Heart Centered Therapy LLC
Betrayal and Relational Trauma Therapy
Serving clients in Maryland and surrounding areas.
Therapy for high-functioning adults ready to make lasting change.
Action Oriented. Compassion Focused. Heart Centered.
Are you living in the aftermath of betrayal?
You’ve built a successful life.
But now, you discovered something that changed everything: an affair, a hidden life, a pattern of deception you never saw coming. Or maybe the betrayal came from a parent, a workplace, or an institution you trusted completely. Whatever the source, the ground has shifted, and you are not sure who to trust anymore, including yourself.
You might be outwardly calm and capable, yet still carry perfectionism, people-pleasing, or shame that never seems to fade. You feel tense, anxious, or never quite “enough.”
If you grew up in an alcoholic, chaotic, or emotionally unpredictable family, those old dynamics can quietly shape how you move through adult relationships, and how hard it can be to see certain patterns until something finally breaks open.
Therapy for high-functioning adults ready to go beyond survival mode
I work with adults who appear capable and successful but carry something quietly painful underneath. Many of my clients are navigating the aftermath of betrayal, a partner’s infidelity, a surfaced family secret, a workplace that turned out to be toxic or dishonest, and are trying to make sense of what happened and who they are now.
My clients often navigate relationship conflict, the mother wound, childhood trauma, or cycles of codependency and perfectionism. They’re ready to stop running on autopilot, understand their patterns, and create healthier relationships with others and themselves. If that sounds like you, even if you’re not sure yet what to call it, you’re in the right place.
You want to go deeper, not just learn coping skills or rehash current events. You are emotionally reflective and motivated to engage in insight-oriented work.
I am eager to work with you to get to the heart of the matter and put energy toward change and growth.
How I Work
I’m EMDR-trained through EMDRIA, and my approach is experiential: we don’t just talk about what happened, we work with it directly, through your body, your nervous system, and the parts of you still carrying it.
We build safety first, in our relationship and within yourself, before diving into deeper work.
Teaching, learning, and unlearning are a real part of therapy. I believe healing has building blocks, the same way learning to read does, and I’ll never assume you should already know something you were never taught.
Parts work and somatic work help you understand the different parts of you (including the ones still trying to protect you) and work with your body directly, not just your thoughts.
You won’t do this alone. I help you build a team, including trauma reprocessing therapies like EMDR when you’re ready, and trusted referrals for whatever else supports your healing.
Areas I Focus On
I want to be upfront: this approach isn’t plug-and-play, and it isn’t the right fit for everyone. It asks you to sit with discomfort before it resolves and to keep showing up even when progress feels slow. If you’re ready for that kind of work, I’d love to talk.
What Connects All of This
If you look closely, every area I work in (betrayal trauma, emotional abuse, relational trauma, childhood trauma and the mother wound, adult child and family dysfunction, even spiritual burnout) is really a different shape of the same wound: a betrayal of trust, safety, or attachment, by a partner, a parent, a family system, or a belief you trusted completely.
Attachment theory is the thread underneath all of it: what happens when the people or structures meant to keep you safe become confusing, unreliable, or harmful instead.
That’s not just an interesting theory. It’s why the same approach works across all of these experiences.