Being in Therapy
Therapy is not a quick fix. It's not a bandage or a pill, it's a journey one takes towards engaging with life with more of you present, body, mind and soul. My type of therapy work isn't based on the medical model of pathology and diagnosis, rather, it's based on a the recognition that we are each whole persons striving to experience a rich and personally meaningful life. Just like a person who realizes that being unhealthily overweight and out of shape is the result of years of habits, and will take dedicated time and awareness to change those patterns, a person who enters therapy because of ordinary, but painful issues will also need to dedicate themselves to a sustained path of change. My role is as an informed accomplice on your journey, someone who has been on this type of journey herself for a long time and knows about the way of change. Ultimately, my goal for you is to support you making your choices with as much awareness and compassionate choice as possible. In Voice Dialogue, we call that the Aware Ego Process.

* The only condition in which I would bring in an outside help is if you reported to me that you were posing an immediate life-threatening danger to yourself or another. Then I would, of course, act to save your life.