Theresa Nicholas (she/her)

Using mindfulness and stress reduction techniques we can disentangle from stories in our mind that are keeping us stuck. I might use mindfulness coping skills, breathwork, lead guided visualizations or mediations for stress reduction.

CBT examines the stories (or "cognitive distortions") that weave throughout our lives that make up the web of our experience of how we feel about ourselves and others. I will often respectfully and warmly, challenge some of these thoughts in our work together.

We are mind, body and spirit. Often in talk therapy we do a lot of work from the neck up- leaving out the nervous system and the body. I will invite you to explore some somatic (body) interventions that are often the key to unlocking emotion.

We are mind, body and spirit. Often in talk therapy we do a lot of work from the neck up- leaving out the nervous system and the body. I will invite you to explore some somatic (body) interventions that are often the key to unlocking emotion. I practice in a trauma-informed way- we go at your speed, pace and only with what you feel ready to process.

When we are anxious we "over-thinking and under-feeling". Anxiety is the avoidance of feeling fear. Together we can create a safe space where you feel grounded enough to move towards this fear so it can be felt and then released. Your anxiety is there to keep you safe. With warm compassion we will explore it's roots.

Depression is a trace of feeling disconnected from yourself, others and your purpose. The very act of showing up for therapy is medicine for depression because you participating in connecting with another human- being seen and heard. The fog of depression can feel so heavy and hopeless but I have hope we can move though it together.

The level of grief you experience is equal to the amount you loved. Grief can be a transformational portal to help jolt us into feeling more alive and connected to our purpose here on earth. I have been a participant and then a facilitator in a community grief ritual workshop in Northern CA in 2023. I am versed in some indigenous wisdom around grief and am feel grateful to hold space for your grief.