Hi. I'm Kara.
As a trauma therapist,

I support adults who experience a range of life difficulties like anxiety, depression, diminished sense of self-esteem, issues with relationships, alienation from their bodies, and feelings of being disconnected from themselves and the world. A central focus of my work has been supporting clients impacted by trauma without the lens of pathology. That’s to say, there’s nothing wrong with you at all. Your ways of being in the world may have developed as a means of protection; in our work together, you will come to observe these strategies and actively choose whether they still serve you today.

Many of my ways of approaching therapy are experiential, where we will connect with your experience, mindfully, as entry points to the work we’ll do together. When we work in this way, body and emotions become sources of wisdom, guides, resources and allies to work. The modalities and theories that guide my practice include Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (a body-based form of talk therapy), feminist psychotherapy, theories of structural dissociation, expressive arts therapy, Internal Family Systems, and an understanding of neurobiology.

I am a social worker, and social justice is a core tenet of my work. Wellness is as much about our individual experiences as it is about our intersecting experiences of class, race, ability, gender, and sexuality, which significantly impact our mental health, our sense of community, and our emotional resilience. After working many years practicing in the community, I deeply believe that therapy can be activist work on a small scale, holding the feminist ethic that the personal is the political. And healing can be a revolutionary act.

I come to this work with my own vulnerabilities that have taught me about myself and this profession. My experience has forged a belief that therapy is a space apart from life that affords us a unique opportunity to encounter, understand and grieve. However, my experience has also taught me that it is equally a space for connection, expansion, and, quite often, play. People have often been surprised at how fun and laughter-filled trauma therapy can be. It is so exhilarating to learn and to learn to unlearn.