Welcome!
I am currently accepting new clients.
I am a licensed professional counselor associate offering therapy services in Oregon City, OR. I am currently seeing clients both in person and via telehealth.
My therapy approach speaks to the interconnectivity between your emotions, body, habits, thoughts and beliefs, as well as all the roles you fill in life. I have an existential orientation where finding meaning and purpose is such an important part of feeling contentment.
My therapy approach speaks to the interconnectivity between your emotions, body, habits, thoughts and beliefs, as well as all the roles you fill in life. I have an existential orientation where finding meaning and purpose is such an important part of feeling contentment.
The main styles of therapy I use are somatic-based parts work, EMDR, and GIM.
- Somatic-Based Parts Work: I help you connect to the emotions and memory in your body. Through understanding the mind/body communication we use visualization to delve into the many parts of you that are disconnected from the part of you trying to get through life.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing): A very successful technique which can help rid you of fears and triggers that can derail your everyday life.
- GIM (Guided Imagery & Music): A technique that uses specific pieces of music to assist us through a visual exploration of aspects of yourself you wish to understand better.
Healing-Connection-Awareness
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Connection between therapist and client is the heart of therapy and you should feel safe and comfortable sharing your story. Growing your awareness is the most powerful way for you to make the changes you want to see.
Knowing your conscious and unconscious processes, creating healthy inner dialogue, and having full access to your own wisdom is the key to healing past traumas and current struggles. I use an intuitive sense and connection to assist me in hearing and understanding you better. Your body is a major communicator and when we use somatic approaches, I can help you access your body's own wisdom and knowing to help bring experiential clarity to your self-awareness. Clients find somatic approaches very powerful in their journey of healing. We all have parts of ourselves communicating inside us maintaining some perceived sense of comfort in our daily life, i.e. "Part of me wants to do this, but this other part of me wants something else". Externalizing the many parts within you assists us in seeing another type of inner wisdom you possess. This is not to be confused with mental illnesses involving hearing voices or hallucinating. These normal parts within us are always communicating to protect us, help us fit in, help us get through pain, etc. Facilitating that inner dialogue, I work with you to identify your parts and see the ways they relate to each other which allows you greater understanding of self and access to power you have to change the things you want to change.
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” ~ Brené Brown
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