Trauma
Trauma shapes how we experience and relate to the world. The healing process can invite more color and vibrancy back into your life.
Some things to know
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) doesn’t only arise from a single event or injury, or from obvious sources such as war.
Trauma can often come from harmful prolonged or repeated interpersonal dynamics, such as abuse, violence, or neglect.
It can be passed down within your family as intergenerational or ancestral trauma, arising from your ancestors’ or family’s experience of enslavement, genocide, war, domestic violence, or other forms of oppression and discrimination.
The impact of ongoing trauma can manifest as Complex PTSD, which affects how one experiences safety, interpersonal relationships, and self-worth.
Working with me
I have personal lived experience with navigating the impact of ongoing and ancestral trauma in my life. I understand how trauma can manifest uniquely across different chapters of life or as a result of new situations or experiences.
I have specialized training in intergenerational and ancestral trauma as well as Complex PTSD. I’ve studied with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Ph.D., on how to combine embodied ritual work with Jungian depth psychology to process intergenerational and ancestral trauma. I incorporate various modalities such as Brainspotting and Internal Family Systems (IFS) into my work, having trained in IFS with the Trauma Therapist Institute. Read more about these and other trainings here.
I combine elements of spirituality and psychedelics as holistic paths for healing, inner reflection, and growth. If clients are interested in exploring their spirituality as a lens to interpret or make meaning of their trauma, that’s something we can do together. One of the perspectives I offer is rooted in the mystical tradition of Judaism, known as Kabbalah. For psychedelics, I’ve completed Psychedelics Today’s year-long Vital training program, having earned a certificate in Psychedelic-Informed Practice, Harm Reduction, and Integration. Read more about these and other trainings involving psychedelics and Kabbalah here.
My work is trauma-informed and emphasizes empowerment. I believe it’s important to minimize the risk of retraumatizing by practicing harm reduction principles and promoting resilience.
It’s a passion of mine to help people unlock a new, healthier way of relating to their trauma.
Ways to work with me: Individual, Relationship, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, Experiential (i.e. Retreats, Workshops, Nature-Based Sessions)
Common goals
Exploring how the trauma you’ve lived through or inherited might be impacting your current relationships and how you experience the world
Unpacking the ways in which ancestral and intergenerational trauma have influenced your self-perception and identities
Being able to have more satisfying interpersonal relationships
Learning to set boundaries and have healthier communication within your relationships and with yourself
Deepening connection to your Self
Discovering your resilience and innate strengths
Healing from the trauma of living in a complex world that can’t always be trusted to have a compassionate response—or perhaps the appropriate containers don’t seem to exist within community or society at large
Resources
Before we begin working together, if you’d like to read more, this is where I recommend starting:
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, M.D.
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Ph.D.