The art is knowing what comes first
How We Work
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable. We make the process clear, thoughtful, and supported from your first conversation onward.
You start with a consultation. We listen carefully, talk with you openly about what we think may help, and match you with the psychologist and approach that best fit what you’re dealing with.
The journey
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Start with a consultation
A free 15-minute phone call with a member of our intake team. You tell us what brings you in and can ask any general questions about the practice. We tell you whether we sound like the right practice for you, and who would be the best fit.
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Meet your psychologist
You are matched with a psychologist whose expertise and style fits your specific concern, not just whoever has the next open slot. You'll be put in touch with them and find time to connect before booking a session.
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Decide the plan together
Together you decide which aspects of what you are carrying are best suited to hypnosis, which to EMDR, and which to somatic and experiential work, and in what order.
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Do the work, in sequence
Some people need steadiness before reprocessing; others need reprocessing before anything can settle. The order is clinical, individual, and revisited as the work reveals more.
We do not just offer advanced modalities. We understand how to sequence them.
Regulation before reprocessing
Some clients need a steadier nervous system before trauma work can land. We build that ground first.
Reprocessing before regulation
For others, current patterns cannot settle until the underlying trauma is addressed. So that comes first.
Why insight alone is not enough
Many of the people who come to us have been in therapy before. They may understand where their patterns come from, why they react the way they do, and even what they wish they could do differently — but still find themselves getting pulled into the same feelings, relationships, or responses.
Sometimes you can understand a pattern completely and still find yourself repeating it.
Knowing why you feel anxious, shut down, or stuck doesn’t always change what happens in the moment.
That’s where experiential therapies can help — by working with what you feel and experience, not only what you understand intellectually.
Over time, new ways of responding can begin to feel more natural, not just make sense on paper.
Collaborative clinical care
We are a collective, not a directory. Clinicians consult one another and think together about complex presentations.
Matched, not assigned
Because sequence and fit matter so much, we begin with a conversation rather than just an intake form, and match you with the clinician and order of work most likely to help.