My Approach

My Approach to Therapy

Relational Therapy: The Heart of Healing

At the core of my therapeutic practice lies Relational Therapy, a modality I prioritize because of the profound belief that the therapeutic relationship itself is the most crucial component of the healing process. This approach ensures that our connection—the "vibe" we create together—forms a foundation of safety, trust, and mutual respect, allowing for deep, transformative work to occur.

• Safety and Witnessing: In our sessions, creating a safe space for you to be authentically yourself is paramount. It's in this environment that true healing begins, through being seen, heard, and genuinely witnessed.

• Collaborative Exploration: Together, we embark on a journey of exploration and discovery, where your experiences, feelings, and stories are validated and understood.

• Personal Narrative and Mythology: My role as a therapist is to create a safe, accepting space where you feel seen and understood. Together, we work to rewrite your narrative and personal mythology. Your story is so important, and I will meet you where you are because this journey is challenging. I welcome all your weird, wacky, unmasked, and unexplored parts. My approach is warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental.

Holistic and Eclectic Modalities

Building on the relational foundation, my approach incorporates a wide range of therapeutic modalities tailored to your unique path toward healing and self-discovery:

• Psychodynamic Therapy: Delving into your early childhood experiences to unearth and understand subconscious patterns and beliefs.

• Internal Family Systems (IFS): This approach involves parts work, a method that helps identify and integrate the diverse aspects of your psyche, facilitating healing from trauma. By engaging with your inner child, inner teenager, protector parts, exiled parts, and manager parts, we delve into the complexities of your inner world. The process aims to foster a connection with the loving, wise part of your Self, guiding you toward inner harmony and understanding

• Jungian Psychology: Engaging with the unconscious through dream work, archetypes, and active imagination to bring light to your inner shadows and resources.

• Somatic Practices: Focusing on the wisdom of the body to help regulate the nervous system and process emotions.

• Attachment Theory: Exploring early relationship patterns to illuminate current relational dynamics and foster a sense of safety and belonging.

• Depth Therapy: Engaging in depth therapy to explore the profound layers of your psyche. This modality is crucial for diving deep into your emotional world, uncovering hidden truths, and facilitating profound psychological growth.

Spiritual Therapy: A Boundless Exploration

• Spiritual Therapy embraces the limitless possibilities of what spirituality means to you. This approach is open to exploring traditional religious beliefs, past and parallel lives, spiritual awakenings, non-ordinary states of consciousness, psychedelic integration, connections with spirit guides and ancestors, and beyond. It's an invitation to explore the spiritual dimensions of your existence in a safe and respectful space, where the vastness of the spiritual realm becomes an integral part of your healing journey. Here, spirituality is not defined by any single belief system but is tailored to your unique experiences and aspirations, acknowledging that the exploration of spirituality can indeed be as boundless as the sky itself.

Embracing the Authentic Self

A significant goal of our work together is to guide you back to your authentic self. This journey involves:

• Uncovering and Integrating the Shadow: Embracing all parts of yourself, including those kept in the dark, to foster wholeness and self-acceptance. 

• Incorporating a Transpersonal Approach enriches our therapeutic work, bridging spiritual dimensions with psychological healing and fostering a deep connection to universal consciousness and the collective unconscious.

• Celebrating Neurodiversity: Adopting a neuroaffirming framework to honor your unique way of experiencing the world, making our therapy inclusive and respectful of neurodiversity (neurodifference).

Grief and Transformation: Healing Across Generations

In my therapy practice, I approach grief as a profound pathway to transformation and healing. Recognizing grief's role not only as a source of pain but as a catalyst for deep, meaningful change, we explore its impact on both personal and ancestral levels. This exploration aims to uncover, address, and integrate unacknowledged grief, facilitating a journey toward wholeness and liberation from past traumas.

Ancestral and Inherited Trauma Healing

Our work dives deep into the heart of ancestral and inherited trauma, understanding that the grief and wounds passed down through generations play a significant role in your current life experiences and emotional landscape. This process involves:

• Breaking Generational Cycles: By connecting with and healing ancestral wounds, we aim to break the cycles of trauma that have been perpetuated through your family lineage.

• Releasing Unattached Burdens: Addressing dark energy forms—remnants from trauma, generational suffering, or negative external influences—that are not inherently part of you. Through family constellations, ritual work, experiential practices, and shamanic practices, we identify and compassionately release these burdens.

• Acknowledging Unmetabolized Grief: Delving into the stories and patterns inherited from our ancestors to recognize and heal unprocessed grief, thereby liberating you from inherited narratives and facilitating comprehensive healing.

This focus extends beyond individual healing, contributing to the collective healing of family lines and future generations, fostering a legacy of emotional resilience and health.

Embracing Grief as a Heart-Opener

Learning to navigate grief—befriending it as a lifelong companion—opens the heart to deeper compassion and understanding. We honor grief for its capacity to reveal previously unacknowledged aspects of your life, including:

• Childhood and Compounded Grief: Processing grief stemming from childhood and ongoing life experiences, including grieving for the inner child. This crucial aspect of our work together allows for the healing of deep-seated wounds and encourages emotional freedom.

My approach to grief and transformation is grounded in the belief that through understanding and integrating our sorrows, we can find profound strength and renewed purpose. Together, we journey through the landscapes of loss and legacy, aiming to heal wounds both known and hidden, and to embrace grief not just as an end, but as a powerful beginning.

Integrating Energy Work and Astrology

With expertise in energy work and astrology, I offer additional insights into your healing journey:

• Energy Management: Techniques to manage your personal energy field, essential for emotional and psychic well-being.

• Astrological Insights: Using astrology as a tool to understand personal cycles, challenges, and growth opportunities. Astrology provides a unique blueprint of your soul’s journey, offering clarity on karmic patterns, energetic influences, personal archetypes, and current cycles that shape your life’s path. This ancient wisdom is woven into our sessions, offering a roadmap that aligns with your spiritual and emotional growth.

A Commitment to Comprehensive Healing

My practice is deeply rooted in a holistic, decolonial, and transpersonal framework. This stance actively challenges the conventional medical models and the pathologization often found in Western traditional therapy dominated by white supremacy. By embracing a decolonial approach, I engage in a continuous process of self-reflection and action aimed at dismantling oppressive systems within myself and, by extension, within the collective consciousness. This journey involves:

• Embodying Holistic Healing: As an Aquarian thinker, I champion a holistic perspective that encompasses not just the mind and body, but the spirit and the larger ecosystem we are part of. My practice is an invitation to explore healing that honors the complexity and interconnectedness of our being.

• Decolonizing the Psyche: My work is a testament to the commitment to unearth and address the oppressive structures that reside within our psyche. This process includes a mindful examination of my capacity, slowing down to resist the urgency culture, and engaging in rituals that honor both grief and the sacredness of our existence.

• Cultivating Sacred Reciprocity: I actively work towards fostering a relationship with the earth and our environment that is based on mutual respect and sacred reciprocity. This involves acknowledging and working through feelings of hopelessness and shame, tending to personal bandwidth, and consciously choosing responses that are not rooted in trauma.

• Lifelong Dedication to Service: The ultimate goal of decolonizing my mind and body is to achieve a state of being that allows me to serve the collective genuinely. By addressing deeply ingrained patterns of oppression and committing to personal and communal healing, my practice seeks to contribute to a world where each individual can connect with their deepest self.

In our collaborative work, my aim transcends mere healing and understanding; it is a profound journey towards reconnecting with your deepest self. By blending creative, intuitive, and evidence-based practices, I strive to meet your unique needs and support you in navigating the complex landscapes of your inner world. This approach is not just about addressing symptoms but engaging deeply with the root causes of distress, facilitating a transformative healing process that honors your full humanity.