I believe that people are, at heart, trying their best and working towards connection. Our human needs are intrinsic and never to be shamed. It is the strategies we use - consciously or unconsciously - to get our needs met that can run us into challenges and dysfunction. The conditioning of our families of origin, culture, trauma, and often toxic societal systems, needs to be unraveled and rewoven into a more useful, coherent, and adaptive set of patterns capable of fully supporting us. The therapeutic process is not about fixing what is wrong with you, but about bringing you into greater relationship with yourself and life.
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor 11916
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I have been studying psychology and complementary and alternative approaches to health since 2010. My questions about the body and its propensity to suffer - and to heal from that suffering - led to three years of study at Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts in a variety of supportive physical modalities. My curiosity about the relationship between body, mind, and spirit led to a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Health Psychology from Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA in 2015. My desire to know about the metaphysical, energetic, and spiritual aspects of healing earned me a certification in Syntara System School of Energy Awareness in December, 2020 after two years of study.
Most recently I have gained my certification as a Somatic Practitioner through the wonderful Awakened Body Program offered by Embodied Philosophy.
If your sensitivities to the world and relationships sometimes feel like more of a burden than a blessing, if you are you dealing with chronic pain or health challenges, struggling to find a sense of fulfillment and purpose, consumed with anxiety over the state of our planet, or perhaps wanting to explore parts of yourself that have previously been held silent by other anxieties or conditioning, I would be a great fit for you. My clients tend to be highly motivated, curious, creative, and invested in exploring and deepening their connection to themselves and life.
My therapeutic style is Integrative and Humanistic, meaning I will focus on getting to know you deeply and holistically, and frame our therapeutic process around your unique strengths and needs at your own pace. I utilize Mindfulness and Somatic based practices, Energetics, Parts Work, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to frame my interventions and support style.
“I believe the world is beautiful and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone. And that my veins don’t end in me but in the unanimous blood of those who struggle for life, love, little things, landscape and bread, the poetry of everyone.”
(excerpt from ‘Like You’ by Roque Dalton)
Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors
American Counseling Association
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) #11916
Somatic Practitioner Awakened Body Certification Program, Embodied Philosophy April, 2023
Syntara Systems Practioner Syntara Systems Professional Training December, 202o