Therapy at soft story feels different

You've probably tried therapy before. Maybe it felt rushed, like you had to perform progress on someone else's timeline. Or perhaps the focus was all about "fixing" symptoms without asking what kind of life you actually want to build.

Here's what's different:

• We move at the pace your nervous system needs. Healing isn't linear, and you won't be pushed faster than feels safe. If you need to slow down, we slow down. If you need to pause, we pause.

• Your body gets to have a voice. Through EMDR, somatic work, and creative practices like writing or art-making, we work with what your body has been holding — not just what you can put into words.

• You're the expert on your own life. I bring training and tools, but you bring the wisdom of your lived experience. We work collaboratively, not hierarchically.

• We honour what kept you safe. Those patterns of people-pleasing, hypervigilance, or disconnection? They made sense once. We'll explore them with curiosity and compassion, not judgment.

• This is about building meaning, not just managing symptoms. Yes, we want you to feel less overwhelmed, less anxious, less stuck — but more importantly, we want you to feel more connected to what matters, more present in your body, and more able to show up as yourself.

This approach resonates particularly with people who've spent years putting everyone else first, who struggle to trust their own judgment, or who carry the weight of early experiences that taught them their needs didn't matter. It's for those navigating identities the world wasn't built to hold, healing from relational patterns that no longer serve, or simply exhausted from trying to fit into frameworks that were never designed for bodies and lives like yours.

Ready to see if we're a good fit? Book a free 30-minute intro call — no pressure, just a chance to ask questions and see how it feels to talk with me.