WORKING WITH ME
APPROACH
Systemic
Each client has a distinctly unique path to and through healing. I am a holistic practitioner. I view each person’s system as a complex web of interrelated memories, strands of experience, and impactful moments. As a result, I approach with a systemic viewpoint. We are impacted throughout our lives not only by what happens to us personally, but also by what happens within our communities. This is how I work with the intellect and the mind.
Somatic
Our bodies are where we live, and our mind, hearts, spirits, and bodies are all interconnected. The physical, terrestrial body stores emotion and helps us create helpful protective patterns throughout our lives. Sometimes these patterns become outdated and unhelpful, and we forget how to improvise. This gets us “stuck” in no-longer-needed habits, and we suffer as a result because we are not able to meet the moment. This is why I work with the body and the emotions.
Transpersonal
We are also heavily impacted and influenced by our experience of transpersonal or spiritual realities. Some of us grew up in spiritual realities that were greatly harmful in their fundamentalist and supremacist points of view. Others were raised to completely negate any spiritual understanding of life. Most of us desperately need healing in this area to reimagine and reenchant our lives with meaning, purpose, and depth. This is one important way we navigate these times, and this is why I work with the spirit and the ancestors.
Holistic
I don’t shy away from labels and diagnoses, but I do tread lightly in these areas. Language plays a big part in this. Clients are not “depressed” but sometimes experience depression. My fellow travelers are not “anxious” by nature, but the way we have evolved has allowed anxiety to spend some time with us, to a greater or lesser extent. Honoring a diagnosis while also remaining open to the entire experience is integral to wholeness and health.
Approaching the whole person, as well as personal and collective lineages of suffering and oppression, allows us as client and practitioner to zoom in and zoom out. Sometimes we get granular and work on specific skills such as breathing exercises and somatic techniques. Other times we take a bird’s eye view and experience the larger landscape. At times we might talk very specifically about a client’s childhood and uncover moments of acute trauma. And we will also follow that trauma through to a larger scope of understanding, allowing it to breathe, move, and change.
THE CLIENT/THERAPIST RELATIONSHIP
I am here to go deep with you. This means that we will develop a complex and hopefully supportive relationship. I want you to feel safe to go places with me that help move the path, instead of you walking over the same terrain again. Each relationship is different, and I honor where you want to go at the pace you want to move. You are in control, but I am here to cultivate a meaningful duet with you in service to your health and your life’s path. I will not push you into spaces that feel unsafe, but I will challenge you in ways that sometimes push up against your comfort zones.
FORMAT: WHERE WE BEGIN
ASTROLOGY
Astrological readings are the way we begin to get to know each other. They are my intake sessions. There are two choices for intake sessions, listed below.
Why astrology? Astrology is a symbolic space where we can begin to reimagine how you started and explore your current questions. It is not a divination tool. It will not solve your problems; however, it might reawaken your connection to the larger universe in unexpected and delightful ways.
Choice #1: Natal Chart Reading
During this intake, we meet for a brief discovery session, typically 30-45 minutes, followed by a one-hour astrological reading. I study your natal chart and we discuss how your original map influences your life right now.
Choice #2: Triad Package
This astrological intake includes the above, plus one integration session. During this session, you will have the opportunity to experience how we might continue our work together.
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These intake sessions do not need to immediately lead to continued work. You can also repeat astrological sessions if you would like to at any time.
Intake Pricing:
Choice #1: $300
Choice #2: $400
FORMAT: HOW WE CONTINUE
THERAPEUTIC PROJECTS
In my weekly client work, I offer seasonal, ten-session “projects”. Because I am at core an artist, I approach each project with a client as a piece of art, expressing their unique position at this point in their life.
For each project there is a beginning stage called Mind-Body, a middle stage called Belly-Body, and an ending stage called Heart-Body. Clients are always welcome to return in the following season for another project or to continue the same project if it continues to feel alive.
There are many reasons I work in this format. For one, I want to stay engaged in our work. Because my path to therapy has been through the arts, I find I work best with a structured scope. I also know that my mind, belly, and heart need rest and time to integrate what has happened. Because healing can be an intense space, I surmise that your mind, belly, and body need that time as well. If clients want “homework” in-between projects, this can certainly become part of the Heart-Body sessions. These phases are described in better detail below. I also know that it can be a great resource to know that our time together is limited. The limited time creates a container for clients to challenge themselves in new ways.
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Sessions 1-3: Mind-Body
The mind-body sessions are a chance for us to get to know each other, either for the first time or anew. This might entail discussion about what is happening in your life, what areas of concern or challenge you currently have, or conversely, a potent threshold you would like to celebrate. During this time, we collaboratively discover the inquiry you are working with at this time of your life, and we dip our toes into somatic work, mindfulness, and creative endeavor.
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Sessions 4-7: Belly-Body
The belly sessions are a time for deeper creative seeking about the inquiry of the project. We co-create movement experiences, artwork, and pieces of writing that act as artifacts of your experience. These artifacts then become additional collaborators in our process together. This is the messy middle that asks us to stay with the material even when it feels uncomfortable.
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Sessions 8-10: Heart-Body
The heart-body sessions allow time for meaning-making and integrating the belly and mind into the heart. The two come together to create a new understanding of the inquiry, allowing you to move forward with reimagined possibilities. As mentioned above, this is also a time for co-creation of a piece of daily or weekly practice, or “homework”. This could be something very small such as noticing something beautiful each day or spending time in nature once/week. Or, it might be something larger such as intending to start a new project or relationship.
Projects take place in the Autumn, early September through mid-November; in the Winter, early January through mid-March; and in the Spring, early April through mid-June. Right now, I primarily see clients online, but I will be opening up to in-person sessions sometime in 2026/27.
Projects Pricing:
$1500/season (10 sessions)
WHO AM I?
I am first and foremost an artist. I have the heart of an artist and have spent most of my life focused on creating dance, poetry, and visual art. I am an evolutionary astrologer, a Life-Art Practitioner, and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. I have been in ongoing professional supervision with astrologer and therapist Jason Holley for three years now and am also completing his practitioner program. I am a master’s student in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling at Naropa University. My work has spanned over three decades and during that time I have worked with diverse populations of individuals and groups in the realms of art, healing, and education— always in service to the creation of new ways of thinking, acting, and being. Last but not least, I am a mother for the past eighteen years, and probably for long before that. For more on my training, see HERE. Some practices I currently draw from are Evolutionary Astrology, Authentic Movement, Expressive Arts, Mindfulness and Meditation, & Ancestral Healing
WHO AM I NOT?
I am not a licensed counselor. I may choose to be at some point and am slowly working (maybe) towards that. I am not a crisis counselor. If you need someone to be available to you in a crisis, I am not your girl. That is not my strength. I will not be available to you in-between projects. I will be available on a limited basis during our project work via email for short shares or moments of inspiration.