My practice is deeply rooted in mindfulness and curiosity, supporting my clients in becoming more acquainted with themselves and their inner world. I aim to create a nonjudgmental space to be authentic and real with you so that you can be authentic and real with yourself. I help guide you in getting to see the function in what you may consider a dysfunction. I see symptoms as strategies of survival and regulation, not pathology. These may be parts of yourself that worked so hard for you to survive during your hard life experiences, but perhaps ran their course in ways that no longer support you.
When we are done working together, my hope is that you can have new internal skills so that you can create the change you would like to see in your life. Mastery of new skills and different ways of relating to yourself internally can reveal new outcomes and life experiences (old, unhelpful patterns–take the back seat!) You may be more willing to see the resilient, powerful parts of yourself you may have dismissed before and feel more comfortable sitting with the painful parts. As the cliche goes, “what you resist persists,” so I find true power in acceptance of the full, complicated human experience.
I love, love, love using both Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (and/or integration) in my work. I also offer longer format sessions (Intensives) as an alternative to weekly therapy.