Somatic Trauma Therapy for Women and Moms in Camas, Washington
Your body was never meant to hold it all.
It was meant to move it through.
Providing services via telehealth throughout Washington and Idaho.
How I Work With You
I work with women and moms who want to change familiar family patterns so they can be in relationships and parent in ways that feel good in their bodies and align with how they want to show up in their lives.
You may have read the books, been to therapy, and understand a lot about yourself. But you’re still saying yes when you’re overwhelmed, taking on more than your share, and going above and beyond to keep others happy.
Individual therapy is a partnership. You know yourself best. You bring what’s happening in your life, what feels hard, and what you want to change. I bring my experience, guidance, and support to help you work toward those changes. We’ll talk openly about what’s helping, what doesn’t fit, and where you want to go next. You’re not meant to do this all alone, and you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.
Together, we explore how those patterns started and what keeps them going. We slow down and notice what happens when you consider doing something differently: the guilt, the tightness in your chest, the worry that someone will be upset. Through somatic work, we work with those responses alongside the beliefs and early experiences connected to them.
I’m direct, compassionate, and involved. I’ll share what I notice, ask questions, and help you practice responding differently at a pace we decide together. That might mean recognizing when you’ve reached your limit, letting someone help, or saying what you need without immediately taking it back.
What a Session Can Look Like
We might start with what’s been happening this week, then slow down and notice what shows up in your body as you talk about it: a tight chest, a clenched jaw, the urge to change the subject. From there, depending on what you need, we may use:
Somatic therapy and nervous system regulation to help your body feel safe enough to settle
Internal Family Systems (IFS) to understand the protective parts of you that people-please, push or shut down
EFT tapping to soften shame and old emotional charge
Attachment-focused work to heal relationship wounds and change the patterns you don’t want to pass down
You’ll leave with something practical, a tool or a new way of noticing, that you can actually use at 2 a.m. or in a hard moment with your kids.
Three Women, Three Stories
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Maya: When anxiety ran the night shift
Maya was 43, raising teenagers, supporting aging parents and working a job that never really shut off. Most nights her mind kicked on around 2 a.m. and didn’t stop. She felt short-tempered with her kids, distant from her partner and guilty any time she wanted time for herself. She’d never been in therapy and was afraid she’d fall apart on camera.
I told her the truth: falling apart isn’t failure. It’s often a sign your system is ready for support.
We named the invisible load she’d carried since childhood, the pressure to be perfect and the belief that rest had to be earned. We used somatic grounding for the nighttime anxiety and the tension in her jaw and shoulders, and EFT tapping for the shame that showed up when she set boundaries. Six months later, Maya was sleeping better, laughing more and trusting her own decisions. Life still had its demands. It just didn’t feel like it was running her anymore.
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Jess: When burnout turned into resentment
Jess was a mom of two little ones and the person everyone counted on: the planner, the fixer, the one who remembered every appointment. On paper, she was handling it. Inside, she was running on empty and starting to resent the people she loved most. Then the guilt about the resentment would hit, and she’d push even harder.
In our work, Jess began to notice the part of her that believed she had to earn her place by being useful. Using IFS, we got curious about that part instead of fighting it. We practiced catching the early signs of overwhelm in her body before she hit the wall, and found small ways to ask for help without over-explaining.
The change wasn’t dramatic at first. She let a load of laundry sit. She told her partner what she needed instead of hoping he’d guess. Over time, the resentment eased, and something softer came back: patience, playfulness and real moments of enjoyment with her kids.
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Dana: When the past still lived in her body
Dana grew up in a home where love felt unpredictable. As an adult, she’d built a good life, with a career, a marriage and a daughter she adored. Yet she still froze during conflict, apologized for things that weren’t her fault and felt a jolt of panic whenever someone seemed upset with her. She knew where it came from. Knowing hadn’t made it stop.
Dana’s healing started with safety. We went slowly, building her capacity to stay present in her body before we ever touched the hardest memories. She learned to see shutdown as her nervous system protecting her, not a personal flaw. Through somatic and attachment-focused work, she began to process what happened without being swallowed by it.
What Dana noticed most was the pause, a breath of space between feeling triggered and reacting. In that space, she could choose differently. For her, that meant parenting her daughter in a way she had never been parented herself. That’s what breaking the cycle looks like.
More About Gina
Outside of work, I’m a mom with one kid at college, one still at home, and a house full of animals who are pretty sure they run the place. I love getting out on Pacific Northwest trails, practicing yoga, strength training, and spending time with my kids and friends.
Mindfulness and somatic awareness are part of my everyday life, too. Sometimes that means noticing I’m holding my breath, stepping outside for a few minutes, or realizing I need a break before I get overwhelmed. I get caught up, push past my limits, and have days when taking my own advice is hard. I’m practicing, too, making room for what I need and staying curious about the patterns I’m still working to change.
That’s part of what I bring to our work together: compassion for how hard change can feel, and the understanding that we’re practicing in the middle of real life.
Training and Certifications
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Trauma and Somatic Training
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Somatic Therapy for Attachment Trauma
Internal Family Systems Trauma Treatment
Emotional Freedom Technique and Matrix Reimprinting
Tapping Out of Trauma, Levels 1 and 2
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Mindfulness and Specialized Training
Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Practitioner
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Certified Trainer
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Certified Transformational Coach
Postpartum and maternal mental health
Advanced training in grief, chronic pain and women’s mental health
Certified Yoga Teacher
Your Story Is Next
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Maybe you recognize pieces of yourself in Maya, Jess or Dana. You’re the one holding it together on the outside while it feels messy on the inside. You wake up tired. Small things set you off, and then the guilt follows. Taking care of others comes naturally. Knowing what you need does not.
You can be the one who changes the story. And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Maya, Jess and Dana are composites drawn from my work with many clients. Names and details have been changed to protect confidentiality, but the patterns, and the change, are real.