Meet Norma

I believe therapy should be a place where you can feel heard, understood, and supported as you make sense of what you’ve been through and where you want to go from here. My goal is to provide a compassionate, thoughtful space where healing can happen at your own pace.

A Little About Me

I came to the counseling profession with an appreciation for the many ways life can change us. Like many people, my own path has included seasons of growth, transition, challenge, and beginning again. Those experiences have shaped the way I sit with people in therapy—with compassion, curiosity, and respect for the courage it can take to look honestly at the parts of life that hurt.

As a therapist, I especially value helping people understand not only what they are experiencing, but why. When we begin to make sense of our patterns, relationships, emotions, and responses to difficult experiences, things that once felt confusing can begin to feel more understandable—and change becomes possible.

I don’t believe therapy should be one-size-fits-all. I draw from different therapeutic approaches based on the person in front of me, while creating a space that is collaborative, thoughtful, and grounded in each client’s needs and goals.

How I Work

Therapy should fit the person—not the other way around.

Understand

Making sense of patterns, emotions, relationships, and the ways past experiences may still be affecting the present.

Heal

Working carefully with painful experiences using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches while respecting your pace and readiness.

Grow

Building greater self-understsanding, healthier relationships, stronger coping skills, and more freedom to live in ways that reflect who you want to be.

Areas I Can Help With

Trauma & Difficult Life Experiences

Healing from painful experiences, childhood trauma, and experiences that continue to affect how you feel, relate, or see yourself today.

Dissociation & Parts of Self

Understanding dissociation, emotional disconnection, and other ways the mind learns to protect us when experiences have been overwhelming.

Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Well-Being

Suppor for anxiety, depression, stress, grief, identity changes, and difficult seasons of life.

Couples & Relationships

Helping couples understand recurring patterns, improve communication and emotional connection, rebuild trust, and create healthier ways of relating.

Life Transitions and Relationship Loss

Support through painful changes, losses, and periods when life no longer looks the way you expected. We can work together to honor what you’ve experienced while finding a way to move forward.

Family Estrangement

Support for the complicated grief, uncertainty, boundaries, and emotional pain that can accompany estrangement in family relationships.

My Approach to Therapy

An Integrative, Trauma-Informed Approach

I draw from several evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches, choosing what fits the needs, goals, and readiness of each person rather than using the same method with everyone.

Cognitive Behavioral & Cognitive Processing Therapies

Helps identify and work through beliefs, thoughts, and patterns that can develop after trauma or difficult life experiences.

Parts & Ego State-Informed Therapy

Offers a compassionate way to understand different parts of ourselves—including parts that protect, carry painful experiences, or respond in ways that once helped us survive.

EMDR Therapy

Helps the brain process painful or overwhelming experiences that may still feel emotionally present, even when you know they happened in the past.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Helps individuals and couples recognize patterns in relationships, strengthen communication, build emotional connection, and develop healthier ways of responding to one another.

The approach may vary, but the goal remains the same: helping you understand what is happening, heal what is hurting, and move toward the life and relationships you want.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Finding the right therapist matters. If what you’ve read here feels like it may be a good fit for what you’re looking for, I invite you to reach out.

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