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.

specialities

Healing from familial/generational wounds:

  • Narcissistic family systems (what is this?)

  • Being the family scapegoat/target/invisible child

  • Responsible for dysfunctional family system harmony

  • Emotionally immature, unavailable, or neglectful parents

Midlife and aging-related challenges:

  • Menopause and body changes

  • Midlife reflection and transitions

  • Shifts in identity, roles, and purpose


Existential and spiritual inquiry:

  • Life meaning, purpose, and transformation

  • Navigating spiritual awakenings or crisis of faith

  • Preparation and integration of non-western medicine journeys

Coping with life-altering experiences:

  • Chronic pain and illness

  • Terminal diagnoses and mortality considerations

  • Major life transitions or losses 

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.

Additionally, my approach is about going into the belly of the beast and reclaiming the gold that resides there. I believe, wholeheartedly, that healing is integrative, meaning that in order to experience sincere peace, restoration, and liberation, we must retrieve the parts of ourselves we have banished to the unconscious. This requires addressing and recalibrating shame, taking responsibility for what is ours and no longer accepting blame for what is not, and ritualizing in a mindful self-compassionate (not enabling) approach to self-perception.