Different than a licensed psychotherapist, I offer a more intimate, casual container for somatically-informed, compassionate, engaged, active listening. I support you as a peer and relate to you as a fellow human. Mostly what I will do in our sessions is bear witness, offering gentle reflections and prompts. I bring over 250 hours of training in somatic modalities to our sessions. I'll share practices that can help gently quiet the stories swirling around in your mind. By reconnecting you with the felt sense of being in your body, you can master nervous system regulation and take control of your emotional reactivity. You can develop the capacity to self-regulate during moments of overwhelm or distress. I believe in you, and I believe in all of us!

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My training as an anthropologist allows me to deeply attune to what you share with me (both verbally and nonverbally). Ethnography, the main methodology used by cultural anthropologists, is the art of engaged listening and empathic connection to people as they share their thoughts, beliefs, and stories with you. As a way of knowing the world, anthropology emphasizes a nuanced understanding of the systemic cultural and economic forces that create the conditions of human existence on planet earth today. These realities factor into how I offer support to clients.

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SYSTEMIC WOUNDS

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In this late capitalist landscape, an increasing number of us feel the pressures of environmental catastrophe. We collectively suffer from our disconnection from nature. The pervasive cultural values of hyper-individualism, excessive screen time, mounting economic inequality, persistent racism, white supremacy, and patriarchal ideology bog us down as we try to move through the world. Many of us have lost our connection to ritual, dance, cooperation, food production, artistic expression–all the raw, earthly things that defined our human condition for millennia. 

 

A crucial outgrowth of these conditions is that many of us feel a profound sense of disconnection from our bodies. This cultural wounding has transcended its Western origins and infected much of the world by now. Cultural norms emphasizing intellect, analysis, and language-based forms of expression have meant that talk therapy is generally the most accepted approach to healing mental and emotional distress. But for many people, there is a limit to what talk therapy can heal. In my own journey, I realized I was neglecting the wordless places by focusing only on story.

 

I'd love to help you connect to your deep, innate cultural knowledge. This knowing resides in all of us. It remembers the wisdom of your body. It knows you are more than the stories you've created or heard about yourself. Through gentle prompts, somatic modalities can help us approach emotions through the lens of the sensations in the body. Many of us tend to spin negative narratives, which can keep us stuck in undesirable cycles. Beyond these stories, lasting relief can be found on the level of the deepest levels of your physical being. You have the power to bring healing to those wordless places of tenderness and tightness. It would be my honor to help guide you there. 

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Curious? I offer peer support on a sliding scale from $50-85/hour. Have questions about whether these offerings might be right for you? Book a free 15-minute Intro Session!