About You

While my clients come from many walks of life, there are some populations that walk through my door more often than others and resonate with a somatic approach. Here are some of the “Yous” I have come to know and what they have come to work on. If any (or many, as is often the case) of these resonate, I encourage you to reach out to me.

Anxiety and Overwhelm

There are a lot of very valid reasons for experiencing high amounts of anxiety, worry and overwhelm right now. However, getting stuck in this state makes it hard to think, hard to make decisions, and hard to care for yourself and others. I can help you talk through your concerns and work with the anxious feelings in your body so you have greater access to moments of contentment, ease, and relaxation.

trauma recovery and Boundary Work

When talking about our experiences feels like too much, or even the idea of feeling our bodies seems unsafe, somatic counseling offers very small, empowering steps you can take toward reclaiming yourself, your boundaries, and staying in the present moment. Trauma-informed touch therapy offers survivors an experience of touch based on full consent and titration (accessing bit-by-bit).

Grief, Loss, and transition

Whether recent or long ago, experiences of grief, loss, and major transition are very overwhelming for our bodies as well as our hearts. Supporting the nervous system through the wide array of thoughts, emotions, and sensations accompanying these events helps us to feel connected and held at times we may feel all alone.

Authentic Expression

Are you a singer, speaker, or therapist wishing you were more connected to your authentic voice? Are you someone whose words reflect more of what they want to hear than what you want to say? I offer targeted Craniosacral Therapy for the lungs, diaphragm, throat, and mouth to release physical and emotional restrictions keeping you from speaking your full truth. Somatic Counseling can be integrated into these sessions for a deeper understanding of your past and present communication patterns.

Highly Sensitive People

Do you feel continuously overwhelmed due to your sensitive and empathic nature? While your sensitivity may be a part of you, overwhelm doesn’t have to be. I help sensitive and empathic folks learn to regulate their nervous systems, process old trauma and adverse childhood experiences, and connect with their inner clarity so their sensitivity can become their strength.

Spiritual and
Existential

Perhaps you feel called to something yet find yourself unable to answer the call. Perhaps you are holding questions related to your sense of purpose and what is meaningful, or wondering if the life you are living is aligned with your values. Drawing from my background in spiritual counseling and psychosynthesis, I can join you in this wild, wonderful, challenging terrain and help you get where you want to go.

Heart Work

In your chest lies a source of amazing wisdom. Nope, not just the heart, but the heart protector, a physical and energetic structure that serves as gatekeeper to our innermost hearts. I delight in helping people connect with their heart protectors, and then directly with their hearts to hear what they have to say and what they feel. Our hearts bear witness to all our life experiences and can offer incredible healing from within.

Body Wisdom and
Right Relationship

What’s your current relationship with your body? Are you able to hear its wisdom? Are you walking around feeling like a talking head? There are slow, careful ways to begin to befriend the bodies we live in, even if we’ve spent a lifetime apart.
Or perhaps you are all too familiar with the discomfort in your body, and looking for insight into why it’s out of balance. I can help you access your own inner clarity and your body’s own unique answers.