Start your Healing Journey…
…with a focus on the uniqueness of you!
Unpack
Trauma
Trauma can leave lasting imprints, affecting the way you think, feel, and experience the world. My practice is dedicated to helping individuals navigate the complexities of trauma with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care.
Rise Above
Depression
Depression is more than just sadness—it can feel like a heavy weight that drains your energy, motivation, and sense of self. It can impact your relationships, work, and daily life, making even the simplest tasks overwhelming. It may leave you feeling isolated, hopeless, or disconnected from the things that once brought you joy.
Healing is possible, even when it doesn’t feel that way. Together, we can take small but meaningful steps toward relief, resilience, and a brighter future.
Tame
Anxiety
Anxiety can feel overwhelming, making it difficult to enjoy the present or feel in control of your life. Whether you experience constant worry, panic, or a sense of unease, I provide a supportive and effective approach to help you navigate anxiety with confidence.
You don’t have to face anxiety alone. Together, we can work toward lasting relief and a greater sense of peace in your daily life.
Therapies and Practices
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is an evidence-based approach that helps individuals understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It focuses on identifying negative or unhelpful thought patterns, challenging them, and replacing them with healthier, more balanced perspectives. Through structured techniques, CBT helps individuals develop coping strategies to manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and other challenges, leading to lasting emotional and behavioral change.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT is an evidence-based approach that helps individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and develop healthy coping skills. It combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness and acceptance strategies. DBT focuses on four key areas: distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness, making it especially effective for those struggling with emotional dysregulation, trauma, and self-destructive behaviors.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is an evidence-based therapy designed to help individuals process and heal from trauma and distressing experiences. It uses bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories in a way that reduces their emotional intensity. EMDR allows individuals to integrate past experiences more adaptively, leading to relief from symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and other trauma-related challenges.
Somatic Techniques
Somatic techniques are body-centered approaches that help individuals process and release trauma, stress, and emotional distress by focusing on physical sensations and bodily awareness. These techniques, which may include breathwork, grounding exercises, movement, and touch, help regulate the nervous system and promote healing by reconnecting the mind and body. Somatic therapy is especially effective for trauma, as it addresses stored tension and unresolved experiences at a physiological level.
Solution Focused
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) is a goal-oriented, strengths-based approach that helps individuals create positive change by focusing on solutions rather than problems. Instead of analyzing past difficulties, SFT emphasizes identifying strengths, setting achievable goals, and building on what is already working. This approach is especially effective for those seeking practical strategies and short-term, results-driven therapy.
Try a Free 15-Minute Consultation with Hermela
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or just feeling stuck, support is available.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation to help you explore how therapy can support your healing journey. This no-pressure call is a chance to ask questions, share what’s on your mind, and see if we’re the right fit.
Your mental health matters, and you deserve compassionate, effective care. Reach out today to schedule your free consultation—because your healing starts here.