Re-membering Wellness LLC (She/her)

While society may have only begun to admit to the existence of cultural and systemic oppression, the impact of being perpetually othered and erased has been a daily reality that has significant consequences, particularly for those who navigate the intersections of race, gender identity and sexuality. My work seeks to support individuals in naming the ways in which this reality has impacted and impeded connection to self and to authentic community.

As humans, we are hard-wired for connection. This is a essential need, one that helps us to survive. Attachment is a frame work for us to look at those connections we have made, particularly as children, as this is a sort of blue print that we carry into adulthood. We get to name whether those connections felt secure and safe, and if there were patterns of relating that made sense at the time- particularly if there was trauma- but are now hindering us from authentic connection.

I view this as very closely related and connected to attachment and cultural and systemic oppression. Anxiety can often be viewed as a personal defect, often without the context of both the immediate external environmental factors, as well as larger societal impact. My hope is to co-create space with and for my clients where anxiety is seen as the body trying to make sure that we survive, and that it is possible for us to do that, and, with new tools and skills, to thrive.

Although our bodies have been part of us as long as we've been alive, we have been taught to and have become disconnected from them. Our bodies hold our our stories, experiences, and our trauma. Neurobiological research is now showing that the degree to which we are able to listen, engage and come back to our bodies is often a significant indicator of healing and integration. I work with women and femmes to provide a space in which our bodies and their wisdom can be reclaimed and re-integrated

I believe that healing is possible, and that it is contextualized in relationship. First with ourselves, and then with our loved ones and community. It is almost always in relationship that we experience harm and trauma, and once that becomes a prolonged reality, it becomes incredibly difficult to imagine that we deserve any different. Relational therapy creates a space for the naming and care of the trauma in a way that helps us at least begin to believe that we are are more than our trauma.

As humans, we are hard-wired for connection. This is a essential need, one that helps us to survive. Attachment is a frame work for us to look at those connections we have made, particularly as children, as this is a sort of blue print that we carry into adulthood. We get to name whether those connections felt secure and safe, and if there were patterns of relating that made sense at the time- particularly if there was trauma- but are now hindering us from authentic connection.