Trauma-Informed Therapy for Adults Struggling with Codependency & Needing Relationship Healing in California
Individual & Couples Therapy in Aptos, Scotts Valley & Online Throughout California
You may look successful on the outside while privately struggling with attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, addiction, people-pleasing, or the lingering effects of past trauma. Perhaps you've spent years taking care of everyone else, only to find yourself feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in unhealthy patterns that seem impossible to change.
Therapy offers an opportunity to understand the roots of these struggles, develop healthier ways of coping, and create more fulfilling relationships—with yourself and with others.
Let me provide a supportive, non-judgmental space to explore these questions together.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) serving adults throughout California, I specialize in addiction recovery, attachment repair, people pleasing behaviors, trauma healing, and relationship issues. I provide compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals and couples seeking meaningful, lasting change.
Whether you're navigating recovery, healing from relational wounds, processing trauma, or working to strengthen your relationship, therapy can help you move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and connection.
Specialized Support for Lasting Change
Addiction Recovery Therapy
Recovery involves much more than stopping a behavior. It often requires understanding the emotional pain, relationship patterns, and underlying experiences that contribute to substance use or compulsive behaviors.
Together, we'll honestly face the impact of your addiction on your life and the lives of others around you while building practical tools to support long-term recovery, emotional regulation, and personal growth.
Therapy Designed to Fit Your Needs
I offer both traditional 50-minute therapy sessions and extended 90-minute intensive sessions for individuals and couples.
Longer sessions can be especially beneficial when addressing trauma, relationship concerns, recovery work, or situations where deeper exploration and focused progress are desired.
Therapy for Codependency & People-Pleasing
If you find yourself constantly prioritizing others' needs, struggling with boundaries, or feeling responsible for other people's emotions, you may be experiencing patterns of codependency.
Therapy can help you develop healthier boundaries, strengthen your sense of self, and create relationships based on mutual respect rather than guilt, obligation, or fear.
Available Services
Individual Therapy for Adults
Couples Therapy
Addiction Recovery Counseling
Codependency Recovery
Trauma Therapy
EMDR Therapy
50-Minute Therapy Sessions
90-Minute Intensive Therapy Sessions
In-Person Therapy in Aptos and Scotts Valley, California
Telehealth Therapy Throughout California
Couples Therapy
Relationships can become strained when communication breaks down, trust is damaged, or unresolved wounds continue to surface.
Couples therapy provides a structured space to improve communication, rebuild connection, navigate conflict more effectively, and create a stronger foundation for your relationship. Whether you're facing a specific challenge or simply want to deepen your connection, therapy can help you move toward greater understanding and partnership.
Trauma-Informed Therapy & EMDR
Unresolved trauma can impact every area of life—from relationships and self-esteem to anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors.
As an EMDR-trained therapist, I help clients process painful experiences that may continue to influence their present-day thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Through a trauma-informed approach, we work at a pace that feels safe and supportive while helping your nervous system move toward healing and resilience.
What You Can Expect
My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your unique needs. I strive to create a space where you feel understood, supported, and challenged in ways that promote meaningful growth.
Rather than focusing solely on symptom relief, we work together to identify and heal the underlying patterns that may be keeping you stuck, helping you create lasting change both internally and within your relationships.
Begin Your Healing Journey
Seeking therapy is a courageous step. Whether you're struggling with addiction, codependency, trauma, relationship challenges, or simply feeling disconnected from the life you want to live, support is available.
I welcome the opportunity to help you move toward healing, recovery, and deeper connection.
Contact me today to schedule a consultation and learn more about therapy services in Aptos, Scotts Valley, or online throughout California.
Offering FREE 15 minute phone consultations
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Are you committed to ongoing recovery from alcohol or other drugs? While you may have struggled to get sober and stay sober in the past, maybe it is time you started working with a therapist with expertise in stabilizing in recovery.
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Do you feel stuck in your current relationship? Maybe you are trying to determine whether or not to stay with your partner. It feels like you are having the same arguments constantly. Whether you are trying to decide if you want to stay in a committed relationship, are adjusting to life with young children or you are empty nesters, life transitions as a couple can be challenging. My passion is understanding how early life and childhood dynamics impact present functioning and relationships. Often, partners cannot see how interactions in their original family system complicates communication and daily life. This is especially true with addictions, mental illness, trauma and/ or abuse early on or in the present. Even adults who appear resilient, and high-functioning may struggle to have healthy connections in their relationships. Couples committed to exploring how their past is influencing their present and bravely finding more meaning, reach out so we can find a time to meet.
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If you are ready to dig deeper and seek relief faster from the pain and challenges you and your partner are facing, then 90-minute couples therapy intensives might be the ideal fit for you. Come spend a Saturday near the beach, in Aptos!
Many couples are overwhelmed by navigating all the activities and schedules for the family. I offer Saturday intensives a few times a month to support couples in having both the time and space for therapy that does not conflict with either partner’s work schedule. The fee is $470 for a 90-minute couples therapy intensive. Please reach out to me today to set up a date that works for you.
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Co-parenting, even for the strongest couples can be tough to navigate. Rarely do we raise kids with people that were raised in the exact same way we were. It might be time for you to have an objective third party, who is able to assist you in hearing each other. The best possible outcome for your children is to have parents that are aligned and sturdy leaders. I am willing to provide compassionate and honest feedback and guidance for you.
If you find yourself stressed out, tired, and triggered by your past trauma as you are parenting, please reach out to me today. Let me be the voice that is cheering you on, and reminding you that everything is a phase. While it might all feel like too much right now, you do not have to find your way alone.
You cannot be fully present for others without taking good care of yourself.
