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About My Clients
I don't believe you're broken, even if you are suffering. You are already whole, and much of our suffering comes from losing sight of that wholeness, that unbroken light within ourselves. The goal is not to help you conform better to a failing system or function better on the surface while still feeling empty or lost inside; the goal is to help you find the root of what is happening for you, and locate the the pathway out of suffering and into self-knowledge, maturity, and self-compassion.
My Background and Approach
I believe therapy is a sacred relationship. It’s not primarily about modalities or interventions (though these matter) but about the relationship, and what happens within it. I believe you are already whole, and that much of our suffering happens when we live within systems and a culture that gives us no adequate container to voice and make meaning out of our challenges or guide us through our transitions, and when we lose contact with the healing, steadying light that exists within ourselves. I practice psychodynamically, which means the relationship is the heart of the work. I draw on depth-oriented, IFS-informed, and Narrative approaches as languages for the deeper work of individuation. I like to weave in active imagination, meditation, and EMDR as vehicles for accessing deeper insight, underneath the level of the intellect, and integrating beyond the level of talk therapy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
No matter who you are, I believe that you are worthy of dignity, respect, and care. I am open to all spiritual and religious belief systems and respectful of how much or how little you want to include these beliefs/traditions in your therapy work. I believe strongly in every person's right and ability to define their unique values, and I emphasize building inner trust, integrity, and discernment in the process of living your values in the world. I seek to understand others in their full complexity, without preconceived ideas of who they are - this includes the contexts and communities you live in, your personal values, your experiences, your history, and the identities you hold, as well as your relationships to those aspects of yourself.