Lena Gilman

Through movement, yoga, and meditation as well as other contemplative practices, improving our interactions and reactions benefits us in a multitude of ways. through awareness building and goal and activity alignment, the client creates opportunities to align with the deeper more authentic self and engage the parasympathetic nervous system to diminish compulsions and habits and replace them with less adaptive or less functional behaviors and actions with mindful choices.

Through collaboration and clarification of goals, choices, and desired outcomes the client becomes better able to set and attain those goals with the support of personal coaching psychoeducational, and trajectory planning utilizing SMART goals and actions..

Being an artist and licensed art teacher who has studied art therapy and social work, art can be utilized therapeutically as an empowering nonverbal modality to explore topics and traumas which cause discomfort and distress. Through utilizing art and visual expression often the depth of an issue, topic or emotion can be processed without a great deal of verbal exploration. This modality is beneficial to clients who tend to prefer to avoid discussions or lack verbal acuity.

Having suffered numerous losses and grief throughout life part of my graduate studies were devoted to grief and loss. Even positive changes can cause us grief, and when this occurs many people find themselves grappling with how to feel, and express their grief, through the process. Integration of grief and loss can be a powerful catalyst for change and growth. Through adversities and losses we often gain sight of our strengths and the priorities that we most value.

Having suffered numerous losses and grief throughout life, part of my graduate studies were devoted to grief and loss. Even positive changes can cause us grief, and when this occurs many people find themselves grappling with how to feel, express, and integrate their grief, through the process. Integration of grief and loss can be a powerful catalyst for change and growth. Through adversities and losses we often gain sight of our strengths and the priorities that we most value.