My Approach
INTUITION & EMPOWERMENT
There are many ways that we survive the circumstances of our lives by becoming small and silencing ourselves. This leads to people pleasing, fear of setting boundaries, lack of self-esteem or self-confidence, anxiety, and depression. I work with you to begin to tune into your body and listen to your own inner wisdom.
I believe deeply that our minds and bodies are extremely intuitive and at our core, we know how to heal. We can learn to trust ourselves.
STORY
Story work is an opportunity to take a closer look at your experiences throughout your life and to identify the impact. It is powerful to bring someone else into places where you have been alone. In a supportive and safe space, we can work together to identify the themes and patterns of your life taking you deeper into self-understanding and self-compassion.
I believe that our story shapes us but we determine where we go from here.
REBUILDING
Often in therapy, you become aware of the old patterns, coping mechanisms, and beliefs that have kept you stuck. Movement away from these patterns and beliefs can be painful and is a slow process. It may feel very vulnerable, like someone pulling the rug out from under you. With support, you can rebuild new patterns and ways of being.
I believe that change is possible.
Therapeutic Frameworks & Modalities that I use:
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Answers the question of why we do what we do. Looking at past events and relationships helps us to bring awareness around our unconscious behavior patterns in order to understand ourselves and make healthy changes.
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Feminist theory examines how power, gender, and social structures shape people’s lives, especially how women and marginalized genders are constrained, silenced, or excluded. It critiques systems like patriarchy, racism, and capitalism while also imagining more just, embodied, and relational ways of living.
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Based in the belief that the earliest bonds formed between child and caregiver has a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. The quality of early attachments play a critical role in healthy development, self-esteem, and later relationships.
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A model of therapy used to address trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms through identifying the network of parts within you. This is often called “parts work”. We exile parts of ourselves that hold pain or trauma while other parts of us work hard to keep those painful feelings away. This method is compassionate to all parts of you, bringing a clearer understanding to how your inner world functions and a greater sense of self.