"We Are Never Healed Alone"
A Course In Miracles
My vision is to provide psychiatric care that honors both the science of mental health and the sacredness of personal healing.
I blend professional psychiatric training with Internal Family Systems (IFS), spirituality, and psychedelic medicine to support the healing of trauma at its roots. Together, we learn to meet the wounded parts within with compassion, curiosity, and love—so they no longer need to carry the pain alone.
My role is not to "fix" you, but to walk alongside you—facilitating access to your own inner healing intelligence. From that place, true and lasting transformation becomes possible.
Healing from trauma is possible. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or the lasting effects of trauma, my practice is here to support you with clarity, compassion, and care.
Trauma-Focused Psychiatric Care
I offer comprehensive psychiatric services with a primary focus on trauma recovery—including PTSD, Complex PTSD (CPTSD), anxiety, and depression.
Understanding Trauma
Trauma is now better understood and can be thought of in two broad categories:
- PTSD usually involves a single, identifiable event such as actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence.
- CPTSD stems from chronic, repeated experiences—often during childhood—like neglect, emotional abuse, or instability. It's not one event but a pattern of harm over time.
The Complexity of Trauma
Complex trauma often includes layers like:
- Intergenerational or inherited trauma
- Cultural or societal burdens
- "Legacy burdens" passed down through family or identity systems
Healing from this kind of trauma involves untangling those layers, gently and skillfully. That's the work we do here.
Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As a few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
Hafiz
Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As a few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
Hafiz
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are”
-Joseph Campbell
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”
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Testimonials
Dr. Reader literally saved my life: when I didn't even want her to, and when I worked against her efforts to help me. I suffered a mother's greatest loss, the death of her only child.
My Parts need to meet me now, so they can trust I can handle whatever it is they have to say.
It has let me revisit raw pain and terror — but only with permission.
It's gentle and honest.
The work is heavy. But it's the most freeing thing I've ever done.
I was never able to access any spirituality or spiritual experience which I so greatly desired after my brothers suicide. I've always been so closed off and built up a wall rather than processing his death.
I am so fortunate that I found Dr. Reader. After years of trauma, never feeling safe, and increased anxiety over the years, particularly post-pandemic, Ketamine-assisted therapy with Dr. Reader allowed me to process trauma in a beautiful, safe space. In recent years I became aware that my anxiety could not be cured with talk therapy, nor could I simply change my attitude or "think positive." My anxiety rose up from my body in response to various triggers. I knew I needed to release and heal the stored trauma within my body. Many people did not understand this. Dr. Reader did. The pure consciousness and awareness I experience in my sessions, along with Dr. Reader's guidance in processing my experience, have been invaluable in my mental, physical and spiritual health journey. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to do this transformational work with her.
Working with Dr. Reader has been a transformative experience. Through her use of the Integrated Family Systems (IFS) approach, I was able to understand and connect with parts of myself that I had previously ignored, misunderstood, or even feared approaching. Her compassionate guidance and co-creation helped me to navigate difficult emotional terrain in a way that felt safe, respectful, and ultimately empowering. She collaborated with me to explore the internal dynamics that were shaping my thoughts and behaviors. I got to know many of my parts, including those that manage with different styles, that carry trauma, and some just wanted to be recognized and acknowledged. Many of my parts are friends now, and work together with less stress and surprise because we are self-led and self-trusting. My younger wounded parts are now heard and attended to when they are triggered. I am deeply grateful to her for her skill, patience, and unwavering presence. This work has had a lasting impact on my relationships, my self-esteem, and my ability to live a more integrated and fulfilling life.
