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Growing up in Silicon Valley, I learned to live from the head and to achieve, seriously burning out at several points along the way and being gravely disconnected from my body and my voice. Yearning for a more grounded and alive way of being, I turned to the traditions of mindfulness, Buddhism, and somatics (body-based practices). I now connect to my clients from this place: recognizing something needs to change, some pattern(s) need to be interrupted, and wanting to come into a more present, alive, and whole-hearted way of living. By returning to the body, we can tap into your wisdom, your aliveness, and your true self for you and within your relationships. I love to work with fellow recovering over-achievers, caregivers/ parents, neurodivergent folks, queer folks, and teens and I also offer parent-teen & family sessions.
Building a sense of safety and trust within yourself, in our relationship and in the therapy space is the foundation from which we build toward all of the shifts and growth you want for yourself. We go at your own pace and with choice points along the way-- I'll never push a modality or processing about your history/ childhood that you don't want to go into, but I will lovingly push you toward change and growth. We begin our work with getting to know what some of your stuck patterns are, what you're looking to shift, and how I can support you through our relationship and with tools/ practices to move toward this.
I bring warmth, realness, and humor into the space. Therapy is deep work, and it doesn't always have to leave you feeling so heavy you want to just curl up into a ball. I want to support you to feel more alive, more spacious, and more whole within yourself and in your relationships. I do this through: - Guided mindfulness & body-based practices in session and to take home - Weaving in non-verbal somatic & expressive arts modalities and more verbal, cognitive processing ones - Allowing our relationship to be a practice space for you to try on new and different ways of relating to yourself and to your loved ones
đ Turning toward the tangles and loops in our minds and inner worlds is brave work. And, itâs body-based work. đŞď¸ Anxiety, depression, trauma, burnoutâ they live in our bodies (and in the larger societal body around us). đŹď¸ They live in our breath, our nervous system, our relationships. Youâve survived â and your system has adapted in wise and protective ways. And now, you might be feeling: đ Tired of looping thoughts đŞNumb or shut down đŹ Struggling in relationships đŤď¸Always on edge, or never quite here Your body is asking for something new. In somatic (body-based) therapy, we donât just talk â we move, listen, and sense the information underneath, listening for what your system is holding, and what itâs ready to release.
Body-based modality used to metabolize trauma, emotions, depression/anxiety, and other patterns through the body and invite clients to show up in a more grounded, whole, and free way for themselves and in their relationships.
Using our therapeutic relationship as a template for building a secure and relatively safe relationship to then apply this to other relationships in your life.
Uncovering parts of you which may have had to be masked due to socialization and life experience and allowing for some of the overdeveloped protector parts to find their right size for a more integrated, whole version of you.
Traumatic experiences can take away our agency and power. Through our work together, you will have agency and choice, and we will go at your pace, building safety and grounding through the body/ nervous system as our foundation. I will never force or push a modality or processing about past trauma or history without the clientâs informed consent and consent within each session.
Holding an awareness of identity, power , and privilege and the systems of oppression within which we are embedded, allowing for this to be an alive and transparent dynamic in the room, between our shared and distinct identities.