I'm asked a lot how I work with people. I believe it is important for the therapist to be:

  • PRESENT with the experience, emotions, and insights the client is having in the moment.
  • ENGAGED with the client's process, both listening and giving feedback.
  • AND HOLDING STRONG BOUNDARIES creating consistency, containment and safety, allowing the client to access their truth.

These are the foundations of a healthy therapy experience.

 

I got my start in hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, healing methodologies that stress the importance of the unconscious mind’s influence on conscious thought and behavior. I spent my graduate school experience immersed in the teachings of Jung and the practice of Depth Psychology.

This tradition champions the importance of the unconscious mind and the mind/body connection, as well as the myths and archetypes that are windows into the human psyche. In my early experiences as an intern I worked with chronic mental illness and at-risk youth. After licensure I built on this foundation adding training in couple's therapy, sex education, EMDR psychotherapy, and special populations like sexual minorities and adult children of narcissists.

 

I resonate with, am inspired by, and weave in:

DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY

 
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EMDR PSYCHOTHERAPY

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

GESTALT THERAPY

EXISTENTIAL/HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY

And really, will use whatever tool gets the job done.

I am also influenced by the latest findings in NEUROSCIENCE.

 

I am sex positive, kink friendly, poly friendly and LGBTQ affirming.

I hold the utmost RESPECT for my clients and consider therapy a COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.