Healing has always been rooted in connection. Long before therapy was structured, people healed through community, ritual, and relationship. Science now confirms what many traditions have always known—trauma healing happens through connection and presence: to the body, to others, to something greater than ourselves.  

We are not meant to heal in isolation. As humans, we are wired for co-regulation—our nervous systems find safety and restoration through attunement, through being seen and held. Yet, modern approaches often separate mind from body, self from community, reducing healing to something purely cognitive. But true healing happens when we integrate—when we reconnect with the body’s wisdom, honour ancestral knowledge, and allow relationship to be part of the process.  

As a Middle Eastern, BIPOC woman, I hold a deep respect for these ways of knowing. My lineage carries both intergenerational wounds and a history of healing—through movement, prayer, storytelling, and ritual. I grew up immersed in traditions where healing was never just an individual pursuit; it was woven into daily life, in the incense filling our churches, the communal breaking of bread, and the ways our elders held and cared for one another.  

Talk therapy was an important part of my journey — it helped me build understanding and language for my experiences. But there came a point where I felt drawn to explore beyond insight, into what my body was still holding. It was through somatic work, breath, and stillness that I found a deeper sense of connection and safety within myself. It wasn’t until I reconnected with my body that I learned to connect to wisdom that was already within me and authentic, embodied healing began. This deepened my understanding that healing is not just about insight, but about embodiment, safety, and connection.

My approach integrates somatic therapy, EMDR, nervous-system oriented, trauma-focused and attachment-based modalities, while honouring the older traditions that emphasize healing through relationship—both with ourselves and the world around us. 

At SANCTUARY, healing isn’t about becoming someone new. t’s about reconnecting with parts of you that have been pushed aside, quieted, or forgotten — at a pace that feels safe and manageable.  

I’m here to honour the whole of you — the seen and unseen, the steady and the messy, the parts that are ready and the ones that are still finding their way.

MY WHY.