Hello, I’m Dara

(pronounced ‘DARE-uh’)

Psychotherapist — championing the freedom to be wonderfully human

Shame may have taught you to hide your light.

Through curious and compassionate exploration, we’ll rediscover this spark withnin — not by striving, but by gently unfolding. ✨

Together, we'll harness the power of experiential, evidence-based therapies:

• 🧭 Internal Family Systems (IFS) — compassionately harmonize your inner parts by connecting with your inner compass.

• 🌊 Somatic & Polyvagal Practices — harness breathwork, tapping, movement, and nature to restore your nervous system’s innate capacity for safety and vitality.

• 🪄 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) — engage bilateral stimulation (BLS) to transform the emotional charge of the past into grounded freedom in the present.

On this therapeutic journey, we'll:

• 💫 Create Your Life & Well-Being — gain vivid clarity around your values, strengths, and purpose — creating heart-mind coherence so your life feels aligned and alive.

• 🌿 Nourish Your Nervous System — engage your body’s natural neuroplasticity through vagal tone practices and neurofeedback mechanisms, expanding your capacity for joy, calm, and connection.

• 🦋 Reshape Long-Standing Patterns — access the transformative power of memory reconsolidation to release old emotional learnings and survival strategies — freeing energy for your dreams to unfold.

Through my own lived experience, I am deeply passionate about supporting you and your loved ones with:

• 🔥 Burnout, Anxiety, & Shame/Guilt — reclaim enoughness and peace amidst expectations and overwhelm.

• 💡Career & Identity Explorations — work with perfectionism, people-pleasing, and indecision and get clarity and confidence on your authentic direction.

• 💖 Couples Therapy — deepen connection and understanding for one another’s unique lived experiences (e.g. culture, neurodiversity, trauma).

• 🌈 Parent/Child Family Therapy — cultivate attunement and connection through compassion-focused parenting for children and teens.

• 💛 Neurodiversity-Affirming Support — strengths-based guidance for ADHD and OCD.

You don’t need to be fixed — you’re here to be wonderfully human. Let’s journey toward the version of you that feels free, present, and whole.

If you’re curious about working together, schedule a free 15-minute consultation.

A bit about me.

I’m a multi-passionate human with lived experience as a mother, wife, psychotherapist, certified coach, corporate/startup brand strategist, and a creative business founder.

Outside the therapy room, you’ll find me delighting in life’s simple wonders — dancing with my family and soaking in their laughter. Nature lights up my soul — I enjoy barefoot beach runs, ocean swims, Qigong, yoga, and scenic bike rides. I’m also a voracious reader and believe books can accompany us on whatever journey we’re on.