We will work as a team to figure out what you want to achieve. I may be an expert in Mental Health but you are the expert of your life.
We will work as a team to figure out what you want to achieve. I may be an expert in Mental Health but you are the expert of your life.
I specialize in time limited evidence based psychotherapy. That means I want to work with you to figure out your struggles and use interventions that are scientifically proven to help you get better. I want to teach you to be your own therapist.
Together, we will explore new avenues for managing stress, anxiety, and personal struggles, empowering you on your path to self-fulfillment.
Together, we will explore new avenues for managing stress, anxiety, and personal struggles, empowering you on your path to self-fulfillment.
My approach is collaborative and client-centered. We work together to develop coping strategies and foster your personal development.Working with me feels like having a compassionate guide by your side, fostering open communication.
Find new ways to address the suffering that brings a child & their family or an adult to speak with me, talking about what can't be talked about elsewhere and pursuing what gives you life, what allows for the next steps to be taken on your pathway.
Find new ways to address the suffering that brings a child & their family or an adult to speak with me, talking about what can't be talked about elsewhere and pursuing what gives you life, what allows for the next steps to be taken on your pathway.
I am interested in the unique way children & adults express their troubles: in bodily expressions, turns of phrase, slips of the tongue & dreams, exploring how they build relationships with others and those important endeavors in their lives.
build skills in navigating systemic oppression, identity, trauma, relationships, mental health issues, chronic pain and self-esteem. We will work towards empowerment through building self-awareness, compassion and nourishing the mind body connection.
build skills in navigating systemic oppression, identity, trauma, relationships, mental health issues, chronic pain and self-esteem. We will work towards empowerment through building self-awareness, compassion and nourishing the mind body connection.
I approach therapy through a non-pathologizing, trauma-informed, and harm reduction lens and understand that the client is the expert of their own experience. I view the clinical relationship as a tool for healing.
We focus on creative accountability to support clients in connecting with their personal values and goals. Art therapy is the main intervention used to address mental health symptoms. You do not need to be considered an artist to engage with art.
We focus on creative accountability to support clients in connecting with their personal values and goals. Art therapy is the main intervention used to address mental health symptoms. You do not need to be considered an artist to engage with art.
Working with Essence and her team at Aura Art Space PLLC, you can expect to make art every single session. We have a structure to support intention setting, creative flow, and reflection to help individuals process their art making experience.