Therapeutic Styles, Approaches
NEW: video conferencing via doxy.me
Most conversations, including the counselling conversation, begin with words. A trauma-informed counselling practice also includes what you feel, or don't feel, in your body. Over 20 years of experience has taught me that a wealth of information lies in those parts of our experience outside awareness, the parts of ourselves that have been undervalued, split off, and ignored, the parts that are quiet and collapsed. We all have them!
Even when life is out of control there is a way back to a more grounded, centered presence.
I draw from a well of trauma-informed treatment modalities, including Relational Trauma Therapy (a psychomotor and systems oriented approach), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Attachment theory, Ego-state therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and other body-centered psychotherapies including Bodynamics. These approaches encompass both short term, mid-range, and long-term counselling needs.
My approach to treatment is determined by current standards of practice, your goals, symptoms, life situation, and the availability of both internal and external resources. Together, we discover what gets in the way, and how to support the changes you desire. We'll look at your strengths first. We all have mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual strategies that have gotten us this far. Now, what resources are missing: information, emotional or physiological regulation skills, communication skills, body awareness?
Trauma survivors are often left with symptoms that go unrecognized and untreated, leaving them with a burden of shame and self-blame. They deserve a therapeutic environment with clear boundaries, respectful pacing, and skill building, where they can regain a sense of their own authority.
I love my work! As clients discover and appreciate their mental, physical, and spiritual survival strategies they begin to see themselves in a new way; they come to understand that even "passive" survival strategies are biologically determined and have merit. When someone is really there for us, when we get the information and skills to make sense of our experience, something changes. Those are the moments I cherish with my clients. Some describe it as a sense of having more space inside, of "coming home".
Cultivate curiosity: Are you ready to begin, or ready enough? What thoughts, emotions, or body sensations support your decision to either seek counselling now, or not?
NEW: video conferencing via doxy.me
Most conversations, including the counselling conversation, begin with words. A trauma-informed counselling practice also includes what you feel, or don't feel, in your body. Over 20 years of experience has taught me that a wealth of information lies in those parts of our experience outside awareness, the parts of ourselves that have been undervalued, split off, and ignored, the parts that are quiet and collapsed. We all have them!
Even when life is out of control there is a way back to a more grounded, centered presence.
I draw from a well of trauma-informed treatment modalities, including Relational Trauma Therapy (a psychomotor and systems oriented approach), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Attachment theory, Ego-state therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and other body-centered psychotherapies including Bodynamics. These approaches encompass both short term, mid-range, and long-term counselling needs.
My approach to treatment is determined by current standards of practice, your goals, symptoms, life situation, and the availability of both internal and external resources. Together, we discover what gets in the way, and how to support the changes you desire. We'll look at your strengths first. We all have mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual strategies that have gotten us this far. Now, what resources are missing: information, emotional or physiological regulation skills, communication skills, body awareness?
Trauma survivors are often left with symptoms that go unrecognized and untreated, leaving them with a burden of shame and self-blame. They deserve a therapeutic environment with clear boundaries, respectful pacing, and skill building, where they can regain a sense of their own authority.
I love my work! As clients discover and appreciate their mental, physical, and spiritual survival strategies they begin to see themselves in a new way; they come to understand that even "passive" survival strategies are biologically determined and have merit. When someone is really there for us, when we get the information and skills to make sense of our experience, something changes. Those are the moments I cherish with my clients. Some describe it as a sense of having more space inside, of "coming home".
Cultivate curiosity: Are you ready to begin, or ready enough? What thoughts, emotions, or body sensations support your decision to either seek counselling now, or not?
