What is Ease and Peace Embodied to You?
Pause for a moment. Hold that inquiry for ten seconds.
Notice your posture—are your shoulders relaxed or tense?
Notice your breath—is it shallow or steady?
Notice the soles of your feet—can you feel the ground holding you up?
Notice your gut—is it clenched or soft?
Notice your body temperature.
Notice energy spouting at the top of your head like a whale.
Take a breath.

Would you believe me if I told you that healing trauma wounds requires simultaneously fostering ease and peace in your body?

These questions are an invitation to honor the fullness of your being—because finding the right therapist can sometimes feel disorienting.

Who I Work With

I’m Marjorie, a Somatic Psychotherapist, and I work with:
✨ Women redefining themselves outside of familial and societal expectations—those who’ve internalized the belief that their worth is tied to doing and achieving.
✨ First-generation trailblazers confronting cycle-breaking behaviors that feel bigger than themselves—struggling to reject aspects of their culture while nurturing what feels authentic and meaningful.
✨ People stuck in patterns of self-neglect or enmeshment—bound to people, things, or stories that keep them trapped despite their efforts to create change.

If this resonates with you, know this:
You don’t have to choose between holding it all together and falling apart.
And you don’t need to be 100% sure I’m the right therapist for you to explore if I am.

Does It Feel Like You’re Running on Empty?

Survival patterns can take many forms. Here are a few you might recognize:

• People-pleasing: You hear yourself saying yes—again—when every part of your body is screaming no. But you still can’t bring yourself to stop.
• Perfectionism: You double and triple-check everything, hoping this time it’ll feel ‘good enough.’ But it never does—and the weight of always falling short keeps you in overdrive or freeze mode.
• Overextending yourself: You say, ‘I’ve got it’—even when you don’t. The endless to-do list leaves no room to exhale, but slowing down feels dangerous. If you stop, who will hold everything together?
• Anxious energy: Your mind races at 2 a.m.—because you should have done more, should have been better, should have it all figured out by now. But no matter how fast you go, you’re still running behind.
• Shame: That inner voice whispers, ‘You’re failing.’ It creeps in when you’re resting, celebrating, even when things are going well—reminding you that whatever you do will never be enough.

How Trauma Can Show Up in Your Life

Trauma isn’t always about big, obvious events. Often, it hides in the small, everyday moments when you first learned there wasn’t room for your needs. Here are some ways trauma might show up in your life:

• That familiar knot in your chest as you force out a yes—even when your whole being aches for a no.
• The endless stream of ‘what-ifs’ that hijack your rest, keeping you wide awake long after your body is begging for sleep.
• The guilt that sneaks in when you try to set a boundary with a loved one.
• The fear that you’ll disappoint others if you stop being everything to everyone.
• The anxious energy in your body when you’re selling yourself short or putting yourself in harm’s way—but feel powerless to stop.
• The shame that creeps in when your actions don’t align with what you know is right.
• The feeling of being locked in a state of punishment over relationships that no longer fit this version of your life—and the struggle to accept that truth.
• The numbness that settles in, wrapping you in a fog of detachment—leaving you unable to feel anything at all, even when you know you should care. You find yourself saying “I’m good. I don’t do feelings. Feelings just get in the way—I prefer to approach life logically.”

If this feels like the right time, let’s explore it together

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Like every therapy client, I’m human. I’ve had both wonderful and difficult experiences that have shaped who I am and how I help.

Growing up in Haiti, mental health wasn’t part of our conversations. I wasn’t even aware what it meant nor had I ever encountered anyone who had experienced therapy. Years after migrating to the US, I learned about therapy.

At three years old, my parents left Haiti in hopes of a better life, leaving me and my siblings behind. I was encouraged to stay strong for my parents and not express my sadness to them because they were making the ultimate sacrifice. So, I stayed “strong”. I became very good at taking care of others’ needs over my own, including using my time, energy, and money to help the people in my life.

In my mid 20s, I began to work on myself. I got curious about why the same things kept happening over and over. And even though I knew I was doing something that wasn’t working, I couldn’t figure out why I was doing it.

It wasn’t until I became a mother that all the things I was trying to understand came to the surface. Becoming a mother incentivized me to go deeper into my healing. My body started to communicate in new ways. I started to listen to what my body was saying. It was overwhelming and oddly liberating. My first session with a somatic therapist changed my life.

Once I did the work of integrating my body into the daily conversation, I uncovered my body’s natural ability to heal itself.

It is an ongoing journey. And today, I have come a long way both as a person and therapist.