Welcome! I am a depth-psychology and somatic-focused therapist with over 26 years of expertise practicing, teaching, and supervising others in the field. I work with women of every life stage. Clients value my non-pathologizing, heart-of-the-matter, clear, and supportive approach. I use proven tools to help women gain authentic emotional awareness, integrate and understand parts of themselves, heal suffering, and create more clarity and ease in their life. The work may include trauma recovery, DBT skills, ego parts work (similar to IFS), dreamwork, soul exploring, CBT, ecosomatic therapy, application of polyvagal theory, mindfulness meditation, nervous system attunement, brain spotting, EMDR for telehealth, and somatic healing. I work with both immediate crises and ongoing issues. Reaching out for support can be challenging -- my focus is to make it as easy as possible. Women I work with are often seeking help with depression, anxiety, OCD, substance use, trauma, addiction recovery, a relationship, ADHD, insomnia, car accident recovery, managing stress, chronic pain, PTSD, emotional abuse recovery, highly sensitive person needs, grief and loss, finding deeper life purpose and career concerns, parenting issues, chronic health concerns. I am best able to meet the needs of women who feel stuck in some area of life, who may have suffered emotional neglect, physical, or emotional trauma in their past, and who want to move forward, to increase their self-confidence, and to create a life with greater ease. My past career includes: clinical professor of social work, clinical supervisor, college campus therapist, mindfulness based stress reduction therapist at Duke Center for Living, integrative health center therapist helping support those with chronic stress, pain, and health issues, and years in private practice. Together, we create an environment for deepening your self-understanding, empowerment, and growth. My approach is practical, focused on long-lasting change, and is based on the following premises: you are your own healer, all healing comes from your ability to understand and connect to your own deepest wisdom so you can integrate and understand, and the human spirit is resilient —when given proper practical attention and tools, you are able to call in your wholeness and integration. Although it can be challenging to seek help, my focus is to make the process of working together as easy as possible, and I hope you will reach out!
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In or first session, we will start with understanding your current challenges and background, so we can dive into what you need and offer immediate relief. We also start building a safe and secure connection based on commitment to complete confidentiality and respect for working together.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My biggest strengths are my years of experience and expertise, my clarity of focus, non-judgmental attitude, breadth of knowledge, compassion, and ability to meet clients where they are. I am authentic and practical and I have a specialty in focusing on the whole person, mind, body and spirit.