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About My Clients
If you view healing as a journey of growth and transformation, and if you have a deep desire to let go of the ways you've been holding yourself back, we may be a good fit. I work with a wide range of struggles and specialize in self-image/self-esteem issues, trauma, and grief. I work best with people who are willing to continue the work between sessions by practicing present-focused awareness and experimenting with gentler, more curious responses to feelings, thoughts, and body sensations.
My Background and Approach
The way I practice is collaborative, and my style is informal and at ease. I aim to create a space where you can relax enough to become more of who you are, rather than feeling like we are analyzing or troubleshooting you. Therapy with me is a playground, not a boot camp. We’re not in this to “fix” you. We are supporting you to befriend yourself at the deepest level possible. My approach is a fusion of many therapeutic styles. This means that when we meet, we may decide upon a single modality that works best for you, or we may flexibly adjust what we’re doing according to your interests and desires on any given day. My primary clinical influences are Gestalt therapy, Buddhist/mindfulness-based therapy, EMDR, and humanistic therapy. I've trained in many additional types of therapy and am always interested in your thoughts about what kind of approach feels most like home to you. See my website (in the yellow strip under my contact info below) for more details of my approach.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that our struggles are messengers. There isn’t just one “right” way to listen to these messengers, and part of my job is to help you learn your own best way to listen. By turning toward rejected, painful, or disowned parts of yourself with curiosity and compassion, you can loosen rigid patterns and storylines, set yourself free to reconnect with vitality and creativity, and commit to inviting joy, flexibility, and fullness in. I also believe that, in the words of Vikki Reynolds, “a socially just world is a mentally well world.” My framework attends to ways in which systems of oppression generate trauma and other health impacts. I am LGBTQIA+-affirming. A body-positive/Health at Every Size philosophy informs my work.