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About My Clients
I enjoy working with creatives, spiritual seekers / the spiritually-wounded, LGBTQIA+, immigrant-origin adults, and anyone interested in both practical and spiritual approaches to therapeutic inner work. I welcome those interested in dream work, mindfulness, the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, and somatic practices to resource the nervous system.
My Background and Approach
The "I" cannot see itself. I believe the therapeutic relationship is of great value to help us feel supported and to see our own patterns in action. I have an eclectic approach, drawing from somatic psychology, polyvagal theory, Depth psychology, feminist theory, contemplative wisdom and meditative practices, Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, and neuropsychology. I complete a 2-year Jungian Psychotherapy Program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago in June 2025. I’m also trained in Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for trauma. I graduated from Naropa University in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling psychology, which can be defined in many ways but essentially means that I hold a non-pathologizing, present-moment centered, and often, experiential approach to my work, including utilizing practices such as dream work to connect to the wisdom of the unconscious. I practice active, deep listening as well as engaged relationship. My previous career was in the arts.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe we all possess intrinsic health – an internal source of wisdom that orients towards wellness. I hold a humanist-existential perspective that acknowledges we all inevitably encounter difficulties in our lives, but how we work with them and make meaning is key. My own Buddhist practice and personal experience with Jungian therapy deeply inform my work, too. By getting curious about ourselves and cultivating a relationship to our unconscious, we can come to a deeper understanding of and gentler orientation towards ourselves, one with more kindness, self-compassion, and less judgment. I believe that when we do our inner work, the outer world and how we perceive it can shift. At the same time, I also believe we are living in unprecedented times, so making space to grieve and find new ways of being in connection with ourselves, others, and our planet are essential.