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Meet Your Therapist
Hello,
My name is Cynthia (she/her). I am hoping you will get to know a little about me and how I view my work.
I spent 9 years of my working life as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter at a local college. I was able to grow my knowledge of ASL and of the Deaf culture. Through this work, I noticed a lack of providers trained to support Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals through their trails. This fueled my drive to be an available resource for this community.
I started my career supporting youth who were navigating the trauma of being placed in a group home. In this setting, I created groups to support these youth through social skills, learning self regulation skills, and learning about healthy relationships. I also met one on one with these youth to help them heal from the trauma of this huge life change. The focus of this work was also to open up the possibility of a beautiful future filled with choices to create the life they want for themselves.
I then transitioned to doing in-home therapy for the most vulnerable in our community. Here I was able to learn and grow in ways I couldn’t imagine. I gained valuable experience learning about the child welfare system, the profound grief and challenges with identity formation that are faced by these youth. I was also trained to use adoption competent treatment methods and the unique parenting challenges that accompany foster or adoptive relationships. I saw that a secure attachment relationship and felt safety (physical and emotional) are key to long term success of healing trauma in families. I implemented trauma informed parenting strategies and attachment exercises to help create this environment of safety within families.
I then decided to really dig into the mind-body connection related to trauma. I spend part of my time training other therapists about trauma in clinical supervision, and part enhancing my skills as a trauma therapist. I was educated on multiple modalities including EMDR, IFS, Brainspotting, Neurofeedback, and Heart Rate Variability training to really see how we can help people learn resiliency starting from our body. I started to learn and see that resiliency is not just found in out perspectives, thoughts, actions, but in the very core of our nervous system and our self preservation systems.
Through all of this work, I learned the value of resiliency in trauma recovery. Taking a look at the journey that life has taken each person on, they were able to see new insights about their life story. They were able to really see their strengths, acknowledge areas that were opportunities to grow, work with instead of against their bodies, and forged ahead with new self knowledge to roll through life’s challenges. Although not everyone is born with a natural tendency towards resiliency, I have seen that these skills can be learned and practiced to create a sense of wellbeing.
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Trauma Therapy Rates
We typically meet on a weekly basis, and decrease sessions once we are closer to the goals you have set for yourself.
50 mins | $175
What about insurance?
I accept Aetna, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, and United Health Care Insurance currently.
If I am not currently paneled with your insurance, another option might be using your out of network coverage. I can provide you with a form that you can provide to your insurance company and they can reimburse you for therapy services as a part of your out of network coverage. Please call your insurance company to see if this may be an option that will work for you.