Rebecca Newkirk(She/Her/Hers)

Have you ever felt like, although you are outwardly put together and on top of things, it takes just the slightest provocation before you completely lose access to that version of yourself? It can feel like whiplash, one minute feeling very much your adult self, and the next feeling like a five year old wearing her mom's heels. Many of my clients have honed skills for years to deal with their anger, or assert more effective boundaries, just to be stymied by a small interaction at work, or a phone call that came a day later than it was supposed to.

Maybe when you were young you were the peace keeper of the family. Mom never had to worry about you. In fact, maybe you were worrying about her. You would preen when people told you how mature you were, and felt proud of how much you were depended upon. But there was a hidden cost, wasn't there? It's hard to feel playful, lighthearted, and safe when you are responsible for so much from so young.

Keeping in mind that the most important component of the change process is the safety and strength of your relationship with your therapist, I take the way I show up for you seriously. With humor and compassion, we will weave in and out of strategies of mindfulness, and communication skills as well as EMDR and IFS.

Together we'll explore concrete, actionable steps to help you experience relief now, as well as exploring and working with the roots that created this experience for you in the first place. I specialize in trauma, shame, perfectionism, and challenging relationship dynamics.

Watching my clients succeed and experience relief is everything! You'll be amazed at what you can do.