ABOUT ME

My personal roots and professional practice

Trauma Therapy & Psychedelic Integration Coaching in Berkeley CA, serving the SF Bay Area, Oakland, and Emeryville

My practice

As a therapist and coach, I believe in first creating a working relationship with you based on enough trust to traverse the ‘shadow’ territory of relational trauma. While I consider it the job of psychotherapy to reconsolidate the burdensome memories of interpersonal trauma, doing so requires resources, including practices that help us care for our bodies. We can then tend better to the health of our important relationships as partners, parents, and friends.  My combined therapeutic and spiritual leanings have most recently led me to train in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, SOMA and Holotropic Breathwork, and Evolutionary and Archetypal Astrology.

My current mission is to integrate these newer practices for healing and growth into the approaches to healing trauma I already practice, as they best serve my clients and are requested.

HOW I WORK

At the heart of my approach is a belief that we all already possess the wisdom and capacity to heal and grow from within.

I offer my expertise and resources to facilitate healing, support your growth, and nurture your ability to enjoy life.

Awakening to the role of the body

The more experience I have gained in working with relational trauma, especially treating the aftermath of sexual abuse, the more I have realized the critical role the body plays in both holding the memory of trauma and healing it. From this awakening, I pursued a series of body-oriented trainings - from EMDR to the Wheel of Consent. I also realized that healing from trauma has to move us beyond it, into the richer life that it can block, and moving on is often best served by a focus on strengths and resources through coaching.

I offer both in-person sessions in Berkeley, CA. and online. While I prefer meeting in person when possible and safe enough, I’m flexible and base this choice on the needs and preferences of those I serve.  

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