Services
- Individual
- Group
About My Clients
Perhaps you've tried behavioral therapies and while you've learned skills and saw improvement, you'd like to really know yourself better. Maybe you experienced trauma and while you are resilient, it still haunts you in ways you don't fully understand. Or possibly the grief of being a human in this world is leaving your tender self feeling isolated and a bit hopeless these days, and you're looking to reconnect to something good. I get it, and I'm here to walk alongside you on the path.
My Background and Approach
I come to this work with great optimism in the strength and goodness of humans, but not without an acknowledgement of the oppressive systems that create barriers to getting what we need, and which affect many populations disproportionately. With this awareness, I am oriented towards your internal resources and innate power to heal, and my work is built around encouraging those personal insights necessary for growth to happen. I work to create space that welcomes all emotions, encourages deep insight and self-compassion, and is curious about what unconscious dynamics may be shifted in order for transformation to occur. I do this through a psychodynamic orientation, which is focused on the unconscious processes that affect and guide our behavior. Using the wisdom of the body as a guide, we gently explore any areas that cause discomfort and pain, which often helps us better understand our behavior, thoughts, and feelings and ultimately integrate our understanding into a more whole self.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I find that we learn the most through our experiences, especially those that require tenacity and endurance to move through. My own healing work, which has included not only therapy but many other transformative practices, is ongoing and will never be finished. This work allows me to appreciate the therapy I provide not as an end to healing, but as one avenue along a journey with many potential roads. Therapy can be helpful in getting us unstuck and providing a new perspective, but we are whole beings who require social connection and support, causes we are passionate about, and a connection to that thread of "why are we here?" Supporting others is part of my "why", as is being present with and honoring myself and the humans in my life, caring for and spending time in nature, and creation in many forms (music, painting, clay, writing).