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How I Have Trained to Support You

Learning has always been self-driven for me — from an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree I designed myself to the hundreds of hours of training I have pursued over the past decade. Not to collect credentials or fulfill requirements, but because I am genuinely passionate about this work and because understanding it more deeply has been part of my own healing and growth as much as my professional development.

What I have built is a fully integrated, embodied understanding — one I have lived personally and applied professionally across hundreds of client relationships. I know this material not just intellectually but in my bones.

What you will find here is specialized in ways that go beyond general clinical training — built intentionally over a decade at the intersection of somatic trauma work, perinatal and child loss, grief, attachment, and relational healing.

My formal training continues through an ongoing advanced learning relationship with The Embody Lab, where I regularly complete continuing education at the intersection of somatic therapy, trauma, and relational healing.

  • Somatic Foundation

    Mind–Body Coaching Certification | The Embody Lab

    Nia Technique | White, Blue, Brown, Moving To Heal, and Black Belt Certified

    Trauma-Focused Nia | Elaine Wolf

  • Perinatal Loss, Grief & Mental Health

    Perinatal Death | Resolve Through Sharing®

    Theoretical Framework of Grief | Resolve Through Sharing®

    Communication with the Bereaved | Resolve Through Sharing®

    Caring for the Family Experiencing Perinatal Death | Resolve Through Sharing®

    Best Practices in PMADs (Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders) | Postpartum Support International

    Trauma and Birth: Multidisciplinary Approaches | Perinatal Support Washington

    Holding Space for Abortion | The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death

    Birthing Beyond the Binary | king yaa

    Expert Strategies for Working with Anxiety & Depression | NICABM

    Strategies to Help Clients Process Grief & Loss | NICABM

  • Somatic Trauma Training

    Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy : Certification & Mentorship | The Embody Lab

    Somatic Developmental Trauma Therapy Certification | The Embody Lab

    Somatic EMDR Certification | The Embody Lab

    Healing Trauma | Dr. Peter Levine

    Biology of Trauma & Functional Medicine | Dr. Aimie Apigian & The Embody Lab

    Polyvagal Theory & Pathways to Connection | Deb Dana, LCSW & The Embody Lab

    Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety | Dr. Stephen Porges & Dr. Arielle Schwartz

    Vagal Toning for Nervous System Regulation | Dr. Arielle Schwartz

    Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy: A Hakomi Approach | Manuela Mischke-Reeds

  • Parts Work & Attachment

    Somatic Parts Work Coach Certification, Levels 1–3 | Frances D. Booth LICSW & The Embody Lab

    Somatic Attachment Therapy Certification | The Embody Lab

    A Parts Approach to Preverbal & Attachment Trauma | Dr. Frank Anderson & NICABM

    The Neurobiology of Attachment | NICABM

    Inner Relationship Focusing | Dr. Maureen Gallagher & The Embody Lab

    Healing Relational Trauma: Identifying our Negative Cycles | Dr. Albert Wong

    Implicit Memory and Attachment Wounds | Dr. Diane Poole Heller

    Healing the Inner Child: Unburdening Exiles | Dr. Richard Schwartz

    No Bad Parts: Focus on Addictions & Healing | Dr. Richard Schwartz

    Navigating Emotional Triggers and Resistance: An IFS Approach | Dr. Richard Schwartz

    The Somatic Signs of Developmental Trauma | Dr. Peter Levine

    Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence | Dr. Dan Siegel