Integrative Psychotherapy
My work is integrative, and bespoke therapy sessions are uniquely tailored to fit the needs of each individual. At the center of my work is my value for cultivating a collaborative and shared experience. I seek to enter into authentic relationships with each of my patients. I am infinitely eager to know them, to come to understand their minds.
My approach integrates existential, psychoanalytic, and somatic therapies to support healing and self-expression.
Inspired by the mystery and complexity of the human experience, I support individuals to quietly explore their suffering, build insight into their concerns, and come to know themselves more fully. I believe that to know oneself reduces the sense of self-alienation, replacing it with self-understanding, self-compassion, even self-love.
My Approach
My work is integrative, and bespoke therapy sessions are uniquely and collaboratively tailored to fit your individual needs and goals.
At the core of my approach is the belief that our symptoms hold meaning, wisdom, and insight into our inner worlds. As humans, we have an ability to protectively disavow or repress unwanted aspects of self, becoming alienated from our experience, our truth, and our authentic nature.
Healing occurs when we can open space to hold curiosity about ourselves, our habits, our relationships, our defenses, our parts of self in conflict with one another. By pausing and reflecting, we begin to make meaning from our experiences, build greater awareness of self, choose future actions with agency, and live from a more aligned and authentic place.
The ethos of my approach is rooted in a passion for inner and interpersonal inquiry, where healing and self-awareness are formed within the context of a rich, authentic, and lively therapeutic relationship.
Who I Work With
Conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries;
Healers, nurses, bodyworkers, acupuncturists, and therapists;
Chaplains, spiritual directors, and ministry leaders;
Landscapers, construction workers, educators, and equestrians;
Artists, creatives, musicians, and poets;
And, any and all humans seeking a deeper understanding of themselves.
What We Do.
The purpose of our work is something we come to formulate together.
I encourage you to speak as freely and openly as possible, as this allows us to begin to piece together a coherent picture of what might be happening psychologically that is leaving you dissatisfied in your relationships, vulnerable to loneliness and suffering, uncertain about how to move forward in life, or any number of presenting concerns.
In therapy, we will work together toward our therapeutic purpose through the following methods:
Identify, deepen, and somatically explore your emotional experience.
Discuss your past experiences and relate their impact to your current functioning.
Identify recurring themes and cyclical patterns occurring throughout your life.
Explore avoidances, or what you may protectively be seeking to dissociate from.
Focus on interpersonal or romantic relationships, building insight into your sense of connectivity and intimacy to others.
Explore our therapeutic relationship and unconscious patterns unfolding between us.
Process fantasy life, dreams, hopes, dreads, visions, and goals.
Session Structure
I believe effective therapy requires commitment and consistency. In order for you to receive the most you can from therapy, I generally encourage that we meet on a weekly or twice-weekly basis. Sessions are offered at a recurring time to further promote cohesion and reliability within our therapeutic process.
My hope is to be a long-term support for you, and the length of our treatment will depend on your goals and our collaborative determination of what will be most helpful for you. Research on therapeutic outcomes demonstrates that lasting benefits from therapy begin to occur within 6 months of starting treatment, and continue for the next 1-1.5 years.
I don’t offer quick-fixes or solutions-focused treatments, because I believe that in order to create deep and lasting change, we need to address the underlying and enduring psychological issues keeping you vulnerable to pain, distress, and suffering.
I generally do not offer bi-weekly or once-monthly sessions, as I find that it becomes difficult to move beyond the surface level “check-ins” and reach the enduring psychological issues bringing you into this work.
I Support You To:
Identify and overcome limiting patterns, thought forms, and beliefs.
Address the psychological underpinnings of grief, trauma, depression, and anxiety.
Build greater continuity between mind and body, self and others, past and future.
Regulate your nervous system and build an embodied sense of safety.
Expand affect tolerance, your ability to identify, deepen, and experience the entire range of emotions.
Develop a sense of self-esteem that is reliable and realistic.
Settle into your ability to approach life’s challenges with grace and fortitude.
Remember your unique essence and align to your truest nature.
Explore meaning and purpose through love, work, and play.
Find peace and acceptance of what cannot be changed.
Enhance your sense of agency, and build your capacity to take responsibility for your life.
Cultivate closeness, depth, and intimacy within your relationships.
Create a life of richness, freedom, and authenticity.