Clinically trained while integrating spirit, intuition and the work of visionaries at the growing edge of wisdom. I offer lovingly honest support to individuals and couples motivated to create change in their lives. Clients that work with me often gain insights, feel more connected to themselves and others and increase their emotional well being.
My approach is trauma-informed, evidence-driven and attachment-based. I use EMDR, Internal Family Systems and other safe, effective modalities to process trauma and reconnect with the Self. I also offer the powerful PSYCH-K process for in-person sessions, helping people transform unconscious limiting beliefs into supportive ones.
I often begin sessions with a mindfulness-based practice, inviting your body to rest in a regulated state and be open to insights. We then check in, decide on the focus for the session, and get to work!
Sometimes we will weave talk therapy with supportive reflections, role plays, working emotions, or exploring the Self more deeply. Other times a client's goals with call for a focus on trauma processing using EMDR, PSYCH-K, parts work or somatic work. These processes involve more internal processing and less talking.
Regardless of the modality, a throughline to successful therapy is learning to recognize your “patterns.” We all have ingrained behavior that helped us survive at some point in our lives, and may now be causing problems. Learning to recognize what your patterns are is a huge step in transforming them. One of my favorite therapists Terry Real describes this skill of pattern recognition, only in couples therapy, as “the more, the more.” A couple may come to see that the more she criticizes, the more he pulls away. The more she withdraws, the more anxious or angry he becomes. The recognition of this familiar dance is the threshold to meaningful chance.
Here are the generalized stages of therapy when working with me. It does not have to be linear. A person may jump ahead, fall back, be in some stages simultaneously, or curve throughout!
1. Identify the patterns causing distress.
2. Get curious to discover where they came from and how they were formed.
3. Cultivate the ability to hold this perspective with compassion.
4. Consciously explore new options of responding and welcome guidance & intuition.
5. Process associated trauma.
6. Learn new skills.
7. Practice desired behaviors.
8. Focus on goals and vision until it becomes reality.
