Services
- Individual
- Group
About My Clients
As a gamer, creative, or spiritual person, you want to feel as capable, connected, and purposeful in the 'real world' as you do in the world of your passions, but, the many challenges of the 'real world' leave you feeling helpless, isolated, and aimless when you step 'outside.' I know the feeling of wanting to escape by retreating into your passion. Instead, lets bring the strengths of your inner life to your outer world, and find solutions to problems that celebrate all of who you are.
My Background and Approach
I integrate the powers of geek therapy, expressive arts therapy, and spirituality to explore both seen and unseen forces that shape who you are and the worlds you inhabit. Collaboratively, we unearth strategies to expand your passions, drawing from them as sources of strength, connection, and purpose, and using them in other areas of your life where you yearn for change and transformation. We will use these geeky, creative, spiritual techniques to: better understand your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors; manage stress; improve your relationships; support expression; enhance decision-making; and explore the meaning you have made about your life and the wider world.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I've worked with too many self-identified geeks, creatives, and spiritual individuals who have been dismissed as misfits, childish, or wishful thinkers instead of being seen and heard for their incredible contributions as unique individuals. Sadly, they've lacked safe, 'real-world' spaces for self empowerment, creating community, and finding meaning in something bigger than themselves. This is especially true for those who also hold marginalized identities and, as a result, additionally face immeasurable social mistreatment and harm. Our ability as humans to imagine, tell stories, use symbols, create, express and connect to deeper source is what sustains us and helps us evolve. I believe that mental illness can occur or compounds when we are restricted from using our strengths or embracing healthy parts of ourselves that allow us to address and heal the pain in our lives. What we can give to ourselves, others, and that which is greater, is what contributes to our holistic wellbeing.