I often think back– while many years ago! On my experience of knowing I needed something and seeking help. I scrolled through profile after profile on Psychology Today, sending emails to prospective therapists. What do I share about myself? What questions do I ask? I know something of what it feels like to be in your shoes. I often reflect on that time and those calls myself when I schedule and engage in consultation calls with prospective clients.
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
―Carl Gustav Jung
When I worked in residential treatment for people recovering from addiction, clients would often ask if I was in recovery myself. This was almost always a beautiful a moment, because what folks are often also asking is can you see me? Can you understand me? AND are you going to judge me? Or – Am I safe? Do I matter? (this is the question we are constantly asking as we scan our environment, as everything passes through our amygdala and earliest region of our brain before arriving at the prefrontal cortex).
And I don’t have an answer ready made. Because I’ve never actually been asked the same questions twice, because this specific unique individual hasn’t asked it until this moment.
New client consultation calls are similarly like this– while I’ve been asked questions about my practice before, your questions are new and the experience is a new one because of this.
I don’t really have an elevator pitch. I’m a highly relational therapist whose work is informed by psychodynamic theory and depth oriented (Jungian) therapy, with additional extensive training in trauma informed practices, somatic and attachment based approaches. I love my work– it is heart and soul centered. It is rooted in a depth and breadth of clinical work, in research, training and practice of evidenced based therapy modalities. And yet, it is transformed and a new with each new therapy hour, and how this unfolds in a new time and space at the right pace, and how you experience this, with all the complexity and uniqueness you bring with yourself.
If you are interested in scheduling, please reach out. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about therapy, scheduling, payment… And Welcome to my practice!