practice.

narrative therapy

A narrative approach to therapy is based on the concept that we are the product of the stories we create and tell ourselves. In working together, we will better understand the stories you hold about yourself, the world and your experiences.

These stories will lay the foundation for re-storying and/or shifting narratives to support your therapeutic goals and wishes for how you want to show up in this life.

internal family systems approach

An IFS approach to therapy believes that each individual is a complex system of parts (subpersonalities). Each part has an important function in your overall system. When all parts are working in balance, we are better able to access our authentic self.

As we go through life, parts can come out of balance with some having more influence over how we show up than others. In our work together, we will access these parts and better understand them with the goal of finding a better balance between all parts and, as a result, a more authentic you.

somatic therapy

A somatic approach to therapy acknowledges the link between our emotional world and our body. As research on impacts of traumatic events advances, we unearth more and more evidence showing that we hold so much of our psychological life in our bodies.

In our work together, we will build awareness around how our experiences are being stored in our body and, when helpful, we will engage in somatic techniques to release these felt experiences.

grief therapy

Grief therapy focuses on helping individuals cope with experiences of grief and loss. In grief work, I combine all of the above approaches to provide a non-pathologizing, grief-literate approach to processing the experiences of grief.

We live in a world that is rife with personal and global grief. However, when we find ourselves grieving, we often feel isolated. By engaging in a non-pathologizing approach, we will work to welcome all parts of your grief into the space. We will create time for you to express and feel whatever it is you need. I promise I won’t try to find any silver-linings in your suffering, and I certainly won’t tell you how to grieve.

A note on grief: you do not have to have experienced a death of a person close to you to experience grief. Grief is our whole-person reaction to a big change or loss in our life. So, all grief is welcome here.