Live more fully.

Therapy can support us to live more fully.  My clients are experiencing blocks that limit their ability to lead rich lives with satisfying, nourishing relationships. Therapy is a place to explore what holds you back in your life and your relationships with others. 

Behaviors and ways of thinking that hold us back are often connected to ways we were hurt by others in the past. Giving these hurts a little room often transforms the pain allowing different ways of being to evolve. In therapy we do this together by creating a different experience in our relationship than the one that may have hurt you in the past.

Often, my clients have learned to cope with their pain by disconnecting from their bodies and intellectualizing their experience. This is common in developmental and other kinds of trauma. Whether we know it or not, this can limit our capacity to engage in our lives in a flexible, present and resilient way. In Somatic or body-based therapy we include the body in the therapeutic process and learn to listen to the wisdom it can offer you. The body is also a tremendous resource we can use when we are struggling to return to a more empowered place in ourselves. You can read more on Somatic therapy here.

Remove blocks and learn about you.

You may be confused about why you feel so stuck. You may notice that the same feelings or situations arise over and over. When we are stuck we unconsciously react to life in the same way again and again. This happens when one reaction is strong and others are under developed.  The strong reaction is often something we did to get through a traumatic, overwhelming or challenging experience. At the time, it helped us. A lot. Unfortunately, we automatically use that same reaction as a way to navigate all upsetting situations. This is how we get stuck in a repetitive pattern that doesn’t work for us. 

Expand your choices.

I help you to widen your range. We learn about you. We build awareness of your feelings, your body and how you are relating to others. This increases your capacity to be with your emotions and return to a calm state of mind. The ability to be with triggering experiences and still feel connected with our selves and other people changes everything. Our capacity to be with difficult emotions and feel our bodies is also our capacity to feel joy, to love and to experience freedom. Strengthening your ability to be with what is happening gives you more choices of how to respond.  You can learn how to find qualities like courage, ease, a confidence in yourself or even feel safe when life around you is less than ideal.  You can experience greater satisfaction, enjoyment and nourishment.

Together, we uncover your strengths and resilience.

As humans, resiliency is what drives us towards improvement, adaptation, growth and healing. We often forget how strong we are. Our ability to bounce back from challenges, childhood pain and the struggles life brings is our resilience. We all have resilience. Empowering your resilience is my special skill as a therapist. Together we learn how to access and increase your resilience. We find the ways you want to be supported by others and grow your capacity to receive this support.

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