Healing happens in relationship

Approach

As a therapist, I draw a lot from Hakomi, a mindfulness-based somatic therapy modality, and I believe that our innate wisdom arises from our bodies. I bring deep attunement to and trust in the body, and at times invite awareness to body movements or patterns that may be below your conscious awareness: often our bodies understand how to heal before our minds do. In sessions, I offer my compassionate relationship and guidance, and my style is attachment-focused meaning that I care a lot about tending to early-life relationship wounds. Pacing is important in therapy and trust takes time; so we can take our time and oftentimes slowing down is a medicine many of us aren’t given enough of. My style is warm, collaborative, and at times directive. I weave in somatics, parts work, ecotherapy, transpersonal, mindfulness, Process Work, and psychodynamic therapies, among others. 

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Healing doesn’t happen in a vacuum: we are shaped by our cultures, systems, and the contexts in which we have lived.  So it's important that we can talk about aspects of identity (class, race, sexuality, ability, gender, age, and more) because the interplay between each identity we have impacts our life experience. Sometimes we must also presence the fact that when we are healing, we are doing so within systems that are actively traumatizing — and we must tend to that grief and pain. I am always decolonizing my own body and mind so that I show up most wholly and clearly, and I welcome feedback and conversation about my own limitations or blind spots. ​​

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