Approach
We will work together in an individualized and attuned process to create change and growth in your life. Integrating techniques of traditional psychotherapy with practices like meditation and somatic awareness, I will guide you in unlocking your own inner healing abilities to find peace and happiness. This approach is tailored to your individual and unique needs and goals.
Psychodynamic Therapy
What you might think of as “traditional talk therapy,” this approach allows us make connections between childhood and family of origin to current struggles, which allows an end to unconsciously repeating patterns stemming from the conditions and environment of early life.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Using a more concrete and structured approach, CBT looks specifically at how distorted thoughts lead to maladaptive behaviors which lead to feelings of anxiety and depression. We work on changing the cycle to thoughts that lead to desired behaviors and feelings.
Somatic experiencing
Big and small traumas throughout life disrupt the nervous system and can leave us feeling stuck, anxious, depressed, or in physical pain and discomfort. By tuning into the body with SE, we learn to regulate the nervous system and release stuck energy and pain. Understanding of neuroscience, biology, and physiology help us know the most effective ways to make change and heal.
Meditation
Research shows what Buddhists and Eastern practitioners have known for thousands of years- the benefits of practicing meditation are life changing, due to actual changes in brain functioning. We can meditate together and help build a sustainable meditation practice.
buddhist philosophy
Learning how to work with the unruly mind is a big part of what Buddhists practice, specifically understanding the nature suffering and how to end it.
Mindfulness
Learning how to increase awareness of the five senses, bodily sensations, thoughts, and feelings can allow for acceptance of the present moment.