About Our Office
Our office is conveniently located at the intersection of Sugar Land, Stafford, and Southwest Houston. We’re just 15 minutes from downtown Houston and easily accessible from all of Fort Bend County, making it simple for clients across the area to reach us without the stress of a long commute.
Inside, you’ll find a cozy, grounding space designed to help you feel comfortable the moment you walk in. We have a full espresso bar (and we take our honorary barista roles very seriously), plenty of plants, sensory-friendly grounding tools, and—of course—our therapy cats, Zen and Zora, who make regular appearances to offer their own version of emotional support.
We also offer convenient appointment times, including evenings and weekends, so therapy can fit into your real life—not the other way around.
Our goal is to create an environment that feels safe, inviting, and thoughtfully crafted for trauma work, nervous system regulation, and genuine connection.
“I’ve never seen a therapist’s office like yours before.”
“There’s so much stuff in here.”
“It took me a while to look at everything.”
“Is that… a typewriter?”
“Where did you get that an old-school phone”
“Are clients actually allowed to touch everything?”
Our office is a little different.
There are plants everywhere.
There are approximately a million pieces of cat décor.
There’s a fish tank, puzzles, fidgets, noise-makers, a meme wall, shelves of all sorts of odd little objects, and things that you’re absolutely encouraged to pick up, tap on, read, shake, or play with. And pick up the phone to listen to a funny message next time you’re in the office.
People sometimes ask why.
Here’s why:
Part of it is that it’s fun.
But the deeper reason is trauma.
Most of us with complex trauma disassociate, or “check-out” when things get difficult. Dissociation isn’t a flaw; it’s a survival skill. But when you’re trying to talk about hard memories or do healing work, that same skill can pull you right out of your body.
So the silly and fun things in our office serve a purpose.
If we can get you to touch something, laugh for a second, focus on a tiny detail, make a sound, write a thought on the typewriter, work on a puzzle, add to one of the several silly (and some serious) lists we have around the office, or get curious about the fish tank—it pulls you into your frontal lobe.
It grounds you.
It brings you back.
These aren’t distractions; they’re anchors.
In The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk describes working with a highly dissociative teenager who would often “check out” and disappear into himself. Instead of forcing conversation, van der Kolk tossed him a ball. That simple interaction helped the him stay present in his body and in connection with another person. Over time, the dissociation softened, and engagement grew.
That’s exactly the principle behind all the stuff in our office.
Trauma-informed therapy isn’t just talking.
Sometimes your nervous system needs a meme, a sound, a texture, a movement, or a tiny spark of joy to stay with you long enough to heal. A fidget.
Trauma work is intense, and staying present is hard.
Next time you’re here, feel free to pick something up. Make noise. Touch the weird thing on the shelf. Distract your nervous system just enough so you can stay here, in the moment, with yourself.
Healing happens when you’re present.
We can help your brain get there.
