Transforming Relationships from the Inside Out

Whether it’s conflict, disconnection, people-pleasing, or fear of intimacy, relational challenges often have deeper roots. My holistic approach helps clients understand how internal systems and nervous system responses shape their external relationships—creating space for more authentic, empowered connections.

✧ Nutrition and Mental Health

When the body is dysregulated—due to poor sleep, blood sugar swings, or inflammation—it’s much harder to stay present, patient, or attuned in relationships. Together, we work on supporting physiological balance so your body is more resourced for meaningful connection and communication.

✧ Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Relational struggles often stem from parts of us that carry old wounds—fear of abandonment, anger, resentment, or deep longing. IFS helps you identify these parts and create internal dialogue, so that you can respond instead of react. As Self energy increases, your capacity for boundaries, empathy, and healthy attachment grows.

✧ Somatic Therapy

When we feel emotionally unsafe, our nervous system may shut down (freeze), over-accommodate (fawn), or lash out (fight). Using a polyvagal-informed lens, I help clients recognize their relational survival responses and learn to create nervous system safety in connection. This builds the foundation for trust, intimacy, and mutual regulation.

✧ Conflict Skills

I incorporate tools from the Gottman Method to help individual clients better understand how they show up in conflict—and how to shift toward more effective, respectful communication. Through psychoeducation, we explore the four common conflict behaviors that can erode connection over time: criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt.

By identifying your own conflict style and learning how these patterns may play out in your relationships, you gain greater self-awareness and agency. I offer practical, research-based strategies to help you respond (rather than react), set healthy boundaries, and move toward repair and emotional safety—whether you're navigating a romantic relationship, friendships, family dynamics, or work-related conflict.