modalities

I work with several evidence-based modalities led by humanistic therapy and supported by additional therapies including narrative, Jungian, existential, somatic inquiry, internal family systems (IFS). In support of a holistic orientation, mindfulness, self-compassion, intuition (mine and yours), humor, spirituality, and metaphor, all play essential roles in how I foster a healing space. I do not strictly adhere to any general modality — I weave tools and techniques into the process as appropriate. My style is unstructured, an à la carte approach if you will. I am guided by what the client brings into each session, while holding rooting threads to overarching themes, patterns, and goals.

While my style is fluid, adaptable, and without a rigid agenda, and my energy in the therapy room is warm and welcoming, I do challenge clients and direct or guide as therapeutically beneficial. I will not toss you into the deep-end, and, I will encourage you willfully self-submerge as you are ready.

specialities

  • Healing from familial/generational wounds:

    Interrupting narcissistic family dysfunction

    Unburdening from adaptive family role assignments

    Emotionally immature, unavailable, or neglectful parents

    Persistent conflict with adult siblings

  • Existential and spiritual inquiry:

    Life meaning, purpose, and transformation

    Navigating spiritual awakenings or crisis of faith

    Incorporating a spiritual framework to aid in difficult experiences

    Preparation and integration of non-western medicine journeys

  • Midlife and aging-related challenges:

    Menopause and body changes

    Midlife reflection and recalibrating meaning

    Health and wellness needs and changes

    Shifts in identity, roles, and purpose

  • Coping with life-altering experiences:

    Chronic pain and illness

    Navigating terminal diagnosis

    Major life transitions or losses

    Exploring death and dying

I work with adults in their mid-thirties and beyond who are ready to reclaim their lives from limiting patterns shaped by family systems and societal conditioning. Together, we’ll explore how you can become better regulated — in your emotions, nervous system, and perceptions of yourself and others — and more resourced, both internally and within your communities and circles.

At its core, my approach is about venturing into the belly of the beast and reclaiming the gold that lies within. I believe, wholeheartedly, that true healing is integrative — requiring us to face and transform our sacred wound, that deep, often hidden source of suffering, while retrieving the parts of ourselves we have exiled to the unconscious. This process calls for addressing and recalibrating shame, taking responsibility for what is ours, releasing what is not, and ritualizing a mindful, self-compassionate (yet non-enabling) approach to self-perception.