Coming home to the anchor of your self
Therapy that puts you in the driver’s seat
I believe that every person is whole, no matter how broken, afraid, or lost we may feel at times. While we can’t control everything that happens in our life, we can control how we respond to it and choose to move forward considering all of our internal resources. As the author of our own experience, we are all capable of healing, loving, and of being loved. We have the right to these things, the right to feel safe and happy in our world.
It’s my job to create a space of safety for you, and show up as a mirror and a touch stone to reflect the best of yourself back to you, so that you can know yourself better and build the skills you need to thrive.
I draw from various therapeutic modalities to offer help that matches where you are at and what can be most effective for you, considering your unique personality, life circumstances, background, and culture.
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My work is informed by:
Person Centered Therapy • Clinically Applied Polyvagal Theory • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy • IFS Therapy
About Me
I have a 24 year background as a yoga and meditation teacher, and as a professional singing performer and recording artist. In the past three years I have been incorporating work as a life coach into my life, and have enjoyed working one-on-one with people in a direct “helping” capacity. During this work, I was inspired towards intensive training in counseling therapy. I dived into learning evidence based therapeutic modalities, and received certification in this profession.
Even though my other professions may seem different from the Therapeutic Counseling space, I have found that they all meet inside me at the same nexus of experience.
Most people know me for my music, and to them, this seems like quite the departure. But for me music has always been about listening for the essence of each moment, finding the heart of the audience, and singing directly to it. As a result, the audience feels touched and is moved. They feel safe and held, as if the music is somehow personally sung just for them. They end up feeling different than they did when they first sat down to listen.
As a counselor, my work feels the same. Except that instead of using my voice to sing, my tools are in my training in therapeutic presence and practice. The essential skill of deep and active listening, of connection, and the perceptive application of finding just the right touch, is the same.
Personally, I find my work as a therapist to be fulfilling in a different way than teaching or music has been able to be. That is because in this work I am directly on the ground with people, hearing from them, knowing them. Relating and connecting on an equal human level. When I see their growth and healing take place, it is the best gift I could ask for. I feel like a privileged passenger on the road of their unique and inspiring life’s journey. And in that experience, the healing in the therapeutic relationship is entirely mutual.
