The heart of how I work lies in the genuine, safe, kind space we create and the unique sort of thoughtful conversation we can have there, which is not readily available in the wider world.
I’ve been helping people for a long time and so have a wide range of tools and approaches at hand. This means that I get to collaborate with clients in a way that plays to their particular strengths and learning style.
I use methods from Internal Family Systems, third wave cognitive behavioral therapy, metacognitive therapy, mindfulness and compassion-based approaches, and existential therapy, among others. Where relationships are the concern, I draw on training from a variety of couple’s counseling and family systems models.
Sometimes it helps for us to go beyond exclusively analytical ways of understanding our experience, and for that I draw on wisdom traditions from Buddhism and Taoism to Jungian psychology, including using guided visualization, I Ching readings, dreams, as well as integrating meditation and psychedelic journeys. Likewise, I bring practices from expressive arts therapy and nature-based therapies.
I also help people in very practical ways around engineering daily life routines that support wellness, and I provide resources around nutrition, supplements, herbs, and pharmaceuticals to support mental well-being.
I keep on top of research that touches on my clients’ concerns and translate findings into plain language and actionable advice.
In my earlier life I was an ecologist and I bring that kind of systems thinking into my current work. Our minds and bodies are a complex interwoven ecosystem. And we are embedded in circles of wider relationships and systems that bear on our well-being. There is illness and imbalance in many of our larger systems and yet we have this one precious life to live.
I’m here to help you live that one precious life with as much freedom, wisdom and joy as possible.
To explore working together, drop me an email.