Somatic counseling goes beyond talk therapy and integrates the mind and body. It is ideal for processing trauma (even pre-verbal trauma), chronic physical issues, strengthening body-awareness, and building resiliency in the nervous system. It is very gentle and also very deep. 

My approach to somatic counseling involves soothing your nervous system so that you can come into a calm, open, and present state. In this state, you are connected to your deep wisdom, and can more easily tap into your inner resources of love, power, joy, and creativity.

This approach is largely informed by my training in Somatic Experiencing and is also influenced by my study and practice of Western and Eastern healing modalities and my intuitive understanding.

In a typical session, we discuss issues and events from your life, but instead of these stories being the focus of our work, they are a jumping off point, or portal, into the deeper forces at play.

Working this way allows you to access what has been buried - emotions, memories, impulses, and beliefs that have been repressed and held in your body and psyche for years, and often since childhood.

I provide the support, wisdom, and sensitivity that you need to feel safe and confident enough to stay present with uncomfortable emotions and pain, so that you can discover the root of these patterns and allow them to shift and release.

I will guide you to connect with your body physical sensations, images, movement, and sound. With this gentle exploration, you can slowly tap into trauma and open up energy that has been bound, allowing it to naturally release. As this energy releases, it creates space for freedom, clarity, peace, and for a more authentic, alive, and rich experience of yourself and the world.

You will walk away with a deeper understanding of your nervous system and how to bring it into balance. You will learn how to connect to your body and become present, so you can navigate challenging situations with more ease and insight.

You will gain tools to facilitate your own healing, so that stressors in your life become opportunities for growth instead of causing emotional overwhelm or “checking out.”

Through our work together, you will shift patterns of chronic stress, anxiety and overwhelm, become more in tune with your true needs and desires, and better able to sense what is in your best interest.

In essence, you become more resilient – able to thrive no matter what life throws at you.

Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool for transformation and growth because it allows access to the subconscious mind -  where the roots of unwanted life patterns as well as the underlying causes of chronic emotional and physical pain exist.

Unconscious beliefs formed in very early childhood and onward, along with the traumatic experiences that caused them to form, are stored in our subconscious.Though we are unaware of these beliefs, they can affect every aspect of our lives, keeping us stuck in unhealthy patterns and leading to physical and emotional pain.

Through hypnotherapy, we can explore and heal these self-limiting beliefs as well as address and release trauma that is stored in the psyche. In our work together, I will help you access hidden realms within your mind, and address whatever may be blocking your ability to thrive and live the life you want. I will connect you with powerful inner resources - your own inner wisdom, higher consciousness, and spiritual guidance.

In a typical session, first we will discuss what you want out of our work together - issues you are experiencing in your health or life that you would like to change and/or goals and dreams that you want to accomplish.

Next, I will guide you into a pleasantly relaxed, light trance state. In this state, you are fully awake and aware, but your mind and body are deeply relaxed, allowing access to your subconscious mind.

We will then take an interactive journey - you will explore as I gently guide and support you. You are always in control of your journey and I will ask questions and make suggestions as you experience your inner landscape.

Traveling through your subconscious mind is similar to being in a dream. Clients discover many different things on their journeys - childhood memories, emotions (grief and fear as well as joy and bliss), different body sensations, striking images and metaphors, and inner guides/archetypes are all common.

For the majority of your journey, you will be lying down or sitting comfortably. However, I will create a body-integrated experience - helping you connect what you are experiencing with your physical body, using directed awareness, self-touch, movement, and/or the use of physical props.

You will walk away with new insights and perspective on your life, a deeper connection to your inner world, and rich images and inner resources such as an inner guide/archetype who you can continue to work with throughout your life for healing and growth.

Energy work is gentle yet powerful. Because it transforms the underlying energetic foundation for our whole system - physical, emotional, and mental -  it is effective for all kinds of physical ailments, as well as emotional trauma and self-limiting thought patterns.

Energy is the basis for all things. Both science and ancient spiritual wisdom tell us this. What we see in physical form is a manifestation of sub-atomic particles of energy, vibrating in different patterns. We, ourselves, are no exception.

Our energetic foundation can be experienced in the form of thoughts, emotions, and the electrical signals our body uses to function. Energy moves at the speed of light - it is light! And therefore can change very quickly, just like your thoughts, emotions, and the speed at which your hand moves to pick up an object. You don't have to think about how to move each muscle, it just happens effortlessly.

Energy work is gentle, yet it reaches into the core energetic structure of the body. When this underlying energy system is brought into balance, it sets the stage for everything else to also come into harmony. Unhealthy holding patterns are opened up, allowing trapped energy and emotion to release. When we allow ourselves to release by not resisting the flow of energy, our physical body naturally aligns with and reflects our new, improved energetic foundation.

Each session helps to bring the energetic and physical body into more balance. For those who are ready to dive deep into their process - releasing, receiving, and transforming - energy work can greatly accelerate healing and expansion. 

Using my Reiki training and ability to channel high vibration, healing energy, along with my intuitive guidance and understanding, I have developed my own way of working with and harmonizing the energy systems of my clients. My method is ever-evolving and specific to each person I work with. 

In a typical in-person session, you are comfortable and fully clothed, laying on a massage table. I guide you into a relaxed state so that you can receive the most benefit from the work. I then channel high vibrational, healing energy with gentle touch.

I may incorporate gentle massage and acupressure (gentle pressure on certain spots that correspond to energy meridians. I also work off the body as our energetic systems extend far beyond the surface of our skin. For those who prefer not to be touched, I can work completely off the body.

I also use my voice to tone while working. This is a form of sound healing - the vibrations are a powerful tool for moving and harmonizing energy. Each person experiences energy work differently. You may experience temperature changes, tingles, wave-like sensations, muscle twitches or pulses. 

You will experience a release of physical and mental tension and most people enter a deeply relaxed place somewhere between waking and sleeping. You may even fall asleep. 

You may receive subconscious or intuitive images or insights in this peaceful, open state.

In a typical long-distance session, we will first chat via phone about your needs and desires and what is coming up for you physically, emotionally, and/or spiritually. You can also let me know if there is anything you want me to check in about intuitively during the session.

I will then guide you into a relaxed, receptive state for 10-15 minutes. You will continue to relax and receive as I end the phone call and continue to send you healing energy for an additional 20-40 minutes.

During this time I often receive information and guidance for you and afterwards I am sometimes I am called to channel written messages from spirit for you.

We then discuss what came up during your session in a post-session phone call.

After either an in-person or long-distance session, you will walk away feeling more relaxed, expansive, clear and centered.

The gentle opening and harmonizing affects continue after a session and can be experienced days and even weeks later. Sometimes, the effects are very obvious and incredible physical and emotional healing take place. Other times, the effects are more subtle and may take time to fully reveal themselves.