WHO I HELP

Adults and college age folk who are inquisitive, creative, sensitive, empathic, caring people who love learning and love putting their learning into action.

Often the people who come to me are determined, intelligent, hard workers. They’ve accomplished a lot, but feel they’re lugging around a weight. Or like they don’t belong, maybe even like they’re an alien. They can’t seem to enjoy life and they don’t get it. Others seem to be so much more in sync with life. They go to school, do their jobs, raise a family, and then do fun things. I often hear, “What am I doing wrong?”

You might know all about one or more of the following: tons of emotion or nothing —feeling dead inside. Debilitating or puzzling fears. Not sure whom you can trust. Memories and thoughts that pop into your head for seemingly no reason. Bouts of depression. Spiritual pain. Trouble sleeping, messed up eating habits, or other habits brought on in an effort to keep your head above water. And the sensitivities: light, sound, foods, on and on.

You’re accomplished in so many areas of your life, you think you ought to be able to figure this out, too, but it hasn’t happened. Not your fault.

A lot of factors have landed you in this place and it takes healthy, kind self-knowledge and healing, enriching experiences to guide you through and out. Clarity, healthy growth, and momentum can take hold then. Joyously so.

It would be an honor to work along side you to help you explore and discover a new way to live.

I love working with college age and under 40 adults because, if I can help you have an easier time of it than I had —- Whoo-hoo!! And that can happen! We now know how to activate healing that builds. What a gift for you and for everyone in your sphere, now and for decades to come.

And I dearly love the sweet brilliance of working with those in their middle years and older. I love seeing you discover lightness and joy you might have given up on. I can so relate.

HOW

The world of therapy has come a lonnnng way since I first entered this field. Thank Goodness. I was so exasperated back then, I left the field. Said I would never come back.

What changed?

The fields of neuroscience and integrative approaches combined with practices from our far-back ancestors (Eastern and Western). That’s what’s changed. We now know how to use mindfulness, deep states of consciousness (not your To-Do-List brain), what our bodies tell us, and foundational, integrative approaches as a map and compass to guide the way to health.

You might have heard of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and its offspring (DBT, ACT)*. They still are an important part of the mix, but there is so much more. Rather than toss out even more initials, though, I encourage you to read about the farm I used to have. A quick and, I hope, pleasant way to learn about how therapy guides the way to feeling alive, at peace, and maybe even in love with life. To the farm!

To take a deep dive into my learning experiences, click here.

*DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy. ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy