Healing Starts with Understanding
Trauma, Anxiety & Relationship Insights from a Missouri Therapist
Welcome — I’m glad you’re here.
This blog is where I share tools, insights, and therapeutic guidance to help you understand trauma, anxiety, attachment wounds, relationship patterns, and the healing process.
All content is written by a licensed therapist providing online trauma therapy and couples counseling throughout Missouri — including Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, and surrounding areas.
Whether you’re exploring EMDR, wanting to understand your relationship triggers, or looking for support between sessions, you’ll find gentle, research-backed guidance here.
Why Being Around Family Feels So Triggering: How Attachment Wounds Show Up During the Holidays
Holiday stress often activates old attachment wounds. Learn why family triggers anxiety and how to feel grounded. Trauma-informed support from a Missouri therapist.
How Anxiety Feels — and 10+ Ways to Cope with Anxiety
Learn what anxiety feels like and 10+ ways to manage it from a licensed online therapist in Missouri. Serving Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, and beyond.
What Is EMDR Therapy? | Trauma Therapist in Missouri
EMDR therapy is a specialized type of therapy that can help you with trauma, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, grief and loss, sexual assault, substance abuse, and so much more. Learn more about EMDR therapy and what EMDR therapy is here. Have questions? Click the work with me button above!
How Anxiety Presents itself in Every-day Tasks: “Do-er” versus “Avoider”
Anxiety presents itself in various ways. Two ways that are often related to are the anxious “do-er” OR the anxious “avoider”. Also referred to as the overfunctioner and the underfunctioner. These can be seen in day-to-day tasks and can cause some difficulty in well-being, happiness, and overall functioning to name a few. Have questions? Click the work with me button above!