INDIVIDUALs
My therapeutic approach is rooted in Processwork principles. Each session looks different, depending on you. You talk. I shut up and listen. Or I talk a lot and tell you what to do. Sometimes I give advice. We work and play - with your dreams and body symptoms, with your voice and movements, with drawing, with role-play. Or if you don’t like that stuff, we don’t do any of it. You can giggle, you can weep, we can get loud or silent. We always learn something. Our time together is often profound and rarely boring or uninspiring.
Chemistry is everything; the relationship between client and therapist is the most important ingredient in successful therapy. If we don’t jive, if you don’t feel my profound regard and respect, my genuine appreciation of who you are, the work won’t work.
Therapy can be long or short term. It can be used to address an issue, solve a problem, or for ongoing personal growth and awareness. My areas of expertise (and favorite issues) include but are not limited to: relationship work and couples counseling; sexuality and gender issues; addictive behaviors; internalized oppression and psycho-social conditioning, professional development and creativity.
I bring 30 years of experience with a huge range of clients to the table. I bring a lifelong commitment to my own personal growth, my professional development and my continuing education and training. I bring all of my awareness and attention. I am compassionate, direct, serious, quirky and kind. I have an unusual openness and capacity to be interested in both ordinary and uncommon problems.
What you can expect to achieve in our work
Uncover what’s holding you back
Replace limiting and sticky belief systems with creative new options
Find purpose in your pain
Leverage learning from obstacles and increase your sense of empowerment
Connect the dots between parts of your life experience - make your story make sense
Stay connected with yourself in the midst of crisis and uncertainty
WHAT IS PROCESSWORK?
Processwork was originally developed as a therapeutic modality in the 1970’s and 80’s by Jungian analyst, physicist, and author Dr. Arnold Mindell. Today, it is most commonly described as an “awareness practice,” and has applications in individual psychotherapy, coaching and leadership development, organizational work, medicine, politics, and art.
PROCESSWORK RESTS ON THE FOLLOWING SIX IDEAS:
Growth and learning happen at the edges of awareness and identity
Seemingly bad things can sometimes be the best things
Harmony needs dissonance
Reality is multi-dimensional
Power is your friend
You don’t have to know anything to dream
Interest piqued? Click here to delve into each idea more deeply.
HOW IS PROCESSWORK DIFFERENT?
Processwork is not conventional. It’s not standard and it’s not always expected. Processwork takes an innovative approach to personal development and collective change, offering tools that are unique to say the least. Here’s a taste:
Physical symptoms and illness: Explore physical symptoms and illness with a non-pathological attitude and an open mind, and you may uncover deep wisdom, emotional truth and surprising new directions for your life.
Addictions and eating disorders: Reduce the need for harmful substances and behaviors by embracing forbidden and altered states of consciousness- a key to relapse prevention and sustainable recovery.
Relationship Work: Personal history, power, conflict, and communication are as important to understanding a couple as their highest dreams and lowest moods.
Sex: Sex can be a meaningful expression of the creative unconscious mind - or “dreaming process” - and difficulties can re-direct us to a deeper, more authentic connection with our partners and ourselves.
Extreme States: States like rage, paranoia, prolonged grief, mania, or depression are “extreme” relative to a cultural norm. While recognizing the biochemical basis of mental illness, these experiences can be creative and meaningful for the individual and society.
Power and Oppression: When issues don’t resolve, it may be the result of social oppression over generations. It’s crucial that the therapist understand this, so as not to reproduce the harmful patterns while working through them.
Creativity: This is not just an “artistic” thing, but a mindset, and a way of approaching problems. Use creativity to explore blocks, resistance, mistakes, and failures, and discover unexpected solutions.
Inner Work: Provides a framework for self-help and personal empowerment. It’s DIY and free.
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