About me
How I Work
Therapy with me is all about connection. It is about creating a space where you feel seen, understood, and safe enough to explore the parts of yourself that have been carrying too much for too long. My goal is to help you make sense of your experiences and support you in finding a way forward that truly works for your life.
At the center of my work are EMDR and Brainspotting, two trauma-focused approaches that work directly with how the nervous system stores and responds to painful experiences. I also draw on ego state work, polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and coherence therapy when the work calls for it. I am always looking for better ways to understand how people heal, and I follow that curiosity wherever it leads.
Most of the people I work with are carrying more than one wound. Complex trauma, the kind that builds over years rather than arriving in a single event, is at the heart of most of my work. If your story is layered, complicated, and does not fit neatly into a diagnosis, you are probably in the right place.
Why This Work
Long before I became a therapist, I was simply trying to understand myself. I spent years struggling with things I could not explain, and I could not find anyone who truly understood what was happening or could help me make sense of it. So I started reading. One book led to another, then another, and before long I had fallen down a rabbit hole I have never really climbed out of.
What began as a search for answers about myself became a lifelong fascination with people, why we become who we become, how our experiences shape us, and, most importantly, how we heal.
That search taught me something I still come back to with every client: healing rarely happens in one dramatic breakthrough. More often, it happens quietly. One day the anxiety is a little less loud. A memory does not pull you under the way it used to. You respond to yourself with a little more kindness than criticism. Those moments seem small, but they accumulate until, almost without realizing it, you are living a different life.
I know that kind of healing is possible because I have lived it. It did not happen all at once, and it was not easy. It happened one small step at a time. That is why I have never stopped looking for better ways to help people get there.
Before I became a therapist, I spent few years as an OR nurse at the National Institute of Oncology in Bulgaria. That experience taught me early on that the most important thing I could do for someone in a terrifying moment was to make sure they did not feel invisible in it. That lesson has stayed with me throughout my career.
My nursing background also means I bring something many therapists cannot. I understand physiology, medication, chronic illness, and how the body responds to stress and trauma over time. If you are navigating a complicated medical picture alongside an emotional one, that context will not be lost on me.
Credentials & Ongoing Training
EMDR Certified (2024)
Brainspotting Certified (2025)
Grief Support Center member (2026)
Advanced regular training in EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic trauma therapies (2021–present)