I work with those navigating pregnancy and postpartum, first responders and their families, parents, and professionals experiencing burnout, anxiety, trauma, chronic stress, and feeling disconnected from themselves or the people they care about.
This work goes beyond managing symptoms, helping you feel more steady, grounded, and connected to yourself and your relationships.
Specialized Trauma Therapy for the Ones Who Carry So Much
EMDR & Trauma Therapy in Roseville, CA & Across California | Virtual Therapy in Utah + Nevada
You might know exactly what brings you to therapy, or you might simply be noticing that something feels different. Whatever brings you here, there’s room to process the things you understand, the things you’re still making sense of, and the things you may have held in before.
I understand that therapy can feel scary or uncomfortable. We’ll work together to find an approach that best supports you. From there, we explore what’s happening, make sense of the experiences and patterns that may be contributing to it, and move towards healing while building skills to support the changes you are hoping for.
If faith is important to you, we can make room for that in our work together.
Personalized. Present. Trauma-Informed.
Therapy That Meets You Where you are, Without Flinching
I'm Hailey, the therapist behind Palos Practice. My path to becoming a therapist has been shaped by life's joys and challenges, including experiences with trauma, chronic illness, postpartum challenges, loss, and first responder family life.
While our stories won't be the same, I hope there's some comfort in knowing I've invested in my own healing too. My lived experience helps me ask questions I might not otherwise know to ask, without assuming I know what yours has been like.
Therapy with me is interactive, involved, and collaborative. I don't just sit back and ask questions. I'm present and engaged, with an approach that's both straightforward and compassionate.
A Little About Me
You're functioning, sure, but the tension in your shoulders says otherwise. You’re on edge more often than not, and even rest feels like another task on the to-do list.
You’ve Been Holding It Together for a Long Time
You’ve seen hard things. And some of them stick around longer than they should. Maybe it hits you at night. Maybe it shows up when you least expect it. Either way, it’s heavy.
You Keep Replaying That One Call, And It Won’t Let You Go
You're successful, driven, maybe even admired, but something's not syncing. You're tired of feeling stuck in your head and out of touch with yourself.
Everything Looks Great On Paper. So Why Does It Feel Off?
Maybe things went sideways. Maybe no one prepared you for how hard this would feel. You love your baby, and still, you're grieving what happened, or what didn’t.
Birth Was Supposed to Be Beautiful. It Was Anything But.
You’ve gotten very good at saying “It’s fine” so they don’t have to carry what you carry. But somewhere along the way, protecting them started to look like pulling away.
You want to protect your partner from the things you’ve seen or felt, but it’s starting to cost you.
You’re smart, capable, and constantly bracing for guilt or conflict. People-pleasing got you far. But it’s also left you drained, resentful, and out of touch with your own needs.
Saying "No" Feels Like a Full-Body Panic Attack
does this sound familiar?
Support That Speaks to Your Story
This practice is built around the challenges that impact your life. Each of these paths offers focused, specialized support for what you’re carrying.
Work gently with your nervous system to help you process stuck memories and finally feel safe in your body and life.
EMDR, Somatic, & Trauma Therapy
Confidential therapy for professionals navigating pressure, visibility, and responsibility—including leaders, creatives, and those in the public eye.
Professionals and couples in leadership or high-responsibility roles
This grounding guide was developed to support increased regulation and development of a personal plan for engaging skills to support regulation based on the level of stress, overwhelm, or activation being felt in a moment.
The activation scale supports the understanding that at certain heightened experiences, certain grounding tools may feel harder to use than others (ex. using breathwork when feeling a sense of panic can be challenging, but visual orienting may support grounding in that moment).