• Psychotherapy

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin

My main goal as a psychotherapist is to help others access their innate positive resources. I assume that we are wired for happiness and growth and view the therapeutic relationship as a safe and secure base from which to support the natural emergence of healing experience. In addition to cognitive and emotional insight, I believe that bringing mindful attention to our breath and bodily sensations can help us more directly recognize and release deeply held psychosomatic patterns.

My philosophy and practice as a psychotherapist draws significantly upon my training in the following traditions (see links):

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP): Interpersonal attunement in service of healing traumatic experience. http://www.aedpinstitute.org/
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): Mindfulness-based approaches to working with detrimental cognitive and behavioral patterns. http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/
Diamond Logos Teachings: Inquiry and body-based approaches to incorporating psychological and relational work into spiritual development. http://www.diamondlogos.com/#/101
Tibetan Buddhism: Multi-faceted approaches to awakening to our unconditioned true nature, which is effortlessly relaxed and spontaneously free. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism