Specialties
Embody Health Psychology focuses on the emotional experiences that often live beneath stress, health concerns, relationship patterns, and major life transitions. Many people seek therapy when something feels off but difficult to explain, including persistent stress, ongoing health challenges, or patterns that continue to repeat despite insight or effort. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, this approach looks at the underlying patterns shaping how people think, feel, relate, and live in their bodies.
Health Psychology
Living with chronic illness often affects identity, relationships, and emotional wellbeing. Therapy provides support for adjustment, uncertainty, and the ongoing psychological impact of managing health conditions.
Clients often seek support for:
- Autoimmune conditions
- Chronic fatigue and post-viral illness
- Chronic pain conditions (e.g., fibromyalgia)
- New or complex medical diagnoses
- POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
- MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome)
GI Psychology
Support for individuals navigating digestive conditions where stress, emotion, and the nervous system directly influence physical symptoms. Therapy focuses on reducing symptom-related anxiety, restoring body trust, and improving quality of life.
Common concerns include:
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction (DGBIs)
- IBD-related stress and adjustment
- GERD
- Chronic nausea
- Abdominal pain
- Health anxiety related to digestive symptoms
- Medical trauma related to GI care
Stress/Burnout
Trauma, Attachment & Relational Patterns
Chronic stress frequently shows up physically before it is fully understood emotionally. Treatment focuses on understanding stress patterns and developing more sustainable ways of relating to pressure and overwhelm.
Common experiences include:
- Burnout and emotional exhaustion
- Persistent anxiety or tension
- Sleep disruption
- High-functioning overwhelm
- Work or caregiver stress
- Difficulty slowing down or feeling at rest
Trauma, Attachment & Relational Patterns
Trauma, Attachment & Relational Patterns
Past experiences and relational dynamics can shape how safety, connection, and emotional responses are experienced in the present. Therapy explores these patterns in a way that supports insight, integration, and change.
Areas of focus may include:
- Developmental or relational trauma
- Attachment difficulties
- Repeating relationship patterns
- Emotional reactivity or shutdown
- Intergenerational patterns
- Identity and life transitions
Mind-Body Therapy
Mind–body approaches explore how emotional experiences are carried physically and how awareness can support regulation and healing. The work focuses on reconnecting insight with embodied experience rather than relying on coping strategies alone.
This approach may help with:
- Persistent stress held in the body
- Physical symptoms without clear medical cause
- Difficulty feeling present or grounded
- Disconnection from bodily signals
- Recovery from prolonged stress or illness