For Elders, Adults, Teens, Children, and Babies

Elders: At this stage in life, is it important that you are honored for your contributions to family, community, and the professional realm. I will support you to transform from a state of continual ‘doing’ into being - sometimes a challenging, and also nourishing process. Knowing fully and unapologetically who you are as you offer your gifts and wisdom affirms your own unique legacy. If you are holding onto any regrets, I will deeply listen, and also encourage you to exist in aging with amends and acceptance. Together, we will also discuss themes around mortality, spirituality, and what your dreams for a fulfilled life continue to become.

Adults: Individual therapy can be a valuable space to process your thoughts aloud with compassionate witnessing. I believe that as adults, it is highly important that we unwind the patterns that no longer serve us. These patterns are often based on the most efficient ways that we received love from caregivers and partners, but are not necessarily the most effective. At times, these patterns can be quite beautiful and important to our life story and who we have become, and in other instances they can limit us.

Individual therapy allows you to:

• Become aware of your patterns

• Reconcile or honor these patterns, and hold them with self-compassion

• Transcend beyond blame into acceptance

• Take personal accountability

• Practice new coping skills

• Grow into a more loving, confident, and actualized version of yourself

Individual therapy is also a potent space where you can be celebrated for your accomplishments and directed toward your dreams for the future. In each session I attune to your immediate needs, while also addressing your long-term goals. I believe it is a therapist’s calling to hold a client accountable to their integrity; while I will give you my opinion and encourage you to stay steadfast in your truth, I am also fierce in my unconditional positive regard for you.

Teens: Your relationships with parents, care-givers, and peers are often complex. I believe that an additional person to hear and value who you are is of huge benefit. It is also important for you to express your joys and frustrations, and to have support as you learn how to be a healthy and vibrant individual. Therapy can be a space that is both non-judgmental and offers expansive ways of considering the myriad of choices that you are faced with on a daily basis. Topics that teens often want to talk with me about are: identity, sexuality, consent, school and grades, peer relationships, after-school activities, substances, and social media, as well as mental health and understanding diagnoses.

Children: If you are seeking therapy for your child, know that I am highly committed and moved to learn the depth of who they are. I want them to feel comfortable in a counseling space and will spend several sessions getting to know them in a gentle, encouraging, and playful way.

Therapy can look several ways for children, including but not limited to:

• Having a mentor to discuss topics with when they need someone beyond their parents

• Playing in the park - often conversation flows more freely when a child’s body is moving

• Learning about wins and losses through games

• Working on sensory support and resourcing for emotional regulation

• Coping with peer interactions

• Developing positive skills to set safe, age-appropriate boundaries

Choosing a good fit for your child is imperative, and I want you to feel included. We can schedule occasional phone calls to keep you updated with your child’s progress, while also holding their confidentiality sacred.

Babies: The relationship between a parent or care-giver and a baby is like none other; it needs to be nurtured, witnessed, and supported by a larger village. I offer sessions for care-givers and babies to strengthen the essential mirroring that develops healthy attachment. Additionally, with my background as a dancer, I provide a safe space to teach developmental movement patterns, which offers care-givers and babies real-time tools for connection, play, and growth. If you and your baby experienced birth trauma, a NICU experience, or are navigating developmental delays, I will tailor sessions to your specific needs, while also incorporating a deep personal and clinical knowledge of the potent resources inherent within somatic psychotherapy.