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Integrative
I use an integrative approach, combining humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral and body-based mindfulness modalities, influenced in part by training and experience with Compassionate Inquiry, a trauma-informed approach developed by Dr. Gabor Mate. With this approach, I create a safe environment for clients to be fully heard, while identifying the origins of underlying emotional triggers that may relate to core beliefs and ways of coping. Clients are given the opportunity to re-think their core beliefs and reconnect with the felt sense of their bodies and emotions as part of organically discovering more effective and creative ways of living in the present, while expanding future possibilities.
Jungian
When one's personal history or present circumstances cannot fully explain one's chronic symptoms or challenges in life, I sometimes draw on our understanding of the collective unconscious, where historical patterns of humankind's struggles and triumphs can play out within our individual psyches. Creatively engaging with these archetypal images, through dreamwork or in other ways, can foster a greater sense of wholeness and interconnectivity.
Existential
An important question many clients grapple with is one of identity, who they really are at the core, versus who they think they should be. An existential approach can help clients to connect or reconnect with their authentic selves, and with their genuine purpose in life.
Experiential Therapy
As a practitioner with a background in acting, playwriting and teaching in the arts, I have long appreciated the power of experiential learning. Learning and changing through the felt-sense and creative imagination can help people make deeper and more lasting changes, than intellectual understandings alone.