One-on-one & Group Sessions

IFS

IFS (Internal Family Systems) is an effective psychospiritual framework for fostering non-judgmental self-compassion. In this work, I will help you to uncover and give voice to the many different “parts” of yourself, who are often warring against one another, or hiding beneath a lifetime of shame and trauma. I will help you to gently invite each of these parts forward — at which point, they themselves can tell you what they need in order to heal. We will also help find ways for your seemingly contradictory parts to learn how to speak to each other with kindness and respect. Over time, using self-leadership, you will be able to unburden yourself from legacies of family or cultural pain that were never meant to be yours in the first place.

Somatic IFS

Somatic IFS is IFS with even more focus on the body. Using the gateways of breath, awareness, and movement, you will learn how to access the wisdom of your body and release it from the anguish of carrying years of unfelt, unhealed suffering. There are a myriad of reasons why the body can become a receptacle or cage of emotional pain. As someone who has spent decades studying the body, teaching yoga & Qi Gong, and working as an acupressurist & massage therapist, I am uniquely qualified to assist you in liberating your body, mind and spirit.

Since you’re the one who will be healing your own relationship with your body, we can effectively do this work together over Zoom.

Journey Integration

I also offer specialized support to those who wish to integrate the benefits of their previous transformational journeys into their everyday lives. Many people these days are experiencing extraordinary spiritual or emotional awakenings through such gateways as psychedelic journeys, shamanistic ceremonies, breathwork, ecstatic dance, drum circles, kundalini yoga, or even traditional prayer and meditation. These experiences can yield beautiful encounters with the divine, and with the true self. And yet “coming down” and having to return to mundane life can be challenging, and sometimes even traumatizing. My work will help you to braid these mystical and transformative experiences into the fabric of your everyday existence — allowing you to carry your mountaintop wisdom back home with you into the marketplace, into your family, and into your no-longer-normal everyday life.

IFS Healing Circles

Group work is a wonderful way to heal in relationship. I offer small groups for participants (typically 4 folks over 6 weeks) who will do in-depth internal work in a brave and safe space. Each person begins with setting their intention for our time together. Every week you’ll check in with your intention for your life, what’s currently blocking its manifestation, and I’ll facilitate one person processing while the rest witnesss. This is a more affordable option for healing and practicing IFS, with the richness that comes from sitting in circle with others.

My approach

My personal theology is one of intimate liberation, of innate wildness, of joyful connection to nature, and of respectful communion with others. My approach is compassionate, client-led, non-pathologizing, and inclusive.

As someone who is passionate about inclusion, I welcome all people. I am available to work with members of the LGBTQ+ community, survivors of physical and sexual abuse, neurodivergent individuals, and anyone in addiction recovery. In addition to welcoming diversity within my clientele, I also welcome all of the different parts within an individual person — even those parts that can seem frightening, unreachable, or unloveable to the person themself. All your parts are welcome here.

While I recognize that most of my clients seek out my assistance because of their pain and suffering, I also help people see and celebrate all the parts of themselves that don’t feel sick, dysfunctional, broken, or lost — in other words, to call forth everything within themselves that is already potent, creative, vibrant, and well. Once identified, those healthier aspects of the Internal Family System can take on a stronger leadership role, and can help the individual to heal and grow.

I work from a mindset of positivity and abundance, fully believing that we each possess within us already every single tool and trait we will ever need for a richer and more fulfilling life.

My background and experience

Includes all of the following areas of expertise to support you as appropriate:

• IFS and Somatic IFS Practitioner

• Body-Oriented Coach

• Gestalt Facilitator

• Process Acupressure Practitioner

• Movement and Meditation Arts Teacher

• Herbalist

• Massage Therapist

• Shamanic Energy Medicine Woman

Our journey together:

I am dedicated to walking beside you on your path, as you explore your inner landscape, map out the different parts of your system, get to know your protectors & exiles and discover their wisdom and gifts. You will build a stronger connection between your inner healer and the parts of you that are aching for self-compassion as I guide you into radical acceptance, welcoming in all of your parts.