Meet Brianna & Her Approach
As a non-therapist, I had the rare privilege of training both at the NARM therapist and Master's level, beginning in one of the earlier cohorts in 2017. I then became a Somatic Experiencing (SE) practitioner and now an SE assistant. I also trained in somatic attachment- I primarily use Neuro-Affective Touch (NATouch). I find these 3 modalities work synergistically. NARM focuses on how early survival patterns still live in the nervous system, emotions, and sense of self. SE helps the body gently release stuck survival energy and build capacity. NATouch works with early, preverbal, and relational wounding.
We are complex beings, and I’m grateful to bring this wide range of skills to the people I support—many of whom are surprised by the profound shifts they experience through this holistic approach. Recently, I started training in Systemic Family Constellation to explore transgenerational influences.
I guide clients to discover the parts of themselves they had to give up to be loved as children, so they can reconnect with their aliveness and live authentically today. My approach tends to go deep...
As we inquire into your stories and beliefs, we track subtle impulses, movements, and breath. I attune to what I call the energetic matrix—the living field beneath patterns where early imprints and the body’s natural intelligence for healing reside.
When a client says something like, “Talking is dangerous,” or “No one listens to me,” there's an energetic potency that I intuitively sense. I invite them to pause to explore their internal experience. Often, memories of past events emerge through sensations, images, feelings, beliefs, and impulses.
We question long-held beliefs and process what was once too much to feel. Sometimes sensation memories trace back to womb or early infancy, when the body reflexively contracted to protect itself, leaving a lifelong tendency toward high anxiety or constant busyness—a way to avoid collapsing into helplessness. As we hold space for insights, emotions, sensations, and energy to be fully felt and integrated, the body begins to open and settle.
Sometimes, we enliven developmental blueprints that relate to having needs and taking in goodness. Other times when there's been shock traumas like sexual or physical abuse, we bring self-protective responses back on-line.
By meeting all parts of you holistically, in a relational field, you can feel more whole. Over time, your internal system builds pathways for sustainable shifts.
"The spontaneous movement in all of us is toward connection, health, and aliveness. No matter how withdrawn and isolated we have become ..."
- Laurence Heller, PhD & Aline Lapierre, PsyD
"Brianna's support has been invaluable in my own healing journey with pre-verbal trauma. We work with my nervous system in real time. I've learned skills and tools to regulate my infant nervous system and have felt deeply validated and understood in regards to my attachment patterns. Brianna's Presence is felt strongly and is a big part of the healing in our work together."
L.K., Therapist & Coach
My personal healing journey, marked by neglect from birth and major stresses in early life, became a gateway to my life's work. I majored in psychology and spent 28 years in personal and spiritual work before realizing I needed trauma healing that included the nervous system. Synchronicities led me to train in Dr. Laurence Heller’s NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM) for healing attachment, relational and developmental trauma.
