I offer individual therapy to adults and adolescents. I offer virtual, in office, and walk-and-talk options. My approach is grounded in contemplative, somatic, and parts approaches.

The first chunk of each session we touch in on what is going on in your life, present or past. We decide together what we will focus on for the session. We can only do so much in 55 minutes that’s why we choose a theme to explore. From there, we delve into the felt sense of the experience. Instead of talking about it, we feel into it directly. We’ll try things out to learn more about it, create a restorative experience, develop a resource, or process trauma. The last ten minutes or so we tune into new insights, changes, or goodness that arose during the session to reinforce the neuropathways that are developing. The whole thing is a collaborative and creative process.

You don’t have to. We work with what you bring in. We explore things as you are ready to touch. You get to say “no”, “not yet”, “not that”.  There are several ways that we work without naming certain experiences or going into the story of them.

Somatic therapy is different from talk therapy in some ways. We are weaving in the body’s wisdom including sensation, felt sense, movement, posture, and gesture alongside emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and memories. We might explore themes by trying on different postures, walking through the room, pushing on a wall, holding a pillow or something else to investigate through the body, emotions, and mind. This can feel different for some clients who are more familiar with telling the story of what’s happened or addressing mostly thoughts and beliefs.

Contemplative psychotherapy focuses on befriending all the parts of who we are. It doesn’t mean we have to like or agree with them. It’s more about getting to know all of you to see what new possibilities may arise. Contemplative psychotherapy also tunes into the present moment, what is happening right here, right now.

I specialize in trauma, relational wounding, grief, social wounding/oppression themes, and multicultural themes. I am experienced with working with BIPOC, LGBTQ, and neurodivergent communities.

Try it. Typically within eight sessions you’ll have a sense if the approach is a good fit and if I’m a good fit. You’re not committed to staying. What matters most to me is that you find what works for you and I understand that I might not be the person. This is a great way for you to practice listening to yourself and honoring yourself.

Unfortunately, the design of the current health care system does not offer an ideal set up for clients nor clinicians. The cost of a session includes more than just the 55 minutes that we meet together. It includes time I spend in training, consultation, researching, administrative tasks, billing, marketing, bookkeeping, accounting, care coordination, vacation time, and sick time. It is a rate that allows me to meet my daily living needs and sustain my wellbeing in order to continue to provide counseling services.

My business model strives to create access to care for a variety of economic needs. I reserve 25% of my client slots for people with Medicaid and 10% for reduced fee sliding scale options through OpenPath Collective. I offer sliding scale options to increase affordability. I accept several insurances (Kaiser, Cigna, UnitedHealth) so that clients may cover their care through insurance.