You show up & You push through— even when something inside you feels exhausted, disconnected, or unseen...
Maybe life has shifted in ways you didn't see coming — a new chapter, a relationship changing, career pressure, a loss, or just the quiet realization that the way you've been surviving doesn't feel sustainable anymore. You've gotten so good at adapting, achieving, and taking care of everyone else. Somewhere in all that, you lost touch with what you need.
From the outside, you look strong. Capable. Like you've got this. You've probably told yourself you should be able to handle it. But privately? You're carrying anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, the constant urge to please — and this quiet fear that if you stop holding it all together, everything might fall apart.
Asking for help feels strange when you've spent your whole life being the helper. Letting your guard down feels unsafe when staying in control has kept you safe for this long. But underneath all of that — there's a part of you that just wants to be Heard, Understood & Cared for, for once.
That's where we start.
Through trauma-informed therapy, EMDR, and expressive approaches, we'll work together to understand the stories that have kept you stuck — and make room for a version of you that feels grounded, real, and whole.
You don't have to wait until you're completely depleted to ask for support.
You're allowed to stop performing strength — and start feeling safe, connected, and like yourself again.
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"The healer you have been looking for
is your own courage to know and love yourself completely"
Yung Pueblo
Specialties
Trauma Therapy | EMDR
Reconnect with yourself
Process the experiences that keep replaying in your body and mind — so the past stops running the show in your present.
Expressive Approaches
Heal what you've been carrying
Access and release what talking alone can't reach, when words aren't enough to express everything you're carrying.
Relational Therapy | IFS
Build a life that feels like yours
Understand the part of you that took over to keep everyone safe — so you can feel whole again & not in constant self-management mode.
It's NOT Just Talk Therapy
Talk therapy can help you understand yourself — your patterns, your history, why you are the way you are. But awareness alone does not equal transformation. Understanding why you overfunction, people-please, or hold everything together doesn't automatically teach your nervous system that it's safe to stop.
Whether you've tried therapy before or this is your first time, here's what actually creates change: working with the body and the parts of you that learned to survive this way — not just the story in your head.
Where the Past Stops Running the Present...
EMDR helps process the experiences your mind and body are still holding onto, so they stop running the show in the present — where it can start becoming something you carry, instead of something that carries you.
What Words Alone Can't Reach...
Some things live below language — in the body, in image, in sensation. Expressive arts gives you a way to access and release what talking alone often can't touch.
The Part of You That Learned to Overfunction...
The version of you that stays in control, stays productive, keeps everyone else okay — that part took over to protect you. IFS helps you understand it, thank it, and finally let it rest.
This isn't about adding more insight to what you already know. It's about working at the root — so change doesn't just make sense, it sticks.
Hey! I'm Nikah
I help high-achieving professionals reconnect with themselves after years of surviving instead of living — after years of holding everything together while quietly falling apart inside.
You've spent years being the strong one. The one everyone leans on. But your body already knows what your smile has been covering.
You don't need to be stronger. You need somewhere safe to finally stop performing.
How did I end up here? It started with a BA in Sociology & Psychology, and a job as a social worker in my community.
From there, I moved into behavioral health work, where I kept noticing the same thing: I was helping people manage what was happening right now, without getting to the deeper, lasting change beneath it. I wanted to do more than help people cope. I wanted to help them heal and transform.
This led me to obtain my MA at Lesley University, where I trained in Expressive Arts Therapy — a way of working that reaches what talking alone often can't. A couple of years into practicing, I pursued extensive training in EMDR, and both have been a core part of how I work ever since.
Over the years, I've had the privilege of working with organizations like ABCD Head Start, Friends of the Children, CHRIS 180, the YMCA, and Summit Counseling Services — supporting children, teens, families, schools, after-school mentoring programs, nonprofit communities, and couples. This range of experience is part of why I understand healing isn't one-size-fits-all — it has to meet you where you actually are.
Today, through EMDR, expressive arts, and IFS, I help you process what you've been carrying in silence — so you can feel grounded, whole, and like yourself again, without everything falling apart to get there.
It's your turn to be held, too.
How Do I Know If This Is the Right Fit?
If any part of this page felt like it was describing you, that's usually a good sign it's worth a conversation.
You've spent so long investing in everyone and everything else. It's time to invest in yourself, too. If you're ready to go beyond just talking about it — into real, lasting change — this approach may be a strong fit.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions, share a little about what you're going through, and see if this feels right for you.
Let's find out together.
Common Questions
Everything you need to know about starting your healing journey with identity-informed virtual therapy.