A Trauma-Informed, Mindfulness-Based Approach to Therapy

My approach to therapy is grounded in a trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and existential orientation. I work with the understanding that anxiety, depression, and emotional distress are not simply symptoms to eliminate, but meaningful responses to lived experience, history, and the conditions of one’s life.

Rather than rushing toward solutions, I focus on creating a steady, thoughtful space where we can slow down, make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface, and work toward greater clarity, steadiness, and choice.

Working With Anxiety, Depression, and Uncertainty

Much of the anxiety and depression I see is not only about stress or mood, but about deeper questions — questions of direction, identity, belonging, and how to live when certainty feels out of reach.

For many people, anxiety, low mood, or numbness emerges during periods of transition: when familiar roles no longer fit, when life hasn’t unfolded as expected, or when there is a quiet sense of loss that’s difficult to name. Therapy offers space to slow down with these experiences, understand what they’re responding to, and begin moving forward with more self-trust.

An Existential Orientation

An existential approach invites attention to meaning, values, and choice. Rather than asking only how to feel better, we may also explore what matters, what feels misaligned, and how to live more intentionally in the presence of uncertainty.

Therapy becomes a place to engage honestly with these questions, clarify what feels true for you, and develop ways of moving forward that feel grounded and authentic.

Pacing, Safety, and Individual Differences

Here at Jcox Therapy, I work with careful attention to pacing, safety, and collaboration. Past experiences, chronic stress, or environments that required adaptation can shape how distress shows up in the present, and therapy works best when it moves at a pace that feels respectful and sustainable.

I’m attentive to individual differences in processing, sensitivity, and neurodivergence, and I approach this work with nuance and care rather than assumptions or pathologizing. You are never pushed to go faster or deeper than feels appropriate.

Mindfulness and Practical Tools

Mindfulness in my work is not about striving for calm or eliminating difficult experience. It is a way of cultivating awareness, steadiness, and flexibility in relationship to thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations as they arise.

Alongside reflection and exploration, I offer practical tools to support nervous system regulation and to help you relate differently to anxiety, low mood, or overwhelm — both in session and in daily life. These tools are introduced thoughtfully and collaboratively, and are always in service of helping life feel more livable, not of forcing change.