Point of View:
Modern kids, teens and emerging adults are dynamic, unique and have access to the world like never before!
At the same time, modern life’s relentless 24-hour-connected pace has created challenges and pressures previous generations never had to deal with.
Today, new and age-old struggles to navigate our lives combine in unprecedented ways, offering us the invitation to engage in creative, curious and compassionate adaptation in response!
My counseling approach supports young people in their progress towards accessing their inner compass, agency and empowerment; a process that is facilitated by the cultivation and development of these awareness and adaptation skills. With our powers combined, we team up to work through barriers of the past and current challenges keeping clients from realizing and operating from their power, provisioning and appreciating themselves.
Clients leave therapy with more tools to cope with both the problems affecting them now and to manage what life may bring them in the future; to embark with uprightness in their souls while believing in their ability to satisfy the hunger!
I help people gain confidence, guide their own ship, identify their strengths and discover who they are and who they can continue to become!
Philosophy and Approach:
I work from a general theory base of Existential Humanistic and Systems Theory; focusing on the dynamics of creativity, mindfulness, and self-awareness within the context of a person’s worldview. My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, process-oriented; it utilizes cognitive, experiential, somatic, creative and relational therapies to encourage clients’ abilities to problem solve, navigate modern life, self-comfort and develop their identity. Through this process of individualized, relevant, positive and engaging therapy, clients’ self-expression, awareness, understanding, empowerment, strengths and abilities are cultivated and opportunities for growth and healing can be explored and experienced.
I take a deep interest in the details of clients’ lives; their tastes, preferences, interests, hobbies, pursuits and passions are mined for inspiration and relevance. This can include using music, books, TV shows, movies, cultural practices, reference points, or values and life experiences to help us figure out what, where, and how to intervene. In sessions clients find a safe space to look at their experiences the resulting impact, to explore new ways of being, and to notice and develop their connection to their inner-world and their place in the world around them.