I specialize in working with adults who are navigating interpersonal and betrayal trauma, anxiety and nervous system dysregulation. Many of my clients come to me feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected and together, we work toward creating a greater sense of calm, balance, and wholeness.
My approach is trauma-informed and integrative. I draw on psychodynamics, relational work, somatic practices, mindfulness, and evidence-based methods to support both body and mind. In our work, you’ll find a safe, compassionate space to explore your experiences and move at your own pace.
I hold a Master’s degree in Integral Counseling Psychology and have advanced training in EMDR. I am committed to ongoing growth as a therapist so that I can provide the best possible care for my clients.
Outside of sessions, I enjoy time with loved ones, travel and cooking. These practices remind me of the importance of connection, creativity, and balance, all values I also bring into my work as a therapist.
If you’re curious about beginning therapy, I’d love to connect. Please reach out to schedule a consultation. I’d be honored to walk alongside you in your healing journey.
Hi, I’m Asja.
My Approach
I weave EMDR into a psychodynamic, relational, and somatic frame so reprocessing is never just a technique, but part of an ongoing exploration of how history lives in the body, the unconscious, and present-day relationships.
EMDR helps us access implicit memory and “stuck” affect with precision, while psychodynamic listening tracks defenses, conflicts, shame, and the meanings a symptom has served.
Somatic attention keeps the work titrated and safe, using sensation, breath, and nervous-system cues as a compass for pacing and integration.
Influences
Relationally, I treat the therapeutic relationship as a living organism: attachment expectations, ruptures, and longings often surface most clearly between us, and that becomes part of what heals.
Inspired by Nancy McWilliams, I hold a nuanced view of personality organization and protective strategies, tailoring the work to your personality structure and capacity rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all trauma protocol.
EMDR can move quickly; a relational-psychodynamic container helps that movement become coherent change rather than just emotional discharge.
Symbols
Drawing from Jungian analysis, object relations, and writers like James Hollis, I also stay curious about the symbolic and developmental layers of what emerges. I draw on images, metaphors, dreams, and recurring patterns that point toward unfinished tasks of the psyche.
Alongside symptom relief, I listen for questions of identity, purpose, and individuation: what has been disowned, what grief needs honoring, and what wants to come more fully alive.
The aim is integration: new internal objects, greater self-compassion and agency, and a more truthful capacity for intimacy with self and others.
