Frequently Asked Questions

The nervous system is the body's communication network. It governs how we move, feel, breathe, speak, digest, and connect. It includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, but also deeply influences our posture, tone, regulation, and relationships. When the nervous system is dysregulated—due to stress, trauma, injury, or developmental disruptions—it can lead to challenges with speech, feeding, movement, emotional resilience, and more. My work focuses on helping the nervous system feel safe enough to reorganize. Because when the body isn’t in survival mode, development, healing, and authentic connection become possible.

Yes—and no. While I draw on clinical foundations of each, what I offer doesn’t fit neatly into a box. I’m working at the level of the brainstem, fluid body, fascia, and relational field—often before traditional therapy approaches can even take root. Many clients come to me after other methods haven’t fully helped. My work can look like movement, play, hands-on work, or quiet stillness, depending on what the nervous system needs to reorganize.

I work with people—not diagnoses. While many of my clients carry diagnoses like autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, feeding disorders, or developmental delay, my work is not diagnosis-driven. Instead, I meet each person at the level of their nervous system, movement patterns, relational capacity, and underlying needs. A diagnosis can sometimes offer useful information, but it doesn’t define the work we do together. I focus on helping the system unwind survival strategies, rebuild foundational regulation, and support true developmental emergence—regardless of what the paperwork says. If you or your child feel stuck, disconnected, hypervigilant, shut down, or chronically overwhelmed—those are the signals I follow, whether or not there’s a label attached.

My work is integrative and tailored to the nervous system in real-time. I blend clinical knowledge from speech-language pathology and developmental therapy with biodynamic craniosacral work, reflex integration, and somatic co-regulation. I’m not delivering a protocol—I’m in constant relationship with the person’s system, listening for responses, and adapting based on what’s needed in that moment: structurally, emotionally, neurologically, relationally.

If you or your child have tried conventional approaches and something still feels stuck… if you’re sensing that your system needs support beyond talk therapy or behavioral tools… if you're looking for something that honors the body, the mind, and the heart as one system… this may be a right fit. I help clients come home to themselves—through regulation, not force.

Primitive reflexes are early movement patterns that shape our ability to move, feel, and relate. If they aren’t integrated, we may see difficulties with coordination, focus, regulation, speech, or posture. Reflex integration isn’t about “exercises”—it’s about restoring communication between the brainstem, body, and environment in a way that supports development at its roots.

No. I don’t believe in closed windows—only systems that haven’t yet had the right kind of support. While certain developmental phases may offer unique opportunities, healing and integration are always possible. I’ve seen infants soften out of bracing patterns before they fully take hold, and I’ve seen adults unravel lifelong postural and emotional tension when their nervous system is finally met with enough safety and attunement. The nervous system is always adapting—always listening. Whether you’re 8 months, 8 years, or 80, your system can find new options when it’s supported to do so. This work meets people at any stage and helps them grow from where they are—not where someone else says they should have been.

You’re not failing—your body is protecting. Many of the adults I work with are insightful, committed, and have done everything they were told: therapy, clean eating, gut protocols, lab work, lifestyle changes. And yet their system still doesn’t feel right. Often, they’ve also been told by providers that “everything looks fine”—even when they know, deep down, that something is off. That kind of dismissal—medical gaslighting—can leave people feeling unseen, invalidated, and even more dysregulated. What’s usually missing isn’t effort or information—it’s nervous system safety. When the body is still living in a survival state, digestion slows down, sleep becomes shallow, and nothing seems to land. Even the cleanest food or best supplement can’t integrate if the system is too overwhelmed to receive. My work gently supports the body to come out of protection—unwinding tension, recalibrating the nervous system, and restoring internal trust. We don’t fix one piece at a time. We help the whole system remember how to rest, digest, and reconnect—naturally.

Yes. Many of the people I work with are sensitive, insightful, and have already done a great deal of healing work—but still feel like they’re circling the same patterns. Often, what’s missing isn’t effort or commitment—it’s a deeper kind of listening. When the nervous system is in a chronic state of survival—fight, flight, freeze, or fawn—change doesn’t fully land. We can talk about it, analyze it, even stretch or strengthen it… but if the body doesn’t feel safe, the shifts won’t hold. This work gently reaches the layers where trauma, tension, and developmental patterns are held—not just in the mind or muscles, but in the whole system. It’s not about doing more. It’s about helping your body remember how to soften, stabilize, and feel again.

Talk therapy can be incredibly helpful—but it often works best when the nervous system is already regulated enough to access reflection, insight, and choice. For some people, especially those living in chronic overwhelm, shut down, or survival states, talking about the problem doesn’t reach the part of the body that’s still living in the problem. My work meets you there—at the level of the nervous system, the fascia, the reflexes, and the early patterns of protection and collapse. It’s not about analyzing or rehashing your story. It’s about restoring the capacity to feel safe, connected, and present in your body… which then allows language, insight, and change to arise naturally. This is where many people find relief after years of “doing the work” and still feeling stuck. It’s not because they’ve failed. It’s because the work wasn’t reaching the right layer.

I work with all ages—infants, children, teens, and adults. Many adults I support are navigating the long-term impacts of unresolved early trauma, tongue-tie, or postural collapse. Often, they’re seeking healing that traditional approaches couldn’t touch. My work is especially resonant for those who are ready to slow down, tune in, and heal from the inside out.

Yes. Chronic pain is often a sign that the body is stuck in a pattern—of protection, of collapse, of bracing against something that hasn’t yet been fully resolved. It might show up as neck tension, jaw pain, digestive issues, fatigue, or a general sense of tightness that no amount of stretching or massage seems to change. Rather than forcing the body to release, this work listens for what’s underneath the holding. Sometimes the pain isn’t just physical—it’s your nervous system’s way of saying, “I haven’t felt safe in a long time.” Together, we gently unwind these patterns by working at the level of the fascia, reflexes, and autonomic nervous system—often in silence, stillness, or subtle movement. As the body begins to trust, it finds new options for support, expression, and rest. Pain doesn’t always vanish instantly—but your relationship to it transforms. And that can be the beginning of true, lasting change.

EMDR can be a powerful tool for accessing and processing trauma—but for many people, it doesn’t fully resolve the body’s stored survival responses or reorganize the nervous system patterns that show up in daily life. My work focuses on the relational and physiological foundation that often gets bypassed in trauma work. While EMDR works with memories and eye movement to reprocess experiences, I work with the body’s felt sense, reflexes, posture, and ability to regulate in real-time—especially in relationship. This work is slow, attuned, and grounded in the present moment. It supports the parts of the system that may not respond to cognitive cues or scripted processing. For some, it’s a necessary complement to EMDR. For others, it offers the missing piece: the ability to feel safe, connected, and regulated in the here and now. If you’ve done the emotional work but still feel tense, overwhelmed, dissociated, or fatigued… it may be that your body needs to heal through a different door.

Myofunctional therapy can be incredibly valuable for retraining muscle patterns related to breathing, swallowing, and oral posture. But for some children (and adults), it doesn’t go deep enough. That’s where my work comes in. Many of the clients I see fall into one of two groups: Children who refused or couldn’t tolerate the exercises, often because their nervous system was too dysregulated to access those skills reliably. Families who completed therapy and/or had a release, but still notice lingering challenges—like tension in the jaw, fatigue during eating, mouth breathing, unclear speech, emotional reactivity, or difficulty integrating changes across the whole system. That’s because myofunctional therapy focuses on muscle function, but doesn’t always address the nervous system, sensory system, developmental reflexes, or core postural and fascial relationships that underlie those functions. My work helps the entire system reorganize. We work not just with the mouth, but with the body’s sense of safety, its ability to feel and coordinate from the inside out, and its developmental readiness to integrate new patterns. When those foundations are in place, the gains from myofunctional therapy can actually land—and sometimes, the body begins to resolve things on its own without needing as much repetition or effort. So whether the exercises didn’t work, or worked partially but didn’t bring full relief, this work can meet you in that in-between space—the one that’s often overlooked, but essential for full integration.

It’s a beautiful thing to support reflex integration early—but sometimes, especially after tongue-tie release, the nervous system isn’t fully ready to integrate those changes, or the work didn’t go far enough into the body’s deeper compensations. Many reflex integration approaches focus on patterns at the surface—through repetitive movement, sensory input, or developmental exercises. My work addresses something deeper. I listen to how the nervous system is still bracing, protecting, or holding survival tension in the fascia, cranial nerves, core postural system, and relational field. Even if the reflexes were “addressed” early on, the body may have compensated in ways that still affect balance, motor planning, speech, or regulation today. Sometimes what looked like progress in infancy was really a well-compensated pattern. As the child grows, that compensation gets harder to maintain—leading to new or recurring challenges. That doesn’t mean the early work failed. It means the system is now ready for another layer of support. My approach blends nervous system regulation, fluid movement, developmental awareness, and craniosacral attunement. I’m not just working on reflexes—I’m working with the conditions that allow them to integrate for good.

Absolutely. I work with many families navigating pre- and post-release care. Structural release alone is rarely enough. If the nervous system is in a state of bracing, collapse, or disorganization, healing won’t integrate. My work helps prepare the system to receive the release and supports it in finding postural, respiratory, and relational stability afterward.

It may seem like a simple speech issue, but clear articulation depends on much more than mouth strength or practice. To say sounds like K or G in conversation, your child needs a well-organized core, steady breath support, and the ability to feel and coordinate the movements inside their mouth. Many children with articulation challenges also have subtle sensory processing or body awareness differences. If they can’t feel what their tongue is doing—or if their nervous system is dysregulated or compensating in other areas—they may develop sound patterns that “work” for them, but don’t reflect true integration. Most traditional speech therapy focuses on retraining the sound through repetition. But if a child’s sensory and postural foundations are shaky, they may spend years working on articulation without lasting results. My work is different: I look at the whole body and nervous system to address the why beneath the sound. When the sensory system is more integrated and the body feels safe and stable, articulation often becomes easy—without needing years of drills.

Speech isn’t just about saying words—it’s about using language to connect, express, regulate, and relate. Many children can speak clearly or even appear highly verbal, but still struggle with spontaneous expression, flexible problem-solving, or emotional communication. Some kids rely on scripted phrases, repeat what they’ve heard (echolalia), or become overwhelmed when asked to explain, make choices, or interact dynamically. Others may shut down, melt down, or use behavior to communicate when their nervous system can't organize the language they need in the moment. My work looks at the whole system: the brain-body relationship, sensory integration, motor planning, relational safety, and how language is actually lived—not just spoken. So if your child has big emotions, sensory sensitivities, social difficulties, or behaviors that don’t seem to match their verbal skills, you’re in the right place. Often, speech is only part of the story. I help uncover the rest.

That’s a common experience—and it doesn’t mean your child can’t grow or that you did anything wrong. Many traditional speech therapy models focus on surface-level skills: articulation, vocabulary, grammar, or functional language use. But if a child’s nervous system is dysregulated, or if deeper motor, sensory, or relational foundations are missing, those skills often don’t stick—or they show up only in highly structured settings. My work is different because I don’t just target speech—I support the whole system that makes communication possible. That includes co-regulation, motor planning, emotional safety, breath support, reflex integration, and spontaneous expression. I’m not asking your child to perform skills—they’re invited into a process where speech becomes a byproduct of connection, presence, and internal organization. So if your child "can" talk but avoids interaction, scripts everything, shuts down when frustrated, or gets overwhelmed by language demands—those are the exact places this work can meet them.

Yes, and often the root issue isn’t just oral motor or behavioral. I support children and adults whose speech or feeding difficulties stem from core neurological disorganization, retained reflexes, tethered oral tissues, postural instability, or nervous system freeze. We address the "why beneath the what"—which often creates change where surface-level therapy hasn't.

Yes, this pattern is often a sign of survival-based functioning. The child may be in hypervigilance or fawn at school, and then collapse when the nervous system finally feels safe. Over time, this burns out the parent-child relationship. I support families in understanding this cycle and rebuilding co-regulation, emotional expression, and core motor-emotional resilience.

Behavioral compliance isn’t the same as emotional development. ABA and similar programs often focus on shaping observable behavior—but they rarely address the child’s internal state. A child might learn to say please, follow a schedule, or make eye contact on command… and still feel dysregulated, disconnected, or alone inside. True development requires safety—not just behavioral control. My work helps restore the foundation of connection, movement, and emotional expression that allows children to feel themselves, trust others, and grow authentically. We’re not forcing regulation—we’re creating the conditions where it becomes possible. So if your child is “doing well” on the outside but still struggling underneath… you’re not imagining it. That inner experience matters. And we can begin there.

Nutrition is essential—but it’s only part of the picture. If the nervous system is in a chronic state of stress or protection, the body can’t fully rest, digest, or absorb what it’s being given. Even the most carefully chosen supplements may pass through without being well-utilized if the gut is tense, the vagus nerve is shut down, or the fascia around the digestive system is bracing. I often work with families who’ve followed therapeutic diets, seen functional medicine practitioners, or tried countless supplements—yet their child still struggles with digestion, sleep, behavior, or regulation. That’s not because they haven’t tried hard enough. It’s often because the underlying nervous system isn’t able to receive nourishment on a foundational level. In my work, we support the body to move out of survival mode, restore balance to the autonomic nervous system, and unwind stored tension in the gut and surrounding tissues. This opens the door for true integration—nutritionally, emotionally, and developmentally.

First, please know this: You are not alone—and you haven’t failed. Many parents come to me feeling heartbroken, ashamed, or discouraged because all the strategies they were told to use didn’t bring the connection or relief they hoped for. You were doing your best with the tools you had. And your child was doing the best they could to stay afloat. My work offers a different path. Instead of aiming for surface-level behavioral change, I focus on what’s happening underneath—in the body, the brain, the relationship. Together, we look at how your child’s nervous system is wired for survival, how early developmental patterns may have been interrupted, and how to rebuild safety, emotional capacity, and co-regulation. This isn’t about doing more. It’s about coming into deeper relationship—with your child, and with your own instincts. Often, there’s grief in recognizing what didn’t work—but there’s also relief in finally seeing why. And from there, a new kind of healing begins.

Every session is different—because every nervous system is different, and it changes moment to moment. There is no fixed protocol. Instead, I meet you or your child exactly where you are, and we follow what the system is ready for. That might look like quiet hands-on work, movement and play, sensory exploration, fine motor tasks, or simply co-regulating together in a way that brings more clarity and ease. For some clients, sessions are mostly still—gently unwinding deeply held tension. For others, they’re playful, relational, and full of expression. I may incorporate touch (with consent), language, motor planning, or developmental movement, depending on what will best support integration. The common thread? I’m always listening to the body—not just the words or behaviors—to guide the process. Sessions are collaborative, paced to support regulation, and oriented toward sustainable change, not performance or perfection.

I offer in-person sessions in Denver, Colorado, which is the primary home for my practice. I also see clients in Loveland on Mondays, and I’m slowly building a deeper presence there. If you're in Northern Colorado and seeking integrative, nervous system-based support, I welcome you to reach out. My hope is to serve both the Denver and Loveland communities with clarity and grounded presence—not through constant travel, but through rooted, relational work. Virtual sessions are available in some cases, particularly for families seeking consultation or developmental guidance. Not sure if I’m a fit for your area or your needs? I’m happy to connect and explore what’s possible.

I’m currently transitioning away from insurance-based work so I can provide the depth and presence this work requires. I offer private-pay sessions, and I’m happy to provide a superbill for potential out-of-network reimbursement. If finances are a concern, please reach out—when possible, I offer lower-cost options for those deeply aligned with this work.