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About My Clients
My clients tend to be thoughtful, curious, and self-aware. Many have already done therapy or significant personal growth work but still feel stuck in certain patterns. They want more than just insight and are open to looking at the whole person, including emotions, relationships, nervous system, physical health, spirituality, meaning, and life direction. Many are therapists, helpers, seekers, or people who have never quite fit into one therapeutic box.
My Background and Approach
My approach is integrative, experiential, and whole-person oriented. I want to understand why a struggle is happening, what may be maintaining it, and what kind of change is actually needed. Sometimes that means working directly with trauma, longstanding patterns, beliefs, or parts of the self. Sometimes it means building new capacities, making concrete changes, or learning to carry difficult experiences differently. When relevant, we may also explore sleep, nutrition, stress, nervous-system regulation, relationships, spirituality, or purpose. My work draws from IFS, depth and experiential therapies, somatic psychology, trauma and nervous-system approaches, functional and nutritional mental health, spirituality, psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration, and neurofeedback. I bring expertise and perspective, while helping you strengthen your own ability to understand yourself, discern what you need, and make choices from that place.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I value curiosity, autonomy, depth, and respect for the many ways people make meaning of their lives. My practice welcomes people across identities, backgrounds, spiritual traditions, and belief systems, including people who are not spiritual at all. I am personally interested in psychology, spirituality, contemplative traditions, nutrition and health, travel, culture, and the many ways humans have explored what makes a meaningful life. Those interests shape the breadth of my work, but I do not expect clients to share my worldview. I want therapy to help you understand yourself more deeply and live in greater alignment with what matters to you. To learn more or request a consultation, please visit alternativetherapystl.com. I prefer consultation requests through my website rather than TherapyDen.