Beth Charbonneau (she/her)

My clients often come to me exhausted and ready for a lifeline, tired of being consumed by anxiety and spiraling into negative thinking and/or panic. They’ve been struggling hard to keep their head above water for a while. I'm the therapist for you if you want and need real, practical anxiety solutions that you can start using today to begin to feel better. Together we will discover how anxiety is showing up in your body, thoughts & individual life and craft solutions to manage it.

When you are looking for support and help, you don’t want to have to spend your time figuring out if you are going to be seen and understood, or educating the person that’s there to help you. You want to get to work and get the assistance and care you need and deserve. I have more than 20 years of experience in supporting LGBTQIA+ and questioning clients to know and celebrate who they are and create lives that reflect their values and desires.

Whether you are struggling to find your path from where you are to where you want to go, or you have been dropped into new circumstances whether you liked them or not, life transitions can be challenging. There is so much that is unknown and starting over in any significant way can be hard, even when it's wanted and the context is good. Therapy can be crucial support as we plot your path or help you find your feet under you where you have landed. Then, even challenges can be opportunities.

Most folks are looking to decrease their suffering and increase their joy in life. A mindfulness approach to therapy allows us to observe how that suffering and joy is showing up in your body, thoughts, emotions and behaviors; and then gives us an opportunity to make strategic changes to support you in moving towards the life you are longing to live. We can learn to calm our nervous systems, pause and observe ourselves without judgment, & find clarity about wise actions to move forward.

Whether you are looking to change a habit that no longer serves you, manage the panic and fear around an activity you know you need to do, turn down the distress about a chronic medical issue that you have to live with, or find a way to connect with the wisdom you have within without running headlong into your usual defenses, hypnotherapy can help. Hypnotherapy allows clients the opportunity to use a relaxed, focused awareness to make desired changes in their lives. I'm a member of ASCH.

I help adults find their way back to being more fully present in their bodies, minds, and lives. Clients who have done this work with me often tell me that they are shocked at how much joy and wisdom they find within, that had been buried for years. For more than 20 years, I’ve brought practices of mindfulness, meditation, yoga therapy, qi gong and JourneyDance to groups and individuals longing to find more peace and vitality here and now. Attending to the body leads us home.