Many of my clients have tried therapy in the past and left hungry for real, integrated change. I work with those who are committed to the long-term work of healing complex trauma and attachment wounding through experiential work. I specialize in working with activists, artists and healers, and particularly those who are ready for deep transformative healing, so they can better do their work in the world, from a place of clarity and internal peace.
People have described my therapeutic style as:
Compassionate & Attuned, Clear & Invested, Poetic & Playful.
In our work together I will tend to a climate of love and safety where your wholeness can feel welcome. This will free us to gently explore unconscious material using somatic, experiential, and mindful techniques (see more details below) that transform and heal.
I want the growth that occurs in the therapy room to easily translate into your everyday life. As the change process begins, I create experiments and offer homework for you to build upon this new capacity. My greatest wish is for you to integrate your potential so you can live, and share, a life of Love, Freedom, and Authenticity.
A final note — I believe that inner change can support and grow the world we wish to belong to; that the micro can feed the macro. I hold an equity and social justice frame in all of my work. I do my best to connect our intra-psychic and interpersonal wounding to the greater system(s) we exist within, to normalize our responses to what we have been given and create possibilities for change.
All races & ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and abilities are welcome here.
issues i treat:
Relationship Issues & Attachment Wounding
PTSD & C-PTSD
Life Transitions
Anxiety & Depression
Grief & Loss
Unpacking Internalized Racism/Sexism/Whiteness, etc
Psychedelic Integration Work
Generalized Stuckness & Lethargy; Burn Out
and more… (please inquire to see if I might be a good fit)
My primary modalities:
Lifespan Integration: A gentle and effective approach to build a more solid sense of Self, heal from trauma and problematic relationships. We will use your a timeline of your life to help integrate past experiences, release their charge & bring your body-mind more into the present. This is a powerful modality for healing complex trauma, as well as shock trauma (i.e. car accident, assault, etc). Read more about Lifespan Integration.
Hakomi Body-Centered Therapy: The Hakomi approach applies mindfulness to present moment states in order to discover unconscious belief systems, their origins, and to provide a missing and nourishing experience. Visit this page for more information on Hakomi.
Primary Attachment Therapy: Primary Attachment Therapy utilizes the relationship between us to study and update attachment template based on early caregiver relationships. This work takes place in the present moment and steers toward greater security in relationship. Visit this page for more information on Primary Attachment Therapy. Please note: this work requires a long-term commitment to therapy, as well as a collaborative assessment for readiness.
Experiential Trauma Therapy: A synthesis of today's most cutting edge trauma therapies and research, Experiential Trauma Therapy provides embodied, relational, and present-moment based treatment to process trauma. Please note if you are coming in with PTSD/C-PTSD, we will build your capacity to self & co-regulate before processing specific traumas. This gives us a solid and safe foundation to work with (and keeps us from re-traumatizing you).
Re-Creation of the Self: Both a map and model for human systems, Re-Creation of the Self (R-CS) provides a structure to bring you back to embodying your Organic Self, while honoring and acknowledging the Fragmented Selves who were created as part of the survival system. Visit this page for more information on R-CS.
trainings
Graduated from Saybrook University with an M.A. in Psychology with a Counseling Specialization
M.E.T.A. Counseling Clinic year-long internship
Two-Year Comprehensive Training with M.E.T.A.
Primary Attachment Psychotherapy, M.E.T.A. (Teaching Assistant)
Hakomi Pro-Skills Training, M.E.T.A. (Teaching Assistant)
Principles of Trauma Therapy, M.E.T.A.
Advanced Clinical Maps, M.E.T.A.
Working with Couples from an R-CS & Hakomi Perspective, M.E.T.A.
Trauma To Dharma Training, Levels 1 & 2 with Manuela Mischke-Reeds
Comprehensive Couples Training with Rob Fisher
Relational Life Therapy Training, Level 1 with Terry Real
Lifespan Integration Training, Levels 1-4; Currently pursuing certification