Together will explore both the past and present and get to know your story and your body's unique language & responses. I feel strongly that once one has the opportunity to deepen their own awareness of their being (body-mind-spirit), a sense of freedom can be experienced, as well as agency to feel, release and let go of all you may be holding or that which is holding you back.
I deeply value creativity, curiosity and approach therapy from a somatic, intuitive, empathic and deeply relational place. I feel that the body is a holder of immense wisdom and memory on a spiritual, emotional and transgenerational level and therefore the inclusion of the body is essential.
I call my approach: Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy, and draw upon the following:
Additional modalities that can be weaved into the work:
I call my approach: Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy, and draw upon the following:
- Transpersonal (spiritual) practices
- Body-awareness & Movement techniques (rooted in Somatic Experiencing & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy)
- Social Justice orientation & Anti-Racist foundation
- Gestalt & Parts work
- Guided meditation & imagery
- Trauma-informed practice
- Mindfulness
- Expressive Art Therapy modalities
Additional modalities that can be weaved into the work:
- Brainspotting
- Reiki & Energy Work
- Past Life Regression
Anti-Racist, Multicultural & Social Justice Focus
Conscious of the greater environment and systems we survive in, I hold a crucial social justice and anti-racist framework and consider the social body we live and interact within as an extension of ones body and presence. I value diversity and how it forms and impacts our lives and how it may impact therapy. Awareness of the intersections of race, ethnicity, culture, class, sexuality, and gender help to create our ever evolving personal identity. Diversity on all levels, including between you and me, is never dismissed, but gently and appropriately acknowledged and integrated. Additionally, in my personal allyship work as a therapist for BIPOC clients & colleagues, I am actively committed to supporting white individuals in unpacking whiteness and weaving anti-racist work into the therapeutic frame.
I can assist you in working with:
- Spiritual Development and exploration
- Integration of spiritual, ceremonial, and sacred medicine experiences
- Complex Trauma & PTSD
- Early Developmental Trauma
- Sexual Assault & Violence
- Women's Empowerment & stepping into one's feminine
- Women struggling with hormonal disorders (PCOS, Endometriosis, etc)
- Relationships Issues
- Anger-Management
- Social Justice Fatigue
- Diversity Awareness
- Body Image Issues // Eating Disorders
- Anxiety & Depression
- Stress-management
- Artists & Creative Blocks
Who I work with:
I have a non-discriminatory practice and welcome diversity of all kinds including people of all ages, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender identity.
- Individuals
- Teens & Transition Age Youth (TAY)
- LGBTTQQI2SA community
- Artists & activists
