Integrative + trauma‑informed support for people facing hereditary cancer: previvors, post‑op, surivors and their family
You know the medical model…
But, the world of hereditary cancer is not only about managing statistics, screenings, or medical decisions—it’s about holding the weight of uncertainty in your body, your relationships, and your sense of future. It’s about your relationship to your body, your family lineage, your emotional processing, and your sense of agency.
As a therapist, I work with people who carry genetic mutations or strong family histories of cancer. This work is not just about navigating risk—it’s about reclaiming connection to relate with our experience, deepening trust in ourselves, and finding our way to living fully again.
Even when the diagnosis is in the past, you have your risk reduction plan, or the surgeries are complete, your body may still be living as though danger is present.
Clients often come to me when the strategies that helped them survive—staying busy, staying grateful, intellectualizing, caretaking others, minimizing their own needs—begin to collapse. They describe a sense of emotional numbness, sudden tears, panic, or an inability to make decisions that once felt clear. Others feel trapped in cycles of hyper-vigilance: waiting for test results, obsessively scanning their body for signs, or replaying conversations with doctors in their minds.
This is the nervous system’s attempt to manage an impossible paradox: to prepare for threat while trying to live a meaningful life.
How you can get involved
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Support Groups
An intimate space to connect with others who want to do the deep dive—who want to explore their process, not just their outcomes. With weekly topics, these groups offer community, shared understanding, and guided support for the emotional, relational, and generational challenges of carrying hereditary cancer risk.
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Psychotherapy
For California-based clients seeking one-on-one support. Together, we work with the emotional, somatic, and relational impact of living with hereditary cancer risk. These sessions are a space to do the deep work of processing grief, regulating anxiety, and finding your agency in the face of uncertainty.
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Podcast
Conversations about navigating hereditary cancer risk. Join us to talk about life between the scans, and how finding out you have a genetic mutation can be a portal to emotional, relational and intergenerational healing.
This is not about erasing fear—it’s about learning to live alongside uncertainty with courage, clarity, and connection
If you want this sort of connection, lets talk about how we can work together
My work is created for you if:
– You’ve been through genetic testing, surgery, or surveillance and feel like your body never really exhaled.
– You sense your nervous system is still on high alert, even though you’re “fine.”
– You’re aware that the story didn’t start with you — that fear, silence, and loss run through your family system.
– You’re ready to do deep, embodied work to shift what’s been inherited — and you want guidance that’s both trauma-informed and deeply human.
Let’s chat for 20 minutes for free and see if it’s right for you.
There’s no commitment, pressure, or obligation.