SERVICES OFFERED

Psychotherapy for 
​Women (age 19 and up)

CLINICAL
Areas of Focus

Relational Stress
Attachment
Grief/Loss
​Shame
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety & Stress Management
Work Stress
Divorce Recovery
​Life Transitions
Women's Issues

FAITH / SPIRITUAL
Optional Areas to
​Integrate and Explore

Crisis of Faith
Identity
Shame
Feeling Stuck or Dry
​Sense of Unease
Attachment Issues
Trauma
Laments
​Religious Trauma

INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY & FAITH
(optional)

At times, a client wishes to bring a discussion of their faith into therapy, believing, as I do, that our mind is not simply connected to our body but our spirit as well. I have always, and continue to welcome clients from different faith backgrounds than my own- whether they espouse no faith (atheist or agnostic) but perhaps grew up in one they'd like to discuss, or they follow one of the many religions, faiths, or spiritualities observed in our world. I am eager to explore, together with my client, how their spirit is connecting (or, perhaps, not currently connecting) to their present psychological or relational experience.

There are also times when a client may like to incorporate the processing of religious trauma (either to a current faith or a past one).  I recognize for some of my clients, particularly in our context of living in the United States, their religious trauma comes from those who asserted a Christian faith. They were excluded, judged, shamed, or simply shook by the hypocrisies​ they experienced or witnessed. In identifying as someone from that tradition, that can either hinder or aid any exploration of this trauma. My primary goal is to aid in the processing of trauma and relational wounds, not to change belief systems, and I allow my clients to decide if I feel like a safe presence to explore these issues. These are all optional add-ons, and so therefore not a necessary component of a client’s work with me.

The Christian Faith

For those who happen to walk in the same faith tradition as I do, the one modeled and taught by Jesus of Nazareth, I can offer even more depth of integration, if the client is interested. In 2024, I decided to expand my training expertise and enter a two-year program on Christian spiritual formation. I conceptualize this field to encompass and explore the struggles, barriers, and hurdles one faces in their relationship with God. We say God is love, but does our body, our mind, and our psyche grasp this? Do early attachment wounds or perhaps even the hypocrisies of the church-at-large cloud our ability to see his love or understand how he could even be good? 

Many profess a faith divorced from the suffering of their life (or the lives of others), believing that acknowledging the dark somehow discounts or discredits the light. Although I have training in Christian theology, I am not a theology professor, nor a teacher, so I do not approach these issues with “the” answer(s), rather I see myself as a guide, eager to walk alongside on the path, observe the topography, and process what you are experiencing (perhaps even offer new disciplines or practices to deepen your experience).