Practice feeling emotions with less overwhelm and more ease. Reconnect with the body to feel more present. Discover your needs and how to meet them. Heal from shame and cultivate self-compassion. Listen and honor the histories that have shaped you.
Practice feeling emotions with less overwhelm and more ease. Reconnect with the body to feel more present. Discover your needs and how to meet them. Heal from shame and cultivate self-compassion. Listen and honor the histories that have shaped you.
I practice Somatics, a body-mind approach that helps us slow down to pay attention to body experience to access more feeling, ease, and change. I integrate IFS, a form of therapy that invites us to befriend our parts to hear their stories and needs.
get curious about your story and what drives you, observing and rewriting the narratives of the vastness of your lived experience, gradually learning to hold the wounds, and leaving lots of room for play.
get curious about your story and what drives you, observing and rewriting the narratives of the vastness of your lived experience, gradually learning to hold the wounds, and leaving lots of room for play.
I like to work relationally and narratively, bringing in a creative, conversational and strengths-based lens. I specialize in working on identity formation, values and self-esteem, especially around ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation.
We can work to explore underlying issues in a safe and structured way to attempt to externalize, heal, regulate, make meaning of, and integrate past experiences.
We can work to explore underlying issues in a safe and structured way to attempt to externalize, heal, regulate, make meaning of, and integrate past experiences.
I enjoy working with a diverse population of individuals and couples.
Common issues people seek therapy are for depression, divorce, anxiety, parenting, life changes, cultural issues, job stress, adjustments, stress, and low self esteem.
Common issues people seek therapy are for depression, divorce, anxiety, parenting, life changes, cultural issues, job stress, adjustments, stress, and low self esteem.
I believe coming in therapy 1xs a week is not sufficient to correct years of established patterns. Thus, I will give you homework and hold you accountable in what we discuss in therapy. We must change, in order for things to change.
Build a safe, comfortable, non-judgmental, and empathic environment where we can work to help you develop healthy coping skills to allow you to overcome the obstacles in your life.
Build a safe, comfortable, non-judgmental, and empathic environment where we can work to help you develop healthy coping skills to allow you to overcome the obstacles in your life.
My primary approach to therapy is integrative and client centered. It is my strong belief that a therapeutic relationship can lead to insights and change.