create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
I employ evidence-based approaches focused on mindful awareness, self-attunement, living a value-directed life, self-compassion, tinkering with unhelpful patterns of thought & behavior - all couched within the important context of our relationship.
delve into your past, present, and future, as well as practice mindfulness, breathing, expressive arts, and somatic techniques. We will use somatic and parts therapy to build tolerance and acceptance of your emotions and inner parts.
delve into your past, present, and future, as well as practice mindfulness, breathing, expressive arts, and somatic techniques. We will use somatic and parts therapy to build tolerance and acceptance of your emotions and inner parts.
I aim to help you identify and feel emotions as they show up in the body, and I use parts work as a way to identify root causes and effectively manage your inner critic. What we resist persists, so practicing acceptance can also help heal.
Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.
Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.
By helping you understand how you came to think, feel, and behave as you do now, we can cultivate self-acceptance, harness your strengths, develop effective coping skills, and help you live in a way that is congruent with your own values and goals.
In our sessions, we will focus on exploring the root of your struggles, understand how they are impacting you today, practice ways to deal with stress, and look at what changes can be made to help you live a happy, fulfilling and harmonious life.
In our sessions, we will focus on exploring the root of your struggles, understand how they are impacting you today, practice ways to deal with stress, and look at what changes can be made to help you live a happy, fulfilling and harmonious life.
My focus is to provide a safe, warm, and compassionate environment where you can go deeper into your thoughts and feelings and explore barriers that interfere with your relational, emotional, and mental well-being.
Develop a safe, trusting therapeutic relationship as our foundation. I support clients to connect with themselves, their emotions, and body sensations. You'll learn to regulate your nervous system, honor your parts, and have healthier relationships.
Develop a safe, trusting therapeutic relationship as our foundation. I support clients to connect with themselves, their emotions, and body sensations. You'll learn to regulate your nervous system, honor your parts, and have healthier relationships.
As an IFS therapist, I believe that even the parts of ourselves we want to change most have served us at some point. I help clients explore their parts, gain somatic awareness, release shame, and increase emotional and nervous system regulation.