Therapy Services
My specialty is working with one’s whole system, the mind and body, as it relates to trauma, anxiety, depression, discovering one’s identity, body image, chronic pain/illness, infertility, relationships, and parenting.
You Can’t Stop The Waves but You Can Learn to Surf.
-Jon Kabat-Zin
Individuals
Somatic psychotherapy works with multiple systems of a person. We have the opportunity to address thoughts, beliefs, relationships, habitual behavior and nervous system patterns. It truly is an honor to work with my clients. I feel very fortunate to meet, witness, and collaborate with clients to attain greater health and healing.
Engaging in this type of work can help you:
Feel more regulated (balanced)
Have a greater range of emotional expression
Have better insight and awareness to thoughts and emotions
Have more compassion toward self and others
Get relief from symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and pain
Experience greater self acceptance
Couples and Relationships
We all want to be loved; this is a universal need and desire. However, intimate relationships often bring out the most intense emotions in us. Some of these emotions include fear, betrayal, and guilt as well as excitement, connection, and pleasure.
Often, we pick partners who reflect the issues we need to look at in ourselves and challenge our attachment patterns. The process can feel messy and difficult to navigate. In the end, we all need relationships and can learn to heal the distortions that play out with the most important people in our lives.
Families
Family therapy can help all people in a family system learn new ways to communicate and collaborate. We all have families, and whether we want to admit it or not, they influence us both positively and negatively. It is important to discover new and healthy ways to relate to your family.
Sometimes this work is done individually, and often with other family members. I am happy to work with families in any configuration. I welcome all families and relationships including LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, and all family structures.
Relationship therapy can help you with:
Improved communication
Greater connection to self and your partner/friend/family member
Obtaining skills related to support problem solving and increased harmony at home
Learning how to improve regulation and co-regulation during times of stress
Teens
I have been working with youth and teens in various settings since 1995. Going through the teen years can be a challenging time for everyone in the family. It can be a time of intense self-doubt as well as self-discovery for youth. It's an important developmental phase, and sometimes teens need an adult who can hold a neutral space in order to move through this time.
New research indicates that the adolescent brain is going through significant changes during this developmental period. These changes can affect the teen’s connection with family members as well as their craving for risk taking.
This time can be one of the most creative and productive times in a teen’s life if they learn to channel their energy in a positive direction. Therapy can help teens deal with the things that get in the way of self-respect and healthy choices.
Parent Support
Parent support is generally utilized to assist parents in creating a structure in their household that encourages stability, connection, and effective interactions within a warm family environment. Partners sometimes need help getting on the same page with each other in order to effectively parent.
Additionally, most of us learn how to parent based on the parenting we received. Sometimes, the lessons learned from our own parents can be flawed, and even destructive. The truth is, there is no perfect parent; however, all parents can learn to bring awareness and empowered wisdom to their parenting.
Therapists
Many mental health professionals have a fear of going deeply into their own history of pain, or truly exploring the places where they get stuck. And this is why I love to provide therapy for therapists, as I strongly believe we can only take clients to the places to which we've gone ourselves.
I find that many professionals believe they should automatically know how to heal themselves since they are helping others. This is a false belief, and it is this very mindset that keeps therapists from growing into the most effective professionals they can become. I feel passionate about helping other mental health providers overcome their own personal barriers, while strengthening their ability to be fully present with others.
Additionally I provide supervision and consultation to ASW's, MFTs, PCCs, LCSW's, and other mental health professionals. I have been providing supervision in various settings since I received my LCSW in 2000.
