“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
The therapeutic process can be profoundly transformative, providing a sense of fullness, meaning and personal freedom to one’s life.
It takes courage to embark on a journey of self-discovery. This process may be viewed as an opportunity to slow down in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. By slowing down, it allows parts of ourselves that may have been shamed, ignored or hidden (parts that are often hurting the most) to be found and cared for.
There are many reasons why people seek therapy. There may be a sense of emptiness, not fitting in, a lack of self-worth, relationship problems, a vague sense of chronic anxiety, or a feeling that something’s wrong or missing but not knowing what that might be.
Whatever the reason, I will meet you where you are and listen and learn about how you feel and how you see the world. This empathic attunement provides the space for both of us to connect to the truth of your experience and to connect to your own innate wisdom.
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know ”
Learning from your challenges and pain can result in a sense of empowerment and liberation, producing clarity about values and goals that are in line with who you truly are. This deeper connection to one’s self supports deeper connections with others. One of the goals of the therapeutic process is to have the capacity to safely feel more, not less; which is to say, to feel more alive and present for yourself and others.
My practice is informed by my training in existential and psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. In addition, I have continued to enrich my practice with numerous courses and workshops in IFS, CBT, and MBCT, providing me with a range of models to draw from in order to tailor a unique and individual therapy that meets the needs of each unique client.