Education & Experience

Sirena brings nearly a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, older adults, couples, and families across outpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, community-based, and intensive treatment settings. Her clinical background includes complex trauma, severe mental illness, attachment disruptions, eating disorders, substance use disorders, neurodivergence, and complex relational presentations.

As an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, Sirena specializes in trauma-focused psychotherapy that integrates EMDR with attachment-based, somatically informed, experiential, and parts-informed approaches. Her work emphasizes individualized case conceptualization, stabilization, emotional regulation, and the therapeutic relationship as foundational components of trauma processing. She supports clients in exploring not only distressing memories, but also the beliefs, bodily responses, and protective patterns that developed through their experiences.

Her professional background includes outpatient and intensive trauma therapy at Seeking Depth to Recovery, residential and partial hospitalization treatment at Aster Springs Treatment Center for Eating Disorders, and community-based and family-focused services through the Attachment and Trauma Institute and other mental health organizations.

In addition to direct clinical practice, Sirena has experience in counselor education and clinical supervision through Capella University, providing instruction, observation, supervision, and clinical feedback to master's-level counseling students. Her doctoral research on attachment within supervisory relationships further informs her relational approach to clinical practice, professional development, and the therapeutic alliance.

Across these settings, Sirena has remained committed to helping individuals expand their capacity for emotional regulation, develop greater self-understanding, and create lasting change that extends beyond traditional talk-only therapy.