I ground my approach in three foundations: attunement, awareness, and integration.

Attunement is a mutual responsiveness to the experience going on right now. So, attunement can be to feeling, sensation, body, relationships… ways of attending to present moments. I support people with active compassion ( from Buddhist practices ), and a sincere curiosity about about what’s meaningful to you.

Awareness is a shared element combining observations, reflections, and ongoing discussions about whatever arises— ideas, memories, challenges, emotions, and choices shared in dialogue. What may emerge for some ( though not all ) is a new way of relating to therapy and to life’s journey. My curiosities include how one may encourage self-coherence, social engagement, mindfulness, and integration.*

Integration, which is that final piece, means working with how and where one can apply whatever has been uncovered into daily choices we make in living our lives.

One way to step into your life is to practice asking yourself, What’s happening for me right now? Another approach is to view this journey as a process of recovery ( from suffering ) and discovery ( of resources )— What am I hurting from? What does support look like for that? Through this lens, any person is capable of re-entering a recovery-discovery process continually, any day, in each moment. This process can become a very real daily practice.

Historically, I’ve supported folks entering life transitions, coping with stressful environments, dealing with relationship challenges, &or struggling creatively. Wherever you are in your journey, I’m looking forward to meeting you there.

{ see also: Where is an individual along their “Stages of Change“? }

_{{ * As a reference for my curiosity about applying attunement and awareness in therapy, please see: Siegel, Daniel J., 
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being. 1st ed., W. W. Norton,
(2007). [ pages 78, 172, 178, 193, & 201 ] }}

link to: The Mindful Brain