Request a consult by clicking the button below if you are interested in working together. My free initial 15-20 min phone consultation allows you to share what brings you to therapy and what kind of support you are seeking. This is a great time for you to ask questions about my practice to help you determine whether I am a good fit for you.
We will schedule a first session. You will also complete intake paperwork before we meet. The first few sessions are often exploratory as we get to know each other and develop a consistent and safe therapeutic relationship.
After about 3 sessions, we will discuss your intentions and any goals you may have. We will collaborative revisit these goals throughout our time together. I honor the time and vulnerability it takes to build a trusting therapeutic relationship and value meeting with folks on a consistently weekly basis to nurture this time together.
I work intuitively which means that I show up to our session clearing a safe space for you to arrive as you are. I encourage you to bring up whatever is going on for you in the moment. You can also prepare things you want to process as well. I like to address symptoms you may be experiencing through somatic exercises. With a curious state you can see the bigger picture and feel its story within your body. When you learn to trust the wisdom of your body and embody compassion, you transmute your symptoms into healing power. This will mean a new relationship with yourself, your body and an increased capacity for awareness. Not every session will bring “aah ha” moments or emotional breakthroughs. Sometimes we may laugh or cry together and honor the happy moments as well.
Kindly give at least a 24 hours notice if you wish to reschedule or cancel your appointment. If for any reason a session is canceled less than 24 hours prior, the full fee will be charged.
I recommend starting off with meeting weekly. It can take a bit of time to incorporate therapy into your routine and consistency helps to develop commitment. I I encourage you to ask for what you need— whether it is weekly or bimonthly and we can work together to figure out what would work best for your schedule.
It depends. I tend to find psychiatry and mental health DSM diagnoses pathological leading to more harm than support. I believe it also labels folks as medical problems instead of treating us as fully humans with a spirit and with life. In my opinion and experience, there is much more to you than these diagnostic frameworks and I am committed to helping you discover alternative ways of validating your lived experiences.
I may provide one if you request a diagnosis or if you are seeking reimbursement for services through your insurance company and they require a diagnosis. I am clinically trained and do recognize that it does provide folks access to services, resources, and a framework to address their pain.
You get to decide how long you would like to receive therapy and when you feel ready to end. It is your commitment to yourself and your wholeness. Many folks decide to end when they feel better and experience positive changes. Maybe you realize you started therapy for one issue but now you want to explore another part of yourself. The journey back to your soul is a lifelong and often cyclic process. You were born free and sovereign and I value your wisdom.
Transpersonal crisis is a term created to describe someone going through a spiritual experience that may be seen as a mental illness (such as psychosis) or an extreme state of consciousness. It draws from the term “spiritual emergency” coined by Christina and Stanislav Grof. Transpersonal psychology is a branch of study that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology.
A psychiatric survivor is an individual who has survived interventions from psychiatry and the mental health institution. A psychiatric survivors movement formed during the 1960-70s because people experienced prejudiced treatment from these systems, violating their basic human rights.
