, heal past experiences, and cultivate deeper pleasure and connection. We work together to understand your unique experiences, rewire limiting patterns, and create a more fulfilling and embodied relationship with your sexuality.

EMDR helps to process and heal from past experiences that may be stored in the body and nervous system. EMDR is a structured approach that engages bilateral stimulation—such as eye movements, tapping, or sound—to help the brain reprocess distressing memories in a way that reduces their emotional charge. This allows the body to release stored tension, integrate past experiences more fully, and create new, more adaptive patterns of thinking and feeling. By working with both the mind and body, EMDR helps clients move from feeling stuck in past trauma to experiencing greater emotional resilience, nervous system regulation, and a deeper sense of well-being.

Somatic therapy is a way to heal by helping reconnect with our bodies and nervous systems. Somatic therapy recognizes that emotions, trauma, and stress are not just stored in the mind but also in the body. Through gentle awareness practices, breathwork, movement and the practice of ‘just noticing’ - we explore how past experiences may be shaping your present emotions, relationships, and sense of safety. By bringing curiosity and compassion to physical sensations and responses, we create space for the body to release tension, process unresolved experiences, and restore a sense of ease and connection.

I use narrative therapy to help explore the stories we hold about ourselves, our experiences, and our relationships. These stories are shaped not only by our thoughts but also by our emotions, body sensations, and nervous system responses. Sometimes, past experiences—especially difficult ones—create patterns of self-perception that keep us feeling stuck, disconnected, or limited.

In our work together, we gently examine the narratives that have shaped your identity and well-being. Through mindful awareness, somatic practices, and guided reflection, we explore how these stories live in your body—perhaps as tension, numbness, or a felt sense of fear or shame. By integrating movement, breathwork, and body-based awareness, we create space to process emotions, shift limiting beliefs, and reclaim agency over your personal story.

Narrative therapy is not about rewriting the past but about seeing your experiences through a new, more empowering lens. It allows you to separate yourself from limiting or painful narratives and recognize the resilience, wisdom, and possibilities that have always been within you. By integrating both the body and mind in this process, you can create a more embodied, authentic, and self-compassionate way of moving through the world.

In relationships, we often seek both closeness and autonomy, yet balancing these needs can be challenging. This perspective helps couples {and individuals} understand how their relationship patterns are shaped by their personal growth, past experiences, and nervous system responses. Central to this approach is differentiation—the ability to stay emotionally connected to a partner while maintaining a strong sense of self. Differentiation allows couples to navigate conflict, express authentic needs, and handle emotional intensity without shutting down or becoming reactive.

From a body-based perspective, differentiation isn’t just a mindset—it’s something we feel in our nervous system. When faced with emotional discomfort, some people experience a fight-or-flight response, reacting with defensiveness, control, or withdrawal, while others may shut down or lose themselves in their partner’s emotions. By integrating body awareness, breathwork, and nervous system regulation, we explore how these patterns show up physically and emotionally in moments of stress, intimacy, or disconnection.

A key part of this work is building agency—the ability to make conscious choices rather than reacting from old patterns. Instead of getting stuck in cycles of blame, avoidance, or over-accommodation, partners learn to stay present with their emotions, communicate with clarity, and take responsibility for their own growth. Through deeper self-awareness and embodied practices, couples can move from reactive patterns to intentional, authentic connection, creating relationships that support both intimacy and individuality.

Polyvagal theory helps us understand how our nervous system responds to stress, connection, and safety. It explains that our autonomic nervous system has three main states:

• Safety & Connection (Ventral Vagal) – When we feel safe, our body is calm, we can engage with others, and we experience ease, pleasure, and connection.

• Fight or Flight (Sympathetic) – When we sense danger, our body prepares to protect us by increasing energy, heart rate, and alertness.

• Shutdown or Freeze (Dorsal Vagal) – When a situation feels overwhelming or inescapable, our body may go into collapse, numbness, or disconnection.

In therapy, we work with these nervous system states to help you shift from patterns of stress or shutdown into greater regulation and safety. By using breath, movement, grounding techniques, and co-regulation, you can develop a deeper awareness of your body’s responses and learn how to support yourself in moments of distress. Over time, this work fosters resilience, self-trust, and a more embodied sense of well-being.