Your Therapy

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I tailor my approach to your unique character, temperament, issues,  and challenges. Check if your therapy goals match up with the services I  provide by clicking here.

I use a combination of psychotherapies to facilitate healing and discovery: 

• Psychodynamic ( to get at the deeper layers of experience)
• Relational
• AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy for accessing and building your inner resources,  resilience and healing capacities)
• Sensorimotor (for trauma stored in the body)
• EMDR (for trauma processing and changing core beliefs)
• Mindfulness, & trance
• Parts  work (Dissociation work for inner harmony and reduced internal conflict)
• Dream work
• Story-telling (for building your own narrative and experience of yourself)
  

We move at  a pace that is right for you. We explore what you are struggling with  and wondering about; and how your present and future are affected by the  past. We'll examine what your experiences mean, how they shaped you and  your relationships, and what is getting in the way of transformation.

I  offer compassion, emotional responsiveness, reflections, and insights. I  aim to create a safe space that is warm and welcoming.

Awareness,  understanding, and insights are an important part of therapy but not  always enough to create enduring change. My role is to help you 'rewire'  your nervous system by offering missing and corrective experiences.

Together,  we collaborate to help you harness the innate healing tendencies which  every person possesses. The therapeutic relationship between you and me  becomes a space where you:

• Explore issues and facilitate transformation
• Work through effects of trauma and abuse
• Resume dormant self-development processes
• Alter limiting beliefs
• Develop inner coping resources
• Develop new patterns of feeling, acting and thinking while still being yourself
• Connect with your resilience and sense of true self
• Increase your capacity to relate with others
• Nurture your natural inclination towards curiosity, reflection, introspection and awareness of ourselves and others

Psychotherapy requires that you prioritize and commit to investing  in yourself if you want to maximize its benefits...time, money, and  effort.

We are best suited to work together if you:

• Can commit to weekly therapy sessions
• Can commit to long term therapy (9 months or more) to promote long-term change
• Want to work collaboratively to develop inner resources and transformations
• Are willing to look inwards to understand what you are experiencing
• Are willing to work through the inevitable ups and downs of the therapeutic process​
• Are willing to explore the therapist-client interpersonal dynamics that occur in session to better understand yourself

We start with a consultation (30 minutes, no charge) or initial session  (50 minutes, paid) to see if we are a 'fit'.  If we decide to work  together, we'll schedule a regular appointment for the same time each  week. The length of the therapy depends on what you are dealing with and  your therapy goals. Everyone's therapy is different. There is no right  or wrong way to do therapy. 

Throughout therapy, you'll have  feelings about it--happy to be there, some reluctance or mixed feelings.  Some sessions will be hard, some will be uplifting, and others  fulfilling. There will be times you might feel stuck and times you  notice change.

Our work and relationship becomes a place where  you can discover and develop your inner will and strength; find inner  calm and harmony; and experience yourself, relationships, and life  differently.