For Healthcare & Wellness Providers

Including: Licensed Acupuncturists, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Practitioners, East Asian Medicine Practitioners

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Has emotional stagnation or trauma that acupuncture alone isn't resolving

• Shows patterns of chronic stress affecting their qi/energy

• Has physical symptoms clearly connected to emotional holding

• Would benefit from processing specific memories or experiences

• Needs support with anxiety, fear, or nervous system regulation

• Has pain that involves a strong fear or psychological component

• Is stuck despite responding to treatment initially

Our approaches complement each other:

You work with the body's energy systems to restore balance. I work with the nervous system and the mind to help patients release what's stored there. I'm trained in integrative mental health, so I understand the connections between physical patterns and emotional/nervous system states. Many patients benefit from both — the acupuncture creating openings, and the psychological work helping those openings integrate and hold.

I deeply respect the wisdom of traditional medicine approaches. I see our work as parallel paths toward the same goal: helping patients come back into balance.

Including: Chiropractors (DCs), Osteopathic Physicians doing OMT, Massage Therapists (LMTs), Craniosacral Therapists, Myofascial Release Practitioners

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Gets temporary relief but can't hold their adjustments

• Has chronic tension patterns that keep returning

• Shows fear or guarding that interferes with treatment

• Has pain that seems out of proportion to structural findings

• Presents with a strong stress or anxiety component

• Has been coming for years without lasting resolution

• Would benefit from understanding the mind-body connection to their patterns

What happens when we work together:

When patients learn to recognize and release protective tension patterns — and when we address the nervous system's role in maintaining those patterns — they can finally hold the structural work you're doing. The adjustments last longer. The tissue stays relaxed. The chronic cycle breaks.

I respect your expertise. I'm not here to replace the physical work you do — I'm here to address what's happening upstream that keeps the pattern locked in.

Including: Concierge PCPs, Direct Primary Care (DPC) Physicians, Membership-Based Family Medicine, Boutique Medicine Practices

As a fellow private-pay practitioner, I understand why you chose this model — more time with patients, genuine relationships, and care that isn't rushed or dictated by insurance.

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Has chronic pain that hasn't responded to standard approaches

• particularly if imaging doesn't fully explain their symptoms (possible neuroplastic pain)

• Shows signs of somatization — stress manifesting as physical symptoms

• Has anxiety or depression complicating their medical conditions

• Needs nervous system support you don't have time to provide

• Has a complex history where the psychological and physical are clearly intertwined

• Would benefit from trauma processing (EMDR) or pain reprocessing (PRT)

• Is looking for evidence-based psychological care without insurance barriers

Why we're natural referral partners:

Your patients already value quality over volume. They're willing to invest in their health. And they trust your recommendations. When you refer to me, they'll receive the same level of personalized, unhurried care they experience with you.

I offer:

• Flexible session lengths based on patient needs

• Direct communication with you about shared patients

• Evidence-based approaches (EMDR, PRT, CBT-I) — not just talk therapy

Including: Functional Medicine Physicians, Integrative Medicine MDs/DOs, Naturopathic Doctors (NDs), Integrative Nurse Practitioners

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Understands their protocol but can't stick to it — and willpower isn't the issue

• Has an emotional relationship with food that makes dietary changes feel impossible

• Uses food for comfort, control, or coping — not just fuel

• Resists or self-sabotages in ways that seem irrational but clearly have deeper roots

• Reacts to "everything" — supplements, foods, treatments — in ways that suggest limbic or nervous system hypersensitivity

• Has labs improving but symptoms persisting — a sign that nervous system patterns may be driving symptoms

• Is stuck in chronic sympathetic dominance and can't downregulate no matter what you try

• Carries fear, grief, or identity struggles around their illness that affect their engagement with treatment

• Has a trauma history you suspect is affecting their health or their ability to heal

What I do:

I help your patients with the behavioral and emotional barriers that block their progress — the gap between knowing what to do and actually being able to do it.

This might look like:

• Processing the emotional patterns that make food feel like more than fuel

• Addressing the nervous system reactivity that makes them "sensitive to everything"

• Working through resistance, self-sabotage, or the grief and identity shifts that come with chronic illness

• Building capacity for their nervous system to tolerate change — so your protocols can actually take hold

I'm certified in integrative mental health (CIMHP), so I understand the factors you're addressing — gut-brain connection, inflammation, HPA axis dysfunction, nutrient status — and how they connect to mood, cognition, and nervous system function. I speak your language, and I can reinforce your work from the psychological side.

When you address the biochemistry and I address the behavior and nervous system, your protocols actually stick.

Including: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists, Pelvic Health PTs, Women's Health PTs

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Has tension that won't release despite skilled manual work

• Guards during internal work or can't tolerate treatment

• Has a trauma history that seems connected to their symptoms

• Shows emotional responses during treatment sessions

• Has symptoms that worsen with stress or emotional triggers

• Has been through multiple providers without resolution

• Struggles with the vulnerability of pelvic floor work

• Has protective patterns that interfere with down-training

What I do:

I'm trauma-informed and work somatically, not just cognitively. I help patients understand their protective patterns, process any underlying trauma, and learn to feel safe in their bodies — so they can actually receive and benefit from your treatment.

Many pelvic floor patients have nervous systems stuck in protection mode. Addressing nervous system patterns often helps tissue work hold more consistently and supports longer-lasting progress.

I understand the mind-body connection in pelvic health and deeply respect the sensitive, skilled work you do. I'm honored to be a collaborative partner in your patients' care.

Including: Orthopedic PTs, Sports Medicine PTs, DPT Private Practices, Personal Trainers (rehab-focused), Movement Coaches, Pilates/Yoga Instructors working with chronic pain

You might consider a referral when your patient:

• Plateaus despite appropriate treatment progression

• Has excessive fear of movement or reinjury (kinesiophobia) that limits participation

• Guards, braces, or can't relax during exercises

• Has pain that doesn't match objective findings or imaging — possible neuroplastic pain

• Flares every time they try to progress — classic boom-bust cycling

• Has been in pain far longer than tissue healing would explain

• Shows signs of central sensitization or pain catastrophizing

• Has a history of trauma or high baseline anxiety

What happens when we work together:

When patients understand their pain as a neuroplastic pattern — not structural damage — and when we reduce the fear driving the cycle, they become much more responsive to movement-based treatment. The guarding decreases. The flare anxiety settles. They can finally trust the process.

What I hear from patients after our work:

• "I finally stopped bracing during PT" "I can do my exercises without panicking about flares"

• "My trainer says I'm finally making consistent progress"

• "I'm not afraid of my body anymore"