Welcome, to Space for Grace Therapy, where we celebrate the journey of growth and evolution. We are committed to the values of transparency, compassion, empathy and vulnerability, recognizing them as vital to enhancing self-worth. By embracing new knowledge and cultivating the seeds of self-love in our minds we can foster meaningful change. "Space for grace" means intentionally creating room (space) to be compassionate, understanding, and forgiving (grace) towards yourself or others, especially during difficult moments, mistakes, or imperfections, allowing for growth, healing, and a less judgmental approach to life's challenges. It's about pausing self-criticism to acknowledge human frailty and embracing acceptance, whether through quiet reflection, spiritual practice, or gentle self-talk.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session we will take our time in identifying your values, desires, needs, and what compromises we will have to make in order for you to be able to regrow the garden of your mind. We will utilize a timeline method to explore your roots, essentially uncovering hardships, and supportive factors that created the identities, beliefs and values that have helped you survive the pain of your past. I will ask several clarifying questions to understand your subconscious belief system, conscious belief system, behaviors, presenting symptoms, emotional capacity, and your true willingness to release the pain of the past.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Our therapeutic approach ensures structure within sessions through a clear framework that is utilized, discussed, and understood by both clinician and client. Sessions are goal oriented, and the effectiveness of healing, along with moving forward from trauma, is the cornerstone of our treatment style. Throughout my experience working in the field of psychology and social work, I have had the privilege of working with client's of all ages combatting a variety of diagnoses, developmental delays, ancestral trauma's, spiritual warfare and chronic addictions. Most of my work is aimed towards supporting client's address unresolved sexual, emotional, mental, spiritual, & physical abuse, as well as severe childhood neglect. Trauma generally takes the form of spiritual, physical and mental imprisonment, stealing our childlike innocence and wonder. Trauma also often systematically causes people to engage in rebellion which leads to self rejection, self sabotage, and lifelong self protection when it is unaddressed. The journey to healing my personal trauma's, as well as helping people face the darkest moments in their lives has allowed me to develop a holistic approach to healing trauma. In therapy, we identify and process the root causes of childhood trauma and together, we learn new adaptive ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
The people I am best positioned to serve are individuals who are seeking structured, goal oriented therapy aimed towards resolving root cause trauma that has led to present day challenges (self esteem, identity, communication, social, familial, relationships, vocational, educational, church hurt, anger with God, etc.). Faith based counseling will be used as an additional framework within individual therapy and EMDR services. Client's who have experienced severe religious trauma, are interested in renewing their relationship with God as a part of their healing process or who are attempting to remove themselves from any occultic, witchcraft or cult like practices & groups would benefit from these services."
EMDR
Most client's will utilize EMDR if they have attended talk therapy sessions in the past and have realized they are prepared to process their trauma at the root. They have great awareness of their trauma, have accepted the impact it has had on their identity, behavior and lives, and are ready to create new neural pathways using EMDR processing to move on from their past, rather than continuing to learn to cope with it in the present. I combine individual therapy with EMDR to prepare my client's for EMDR which makes my approach to EMDR unique amongst other EMDR clinician's. I have tested my approach and received feedback regarding it's effectiveness and benefits from previous client's who have also experienced EMDR without the addition of simultaneous individual therapy.
Couples Counseling
I utilize a mixture of approaches when working with couples, depending on what the current status of the couples are. I work with couples who desire to stay together, couples who choose to separate or divorce, as well as couples who separate or divorce and are coparenting their children. I have found that one size does not fit all, especially consider where the individuals within the relationship are in relation to their trauma healing journey, family upbringing, as well as their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I have found that a combination of the following methods are effective in couples therapy: The Gottman Method, subconscious reconditioning techniques, Narrative Trauma, Relationship Life Therapy techniques, Solution Focused Brief Therapy approach, Positive Psychology, ancient wisdom and Christian faith based approach for those who have religious considerations.
Christian Counseling
Faith-based counseling will serve as an additional framework within individual and EMDR services. Clients who have faced religious trauma, seek to renew their relationship with God as part of their healing journey, would like to become closer to God as a couple, or aim to distance themselves from occult, witchcraft, or cult-like practices and groups will find this additional framework beneficial.
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February 22, 2025
She said something that pissed me off (keep in mind, I almost never get mad.) I told her I was able to accept my parent's divorce as what was best for them when I was 6 y/o. She said "heh, yeah, maybe looking back right. Theres no way that couldve actually happened because the brain does not develop that type of abstract thinking until 10 years old." But I wasn't lying! My own MOM even remembers me accepting it when I was 6! (Yes, I confirmed with her). Me getting angry did point us in a new direction, but I still feel my experience was highly invalidated. I know some therapy methods try to keep people slightly emotionally agitated so they can't just defuse any digging. I'm okay with a little discomfort. What I'm NOT okay with is invalidation, trust in textbooks over my real life experiences. I need to meet with her again to see the consistencies in how she carries herself before I decide if she's right or not.