While I have historically practiced long-term psychotherapy especially focused on traumatic stress, the psychological impacts of chronic and terminal illness, pain management, grief, and transformative experiences, my practice has evolved over nearly two decades.

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I work with the integration of transformative experiences, loss and grief, and trauma-informed stress management. My work focuses on practical, holistic wellbeing in collaboration with you. 

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Here is a little more information on what my psychotherapy practice focuses upon:

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Transformative experiencers are people who have had some kind of transcendent experience that they may or may not name as "spiritual." It may or may not be described by the experiencer as positive.  Often people need assistance integrating these experiences into ordinary life which includes discovering meaning and reflecting on the experience as well as  developing ongoing practices to continue the integration process into the future. 

 

Some would say that much of psychotherapy is about processing loss and grief -- these are certainly some of the most difficult circumstances humans experience. We can feel grief from a variety of experiences. I have specialties working with traumatic loss of various kinds, as well as grief from losses of physical abilities and physical limitations.

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Trauma-informed stress management and practices to help increase psychophysiological (mind AND body) relaxation -- also known as parasympathetic dominance -- is essential to well being. Stress in the body and the mind exacerbates any difficulties we face. When coming to psychotherapy with me for trauma-informed stress management, we focus on understanding the stress you are experiencing, its impact on your mind and body, and practical techniques you can learn to assist calming your mind and body.  I have extensive experience working with trauma recovery.