About Me
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I have had the honor of practicing somatic psychotherapy for a decade, and feel even more compelled, fascinated, and inspired by the work than when I began my practice. I have supported numerous clients of various ages, backgrounds, and histories in processing trauma and transmuting its effects, solidifying a sense of self, developing and asserting healthy boundaries, embracing their neurodivergence and/or high sensitivity and recognizing the rare gifts they are able to provide the world because of this, and supporting clients in understanding what it means for them to live in an authentic way that is aligned with their very core. For me, I cannot imagine more gratifying, soul-centered work, and I look forward to many more decades of engaging with individuals and couples in this way.
In addition to being a therapist, I am a mother, a poet, an herbalist, a naturalist, a coparent, a gardener, and the constant companion of the little dog you see in this photo. I love hiking, backpacking, being with my daughter, yoga, a good cup of coffee, travel, watercolor, wildlife encounters, music, mystery, dreams, and moving at my own pace. I am constantly learning in my field and generally, and am drawn to what makes me grow. In other lives, I was a wilderness therapy guide in the Southwestern high desert, an interdisciplinary educator in experiential and alternative high schools throughout the country, an adult education coordinator for a substance use disorder recovery center in the Mission and Haight neighborhoods of San Francisco, an elementary school Spanish teacher, and a yoga teacher of all ages: preschoolers to senior citizens. I earned a Master’s of Science in Counseling with a Specialization in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Prescott College, and emphasized somatic psychology and bodymind therapy throughout my graduate studies. My theoretical orientation is humanistic and is rooted in somatic psychology; predominantly Contemporary Reichian Therapy, which integrates the classical work of Wilhelm Reich, MD, as well as Gestalt therapy and contemporary understandings of human development, attachment theory, emotional functioning, and neuroscience. My work is to facilitate an organic and individual process, a metamorphosis, occurring in the client; to support the client in contacting the core self, and thus to live in a more engaged, authentic, and present way. Through compassionate presence, deep attention, skillful listening, and somatic psychotherapy, I guide the client in attuning with their essential being and becoming more emotionally functional in the here and now. |
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