My journey has brought me from traditional to alternative realms, and afforded me the opportunity to have one foot in each world, to move in between, and be rooted in this dichotomy. In this split, I find value in being a bridge, a connector, and a translator. My personal work has encouraged me to stretch in many directions, from working in corporate America for over a decade in the fashion industry doing the 9-5 hustle, to striving for the edges of life itself as an End of Life Doula. I have been on plant medicine journeys, holotropic breathwork retreats, experienced past life regressions, and had a myriad of paranormal events. All these experiences have given me faith in a greater unfolding that is happening for our highest good. I believe deeply in our capacity to heal through different transformational processes and through loving and connected relationships.
In my work with clients, I draw from a variety of tools and my life experience to support both physical and esoteric forms of transformation. These include traditional psychotherapy blended with dreamwork, western astrology, human design, energy healing and shamanism. Therapeutically, I am rooted in a Jungian psychological perspective, which acknowledges the importance of both conscious and unconscious influences on our life's path, seeking the balance and integration between the two. I am also influenced by psychodynamic and existential approaches. I incorporate EMDR to work with limiting belief systems that stem from firsthand experience or as a result of intergenerational trauma. I am attuned to the body, mind, soul connection and in mapping how emotional disease manifests in the physical body.
As a human being and a therapist, I have a healthy skepticism for the structure of our society, the influences and conditions we live within on individual and collective levels, and in general enjoy questioning the "status quo". I believe we live in profoundly challenging times that ask for us to be stronger than the obstacles we face and to live with courage and sovereignty in pursuit of a more whole and honest relationship with ourselves, others, and the planet. If we all do the work required to be the most authentic version of ourselves, I believe that we can achieve a more harmonious way of living on Earth.
In my graduate program, I focused on the relationship between Jungian Psychology and Western Astrology, exploring how key aspects of the birth chart, specifically the North and South Nodes, support the process of Individuation; the path to becoming your truest self. I see Astrology as a form of eco-psychology, a recognition that to heal it is necessary to look beyond human experience to the influence of planet earth and the cosmic system in which it resides. Traditional eco-psychology focuses on the parallel healing between humans and the earth. Using astrology for healing expands the realm of thinking to include the earth and its relationships to the surrounding planets and stars. In this way astrology not only supports the process of individuation, it also expands psychological thinking about the nature of individuation and wholeness because it takes into account the cosmos and its influence on the human psyche and planetary life.