therapy in process

At it’s simplest, therapy is time spent caring. Showing up for a session sends a powerful message to your self: I matter. My voice, my feelings, my thoughts… my health, my gifts, and my desires. 

 

Time spent in therapy with me is time in the presence of someone who cares about you and who knows full well that you are the ultimate expert and authority of your self and your life; I am here not to give advice or supply answers, but to hold up a mirror, to offer observations and to encourage you along the way: YOUR way.

 

In the confidential container of sessions, I will listen closely to your words, as well as to what is between them. I help to translate the feelings that emerge in real-time to help illuminate your past and present, and to help you have more choices in the future. I will notice patterns, point out progress, and offer helpful tools with good timing...  a genuine reflection of your strength, a challenging question, a silly joke, a certain book, a sacred silence or a soothing song. Mostly, I will listen. 

 

Trauma informed, I am trained in EMDR  to support you in recovering from PTSD and C-PTSD. I integrate psychodynamic therapy, in which we can delve into the realms of the unconscious, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and DBT. I can help guide you in mindfulness meditation, guided visualization, breathwork and somatic movement exercises for grounding and relaxation, as well as teach you how to use these tools for yourself and share them with others.

 

I can also help you to express yourself through poetry, creative writing, visual art, music and role-playing.

 

If you are familiar with Internal Family Systems therapy, or “parts work,” this is another lens through which I can help you identify, connect with, accept and integrate the parts of you. Some of these parts may have developed to help you survive impossible situations, but now they might sometimes seem like they cause more harm than good. With this work, I can help you relieve them of their cumbersome duties, freeing those long-burdened parts to rest or play. Now, your most authentic self- here and now, in this present- is ready to take charge of the steering wheel of your life with greater confidence, trust and flexibility.

 

Time spent in therapy is an investment into the vast majority of your time spent outside the therapy room, in the world. Practicing vulnerable communication, decluttering the mind, releasing grief, exploring hopes and fears, daring to dream… These are just some of the ways our time can be spent. 

 

Trauma may be inevitable, life may be imperfect, but the human heart has a capacity to love as deep and mysterious as the depths of the ocean. The human mind has a capacity to imagine and dream as vast as the ever-expanding starry reaches of outer space. Arriving in the reality of presence in this very moment, the possibilities of your unfolding story are infinite. 

 

Flowers need sunshine. Hummingbirds need nectar and space in which to fly; May you receive just the care and support you need to continue living, and living with all the purpose, peace, authenticity, love and joy you deserve. Please reach out if you would like to schedule a time to talk and see if I would be a good fit to support you at this point in your journey. I wish you ease and strength as you continue- courageous, curious and caring- to explore!

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A few more things about me:

• fluent in Spanish

• nonbinary

• neurodivergent  (AuDHD)

• trauma-informed

• trans-affirming

• poly positive

• sex-worker-friendly

• Mexican-American and anti-Zionist Jewish cultural background

• welcoming of clients of all faiths or of none

• familiar with 12-Step recovery

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Looking forward to journeying together and supporting you in your healing, serenity, creativity, connectedness, authenticity, resilience, joy and  [______________]*.
 

*you tell me...