I practice a style of therapy referred to as process oriented therapy. Process oriented therapy focuses on one’s emotional and somatic experiences in real time. Understanding ourselves on a cognitive level has value, however there are deeper structures and patterns at play that can be discovered through connecting with the body. The body carries great wisdom often stored beyond our conscious knowing. In order to bring these quieter voices into awareness, sessions are present oriented in a slow, attentive manner, creating a therapeutic experience where the entire system (body, mind, and emotions) can all be attended to.

Trauma

In my treatment model, trauma is explored not only as a one-time occurrence or series of historic events, but rather as an emotional experience that imprints on our neurobiology and creates unconscious and subtle changes in our thought processes and behaviors.  Trauma is not only what happened to you, but often what you needed and didn’t receive.  In contrast to trauma treatment that is focused on the past, attention is paid to how past events continue to manifest in present day. 

Attachment

Attachment theory explores how our history impacts our present relationships. Trauma experiences not only create our sense of self but also have profound impacts on our relationships in present day. The therapeutic relationship is utilized to explore one’s relationships and relationship patterns

Parts

Parts work is a general term for psychotherapy that views individuals as various parts that comprise an individual.  Exploring the unique wants and needs of each part and how they function to comprise the whole can provide a topography of one’s internal landscape, as well as a map to healing the system as a whole

Somatic

Somatic work involves engaging sensation as the language of the body.  This is done using breath and building awareness and attunement to one’s own body and it’s sensations.  This exploration can assist in the processing and healing of emotions as they manifest in physical ways and is an essential part of connecting to oneself