"Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?"
Clarice Lispector
Therapy meets you where you are right now...
In this very moment you may find yourself needing acute and direct support with your general wellbeing, morale, motivation, sense of security, and sense of self. Your hope for the future wanes more than its waxes. Overwhelmed by the reactions of your defenses, daily life has lost its joy and meaning.
Or, you may feel strongly rooted in your sense of self and instead seek to embolden your life; to uncover what lies beneath so that a more vibrant and connected you may emerge. Perhaps what you hope for from therapy now is to expand your philosophy, get playful in your shadow, or radically live out the values you've grown clear are yours and not simply inherited.
Whatever season you find yourself, I do my part to meet you there and hold a container that is unique to your needs, strengths, and interests. Therapy comes to you.
...and then invites you on an adventure
The process is full of spontaneous moments of expression and wonder as much as it's guided by your therapist's training and instincts.
Therapy may not always feel blissful. Like many of life's riches, confrontation with discomfort ought to be expected. As Joseph Campbell said:
"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."
The caring and confidential therapeutic relationship — therapist-to-client, human-to-human — is meant to contain, reflect, challenge, champion, and offer unconditional compassion throughout this journey into the abyss.
Changing THOUGHT PATTERNS AND behaviors is a noble step toward self-improvement, but just mowing the weeds of OUTDATED REACTIONS doesn't stop them from growing back.
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Instead, we look to self-discovery; a beautiful and unpredictable process that invites your whole self to come into focus. Calling in and healing the unconscious material behind your struggle — tending to the root of the weeds — can lead to long-lasting change.
I can partner you in that process.
Especially if you're struggling with:
How to Get Started
Get your preliminary questions answered with the FAQ
Message me about what's bringing you to therapy now
We'll schedule your free 20-minute phone consultation
The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate."
C.G. Jung
In therapy, what needs to be talked about tends to be talked about.
In our first session, I'll ask some initial questions to get to know you and your hopes for our work together.
After that, it's your playground.
I rely on you to begin our sessions each week because you are the spontaneous spark that lays out the path before us. There's no wrong topic. You may want to revisit an event from the week, confront a lingering past experience, share a recent dream, complain about a partner, sigh into your overwhelm, or focus on your current state of mind and body. Any, all, or none of the above.
Therapy content doesn't need to be crafted or prepared ahead of time. Slinging agendas and completing tasks is what the hustle-bustle outside world demands, but it's not what we need (or want) for therapy.
In my decade of experience, I have found that what needs to be talked about will find its way to be talked about, even if it's not what you thought needed to be talked about. Trust the process, and we'll work together to energize your mindful curiosity over your urges to get it "right."
Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
Rainer Maria Rilke
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THERAPY
I believe therapy can help you arrive to those ups and downs with:
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Curiosity and openness to deeper meaning
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An interest in getting to know yourself more intimately
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An understanding of your needs, how they demand to met by others, and how to meet them yourself
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An eye toward play, connectivity, and community
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An active imagination as a tool for exploring fears and desires
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Tools to navigate closeness and conflict in relationships
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Passion, purpose, and the feeling of being rooted for
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A sense of humor about life's absurdity
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Strategies that fit your life and help you cope or restore homeostasis
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Self-inquiry, non-judgment, and meaning-making lend themselves to this process. I work well with those who are curious, thoughtful and who find value in their internal lives or emotional selves.
Life, by definition, is about continual change; no state remains forever, for better or worse.
Therapy is not a process of eradicating life's ups-and-downs or obtaining a static state of perfection; we're not seeking to amputate the undesired parts of you but rather integrate them through a new way of relating to yourself.