About Me

Sunshine came into the field of psychotherapy through the lens of Buddhist thought as a means of understanding the notion of self and the nature of the mind. She realized individual therapy was of interest to her after studying Buddhism during her undergraduate degree. Her studies included travels to India, and studying Sanskrit, Patanjali’s yoga sutra, and yoga practice. She has also studied Buddhism under Thich Nhat Hanh.
My approach integrates EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed parts work and the Structural Dissociation model: Grounded in attachment theory, I help clients understand how early relational experiences shape the nervous system and how trauma organizes their inner world around protective and wounded parts.