Mindfulness is central to all of the work I do. Before becoming a therapist, I trained as a yoga teacher. This foundational awareness of the profound impact of mindfulness, movement, and breathwork has helped to inform my therapy work.

From my experience, compassion is not only incredibly helpful to healing, but it is crucial. It’s also not easy for those of us who have been conditioned to be harsh, critical, and to operate from a place of shame and judgement. Compassion is something that is woven into all of my work and that I encourage clients to practice as well. 

I have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. As the name suggests, these modalities are oriented toward how our thoughts inform our inner and outer worlds. They also help to shape an understanding of why you might feel the way that you do: through the way you think about the world and the meaning you make about yourself and your life. Using many tried and true methods, we can work toward a deeper understanding of how distressing and/or untrue thoughts and beliefs may be holding you back in your life, and how we can adjust thoughts to lead to a more satisfying life.

Have you ever known something was true but at the same time, it didn’t feel true? Somatic, or body-based therapies are the compliment to cognitive therapies and help us to reconcile and resolve our knowing into feeling. The same way that you can read about a sport and understand the rules, you’ll never know how to actually play it until you practice. Somatic therapy can help to reshape the imprint of our experiences on our bodies and allow us to be in our own truth on a cellular level. I’m trained in somatic experiencing, trauma-informed yoga, and Brainspotting, all of which have proven immensely effective in my work. 

Ecotherapy offers both a lens through which to see the world and an expansive set of practices. Fostering a deeper connection with our Mother Earth and all of her natural children can create healing and liberation on both personal and collective levels. Ecotherapy can be practiced in any setting: indoors, outdoors, through virtual platforms, and in person. For those interested, I’d be happy to chat more about using Ecotherapy in our sessions together.

Brainspotting is a powerful tool that can allow us to access parts of our consciousness that might be otherwise hidden. It allows us to transform these less accessible parts of us that we aren’t always aware of but that are almost always affecting us in some ways. Brainspotting can help heal trauma in ways in which talk therapy is limited.