Identify what is keeping you stuck, process any impacting traumatic events that are holding you back, or work through any major life transitions.
Identify what is keeping you stuck, process any impacting traumatic events that are holding you back, or work through any major life transitions.
I work best with clients that are ready for change. I strongly believe in building a therapeutic relationship and take time to build trust and rapport before we jump into any emotionally heavy therapy work.
We will collaborate to identify and work towards the changes you want to see, brainstorm ways to overcome patterns you feel stuck in, and support you in gaining the insight needed for progress. We will identify and celebrate each moment of progress.
We will collaborate to identify and work towards the changes you want to see, brainstorm ways to overcome patterns you feel stuck in, and support you in gaining the insight needed for progress. We will identify and celebrate each moment of progress.
My therapeutic approach is relational, strength-based, and trauma-informed. I strive to bring empathy, humor, and a nonjudgmental approach to the therapy space. I bring a holistic perspective to the work that allows for shared exploration.
With compassion and gentle feedback, we work to uncover what function our behaviors and feelings are playing, process and honor them, and identify alternate modes of meeting our needs.
With compassion and gentle feedback, we work to uncover what function our behaviors and feelings are playing, process and honor them, and identify alternate modes of meeting our needs.
We often learn strategies through life to keep us safe, but those strategies may hold us back in our present. It is in our relationships that we learned these strategies; it is through a therapeutic relationship that we re-learn, re-parent, and heal.
co-create your experience. I will not cure you; I will listen attentively for what is needed and support you with safety and warmth. I will offer you the tools to lead your life with intention, dignity and self-determination.
co-create your experience. I will not cure you; I will listen attentively for what is needed and support you with safety and warmth. I will offer you the tools to lead your life with intention, dignity and self-determination.
Recognizing that we all react out of habit in challenging situations, I offer concrete practices that build the necessary skills to intervene in these habitual reactions, make new choices and live engaged and fulfilling lives.
We will co-create a safe place for you to express your innermost needs and feelings. I will help guide you to be more in touch with your own inner wisdom, knowing, and authenticity in order to alleviate feelings of fear, disconnection, and sadness.
We will co-create a safe place for you to express your innermost needs and feelings. I will help guide you to be more in touch with your own inner wisdom, knowing, and authenticity in order to alleviate feelings of fear, disconnection, and sadness.
In session, I use integrative approaches, most notably Internal Family Systems (IFS), which posits that our minds are akin to families; each part plays a role and may have conflict with other parts of us. I find this approach self-empowering.