Therapy Offerings
UNDER CONSTRUCTION : expect imperfection ahead
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy is a unique opportunity to form a therapeutic relationship utilizing the combination of methods, pacing, and skill building that works best for you.
Pulling from modalities including but not limited to Internal Family Systems (IFS), Relational therapy, Mindfulness, Meditation, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Buddhist Psychology, I will join you along your journey to co-create a treatment path that fits your needs.
Some areas clients often ask me for help with include:
Trauma + nervous system dysregulation (think Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn, relationship issues with self and other)
Anxiety - general, mild social, phobia, trauma related, panic
Depression - isolation, low interest, low energy
Exploring Personal Expression of Neurodivergence
Exploring Gender and Sexuality
Perfectionism + Porous Boundaries + People Pleasing
Relationship + Connection/Disconnection
Relationship Therapy
I love joining along the journey with couples and other relationships. Sometimes you just want a little help to get back in tune with one another. Sometimes there has been a rupture that needs attending to. Sometimes you are out of hope and barely holding on or having a hard time letting go. I am here to walk alongside, however you got here and wherever you are going.
I have been trained in The Gottman Method through Level Two and utilize the research based skills and tools from The Gottman Method as well as my other orientations (listed above under individual therapy) to create the treatment environment that fits well with your individual needs. Relationship counseling is often much slower than you want it to be, and using our slow pace we can press the pause button on REACTION to find understanding and connection.
Sometimes the goal is staying the course and fortifying your relationship.
Sometimes the goal is amicable separation or remaining kind and loving no matter the structure your relationship takes.
Together we can find the path forward, wherever you go.
LGBTQIA+ affirming
Poly / ENM affirming
Sex/kink positive
Support for Relationship and Regulation with Reactive Dogs
Over the past 8 years I have lived alongside a behaviorally complex, reactive dog. He and I have gone THOUGH IT. Been through different vets, trainers, and behaviorist; medications, CBD, and supplements galore; books, podcasts, and research; and many break downs on both of our parts. There have been times over these years where I wasn’t sure if I was cut out for such a high-needs dog, wondered if he would live a better life with someone else, and wondered if my life would be easier and/or more full without him.
I get it.
Now, even on the hard days I wouldn’t have my life without him. We understand each other so much more than ever before. And I know I wouldn’t be the person I am today without him as a great teacher and love in my life.
Your Dog Could be Reactive and/or High-need if:
- they bark/pull/lunge at other dogs or people
- they ‘just don’t listen’
- they have incontinence under big emotions
- transitions come with BIG emotions and seem impossible to manage
- seems to never settle no matter what you try
- cannot be alone (or when alone cries the whole time, is destructive or incontinent, etc)
- traditional training has fallen short
If you have a dog in your life who meets any of the above, and if you and / or your loved ones find it challenging to your own nervous systems or relationships - I am here to help!
I can help you all as a unit and individually to find understanding, ways to regulate and navigate overstimulation and BIG emotions from all involved, behavior management techniques for reactivity in different settings, and strategies for living a more full and even possibly peaceful life.
disclosure: I am not a certified dog trainer. just highly dedicated and with special interest in dogs and the overlap of behavioral health in humans and dogs alike. I can support you in MANY ways and where my knowledge and skills end I can help identify gaps and have trusted resources to fill them.
