WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT

 

Life is rich and complex — and it can be challenging. By its very nature we are always breaking new ground. There is no formula, no rule book. We are each individual, unique works in progress: each life is a living sculpture. We also get stuck. 

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Over the years, I have noticed that all too often people will easily identify with their problems and neurosis but are less consciously aware of their gifts and talents. I've seen the most profound pain emanate from a fundamental sense of separation and aloneness. Clients consistently long for connection. They fear instability and look for purposeful meaning in their lives. Difficulties such as these, whether from a trauma or developmental wounding, can be navigated and re-membered. Wounds can be healed. Freedom restored. 

 

Neurobiology tells us that when people tell their stories they cultivate a deeply felt, body-based feeling of security that we all need.

 For anyone who has lived through experiences and relationships they can not make sense of; for anybody who has

learned to keep themselves small by veiling who they are, desensitizing how they feel; for anyone who feels that in order to survive, 

their life needs to remain small whether that be through unfulfilling work, a mournful marriage, or any kind of addiction,

counseling can offer breakthrough and relief.

 

In the unique relationship between counselor and client, when met with compassion and free from judgement,

clients can feel more clearly the hidden beliefs and conclusions that they are carrying in their hearts and minds but try to push away for fear that they are either unacceptable or more than they can handle. When our experiences can be held, when we can be seen and heard by a another, yet spared the unhelpful intrusions of a self referential listening partner, that which has the power to subvert us if left unseen can instead be rendered invaluable. In the meeting with another our inner reality comes into conversation with external reality. The counseling relationship offers a space to discover that how we know ourselves to be can be known by another.

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My aim and my commitment are to offer a place of safe belonging; to listen, respond and engage you in new ways that will

allow you to hear the answers that your questions and struggles hold. While there are no quick fixes, I bring an unwavering

curiosity towards what can be known, a deep reverence for what can only be felt, an unending respect and

steadfast love for each client’s personal process. Together we will grow hope and empowerment.

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It may be difficult to imagine your life as a divine work of art, but that is indeed what it is. 

The challenges, the hurdles, the disappointments; the gifts and the accomplishments all unfold as we proceed through life.  

Ultimately it is our vulnerabilities and sensitivities, the very things we have learned to defend against, that make us able to know ourselves

and the world. As we repair and support our vulnerability, which is our most natural state, we begin to understand that rather than reflecting personal failure, our sensitivities are a gift of being human. It is in this way that we find our way through.