My Journey
​Attending yoga classes started as a reward for myself after overcoming personal struggles with my mental health and body image. I was drawn to the presence I felt during a regular yoga practice that created moments of understanding and compassion toward my body. Recognizing the importance of this new-found connection with myself, I decided to deepen my practice and, while attending classes for my graduate program, I completed a yoga teacher training with my local yoga studio.​​
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In the years since, my continued yogic and clinical trainings provide me opportunities to grow professionally and heal personally. From my experiences as a somatic-based, trauma-informed clinician and yoga facilitator, I have come to appreciate the importance of establishing safety for survivors of trauma, as well as the ongoing process of healing and recovery they live. These understandings are central to my practice setting as I continue to work with those impacted by complex trauma and its co-occurring disorders through the therapeutic and yogic services offered at my private practice.​
Whether as your clinician or yoga facilitator, my purpose is to create and hold space for you to lean into vulnerability and discover your true, authentic self. I believe the process of healing begins from within and understand from personal experience this path may be difficult when walked alone. Turning inward and fully embracing your embodied self — where you are consciously aware of the full spectrum of your human experience — can be difficult, but you do not have to go it alone. When you are ready to take the next step and awaken your inner healer, know that I am ready to walk with you, on the mat or off.
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In kindness,
Pamela Sue (she/her)
IDFPR IL License #149.024846
“A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you may heal yourself.”
Maryam Hasnaa
Integrative Modalities
The path of awakening to an authentic, healing self is unique for everyone. I offer an integrative approach to treatment that provides an empowering, holistic healing process. Below are names and brief descriptions of some modalities that are part of the work I do.
Bibliotherapy
Connect the stories you read to your own life experiences, find guidance from prompts in workbooks, or inspiration through journaling.
Body-First
Your body reflects the journey you have lived, shaped by each experience and revealing the strength of your inner world.
Mindfulness-Based
Bring your awareness to your body, your feelings, your thoughts, and the world around you as they are happening in the here and now.
Parts Work
Deepen your self-understanding by connecting with the parts of you that carry different thoughts, emotions, and reactions.
Person Centered
Focusing on you - your voice, your pace, your story - and providing space to explore what matters most to you.
Relationship-Focused
Transform your connections by looking at the relationships you hold, including the one you share with your therapist.
Trauma-Informed
This framework integrates an understanding of trauma into all aspects of care that prioritizes your safety and agency in healing.
Yogic Practices
Ways of being in the moment with your body that allow whatever is happening in your body to move through you.