Hi, I'm Krista, and I'm really glad you're here! I'm a licensed therapist who specializes in complex trauma. Before becoming a therapist I spent fifteen years as an educator, with training from Harvard in how people learn and change, which taught me to tune in closely to who you are and find the approach that fits you. My style is warm, grounded, direct, and human-centered, always.
I help you get to the root of what keeps you stuck, instead of just managing it on the surface. So many of us understand our patterns and still feel pulled right back into them, because complex trauma lives in the body and nervous system, not only in our thoughts. I use gentle, body-based (somatic) approaches and parts work to help you change those patterns where they actually live. If spirituality is part of how you heal, you're warmly welcome to bring it in, and if it isn't, that's completely okay too. You're always in charge of the direction, and I stay active right alongside you: I'll gently encourage you when it helps, and I'll challenge you see what's been hard to notice on your own.
More than anything, I believe effective therapy is driven by the quality of the relationship between you and me. So in a first session, my main goal is to start building that relationship: to understand your goals, your challenges, and your strengths, and to collaborate with you on a plan that aligns with you. I'll ask questions, but clients often tell me a first session with me doesn't feel like a cold, structured intake. It feels more like a conversation. There's no pressure to have it all figured out beforehand. My work is trauma-informed, so you can share at the level that feels okay at first and go deeper only as you feel ready.
