1:1 Narrative Healing
Trauma-Informed, Expressive-Somatic Narrative Coaching for Adoptees & Trauma-Impacted Adults
If you’ve done the talking.
If you understand your story but your nervous system is still living it.
If you’ve tried writing the story and still feel stuck in your body—this work is for you.
I offer individualized 1:1 coaching for adult adoptees and trauma-impacted individuals who are ready for deeper integration, self-trust, and agency, not just insight.
This is not traditional writing coaching.
It is not talk therapy.
It is trauma-informed, expressive-somatic, and relational narrative healing.
Here, we don’t just tell the story.
We listen to what the body has been holding.
Beyond the story. Into the body. Toward wholeness.
1. Narrative Healing & Integration
For those seeking personal healing, identity reclamation, and embodied agency.
This work supports you to:
Move beyond “understanding your trauma” into living differently in your body
Address anxiety, grief, emotional shutdown, or hyper-vigilance that persists despite insight
Reclaim voice, boundaries, and relational trust
Integrate the parts of you shaped by early separation, loss, or silencing
You are not working toward a product.
You are working toward presence, coherence, and self-authorship.
Two Ways We Can Work Together
My 1:1 practice holds two interwoven pathways. Both are grounded in the same trauma-informed, embodied framework.
The difference is how your energy is oriented.
2. Long-Form Creative & Book Development
For those called to write memoir, a book, or other sustained creative work without abandoning the body.
This pathway is for you if:
You are carrying a story that feels urgent, complex, or emotionally charged
You want to develop a manuscript or long-form project in a way that is trauma-informed and sustainable
You’ve started and stopped because writing activates overwhelm, dissociation, or self-doubt
You want guidance that centers the writer, not just the writing
Here, your creative process becomes the somatic container. We work with the body through writing, voice, movement, and presence so your project can develop without overwhelming your nervous system.
This means your creative work is not separate from your healing.
It is where integration happens.
We work with:
Narrative structure, scene development, and long-form organization
Voice, truth-telling, and ethical self-representation
Trauma-informed pacing so the body is not sacrificed for productivity
Boundaries between what is yours to process and what is ready for the page
Embodied practices that support writing without collapse, fragmentation, or burnout
You are not asked to “mine your pain.”
You are supported to write, express, and explore your truth from wholeness.
Who This Work Is For
This container is designed for you if you:
Feel emotionally or somatically “stuck,” even after years of therapy, self-work, or personal development
Understand your adoption or early trauma intellectually, but still live with anxiety, grief, hyper-vigilance, or emotional shutdown
Sense that something lives beneath language in your body, your breath, your nervous system
Are drawn to writing, creativity, or meaning-making, but want guidance that is trauma-informed and not purely cognitive
Know that the “primal wound” of early separation, loss, or abandonment continues to shape how you relate, trust, and belong
Are ready to move from surviving → understanding → inhabiting your life differently
This work is for those who are ready to stop circling the story and begin inhabiting their agency.
How My Work Is Different
“Thanks to working with you I’m being seen and it feels so good. I don’t have to make myself small.”
Many adoptee-centered spaces focus on:
Storytelling and writing
Community and shared experience
Cognitive reframing or mindset work
Those are valuable. And they are often not enough.
Migrating Toward Wholeness™ is a trauma-informed, expressive-somatic framework that integrates:
Narrative – giving language to what was once unspeakable
Embodiment – listening to how trauma lives in the nervous system and body
Expressive practice – writing, movement, voice, and creative process as vehicles for integration
Relational attunement – healing in the presence of another who sees you as the subject of your story
As a scholar-artist, trauma-informed educator, and award-winning performer, my work bridges:
Expressive writing and narrative structure
Somatic awareness and nervous-system regulation
Movement, breath, and embodied presence
Trauma-informed pacing, choice, and consent
This is not about “fixing” yourself.
It is about integration, authorship, and reclaiming your body as home.
The Migrating Toward Wholeness™ Framework
Our work is guided by five interwoven pillars:
Making Space to Heal – safety, pacing, and nervous-system support
Rewriting the Truth – gently dismantling internalized trauma narratives
Expressing the Primal Wound – giving language to what was preverbal or silenced
Becoming the Subject – reclaiming agency, voice, and authorship
Breaking Silences – transforming what has been hidden into embodied presence
Each session is tailored to your lived experience and may include:
Reflective and somatic writing practices
Body-based grounding and awareness
Narrative reframing that honors trauma physiology
Boundary-setting and self-trust development
Embodied inquiry into what your body is holding
Trauma-informed pacing that prioritizes safety over productivity
This work centers the human being—not just the outcome.
What Happens in 1:1 Sessions
This is a relational container—not a one-off coaching call.
We move at the speed of your nervous system.
We follow what is ready to be witnessed.
We stay with what emerges without bypassing, rushing, or overriding your body’s intelligence.
For some, the work looks like integration and regulation.
For others, it looks like building a manuscript or creative body of work.
For many, it is both.
Clients often say:
“I've made so many connections I’ve never been able to make before.”
“I can be present with myself even when things get hard.”
“I don’t just understand my story, I’m living differently.”
You will not be told who to become.
You will be supported in becoming the author of your own life and your work.
This Container Is Best For Those Who Are…
Ready for depth over quick fixes
Willing to engage emotionally and somatically
Seeking long-term integration, not surface-level insight
Committed to presence, agency, and embodied truth
This work unfolds over time because trauma does not resolve on command, it integrates through relationship, pacing, and presence.
Begin With a Connection Call
All 1:1 work begins with a Connection Call to explore fit, readiness, and intention.
Connection calls are grounded, relational conversations about whether this work is aligned for you emotionally, somatically, and creatively.
This space is designed to honor choice, agency, and nervous-system safety.
We are not rushing toward a decision. We are listening for alignment.
During our conversation, we’ll gently explore:
What currently feels unresolved, overwhelming, or “stuck” in your body or your story
Whether your focus is personal integration, creative development, or both
What kind of support would allow you to stay present rather than disappear when things get hard
Whether this depth of work feels resourcing and sustainable for you at this time
You don’t need to arrive with the “right” language.
You don’t need to perform clarity.
We start where you are.
Consider this Question:
Six months from now, what would you hope to feel differently in your body, your life, or your creative work?
During our call if we both sense alignment, we’ll discuss next steps in a way that honors your capacity, your boundaries, and your pace.
You Don’t Have to Stay Small to Stay Safe
You deserve to be seen.
You deserve to be heard.
You deserve to live inside your body and your work with trust.
More stories = more connection.
More connection = more healing.
If you are ready to move beyond feeling stuck in your story and into inhabiting your life—or bringing a long-held project into being without self-betrayal—I would love to walk with you on your journey.