Psychotherapy is a deeply personal process. It is journey of self-inquiry, self-examination, and self-reflection.
It is a process of slowing down, attuning, and holding up to the light those parts of ourselves we have often kept hidden. Engaging with the depths of ourselves can be difficult to do on our own, especially if our childhood experiences lacked the presence, support, and attunement needed to make intimacy with ourselves and others safe.
My therapeutic approach is deeply relational. Offering the relational resources necessary for you to safety turn inward, I will witness and support you as you deeply attune to your own personal rhythms, explore all parts of yourself, and learn to carve out new ways of being and interacting with the circumstances and people in your life. I work from a trauma informed perspective utilizing the wisdom of depth psychology, polyvagal theory, as well as somatic and Internal Family Systems (parts work) modalities.
Areas of Focus
Anxiety
Trauma
Existential issues
Mother daughter wounds
Moving out of stuckness
Soul/inner landscape work
Spirituality
End of life issues
Grief and loss
Self trust
Depression
Intuition
Life force, eros, aliveness
Flexibility and balance
Feeling safe to be
Living a creative life
Interventions and practices
Somatic Practics and Body Wisdom
Internal Family Systems/IFS (parts work)
Mindfulness practices
Nature practices
Poetry and ritual
Shadow work
Mythic and archetypal exploration
Song, dance, movement
Emotional affect deepening
Depth Psychology
Depth psychotherapy takes the perspective that experiencing pain is part of being human, and that the symptoms we experience contain meaningful information. Depth psychotherapy aims to connect with that which is deep within us, by engaging with the subtle, unconscious, and transpersonal aspects of human experience, and creatively attuning to the messages of imagery, metaphor, complexes, archetypes, mythic concepts, and dreams.
Somatic Therapy
Somatic therapy offers an integrative approach to psychological healing and personal growth that works directly with the mind-body connection. While talk therapy can be helpful in expanding our self-awareness and understanding why we think the way we do or engage in certain behaviors, those who have experienced trauma or other forms of extreme stress, may need more than a cerebral approach to allow for deeper shifts. Whereas talk therapy relies on cognition, somatic therapy utilizes body-centered awareness practices to tap into wisdom of the body, regulate the nervous system, and help release trauma.
IFS Therapy
Internal Family Systems, also known as “parts” work, is a body-centered, holistic, non-pathologizing, and compassionate approach that supports healing by helping individuals to access and gently interact with their protective and wounded inner parts. IFS therapy promotes a perspective that all parts are to be respected and valued for their contributions, and supports individuals to trust themselves and their own internal wisdom, while guiding them towards integration and balance.
Polyvagal Theory
Polyvagal theory helps us understand how the autonomic nervous system—our body’s built-in safety system—responds to the world around us. It’s constantly listening for safety cues and danger cues, and influences how we feel and act. When we notice safety cues, we move into connection: feeling calm, social, and grounded. When danger cues show up, we shift into protection: fight, flight, or even shut down. Incorporating polyvagal theory into therapy helps us tune into these responses, learn to reshape them, and find our way back to safety and connection more easily.