Our Approach
Holistic
A holistic approach to psychotherapy means viewing the whole human experience as integral to the healing process. We focus on the connection between mind, body, spirit in the context of your life. We view talk therapy as one tool in a holistic tool box of healing modalities, which we are honoured to facilitate based on your unique life path and needs. This may involve using tools such as movement, meditation, prayer, mindfulness, and breath. We are happy to practice within a Spiritual Framework that is aligned with you.
Embodied
Embodied, or somatic, therapy emphasizes the connection between the Self and Body. It involves using physical sensations, body awareness, and movement to explore and heal emotional and psychological symptoms. This approach helps us process trauma, release stored tension, and develop a deeper understanding of our emotions by paying attention to how they manifest in the body. The goal is to create a more integrated and balanced sense of self, release stored pain or stories, and feel at home in your physical being.
Strength- Based
Strength-based therapy is an approach that focuses on nurturing the healer within. We aim to identify and build upon your existing strengths and resources. My approach is non-pathologizing and rooted in compassion, exploration, and understanding. Instead of concentrating on problems or deficits, we aim to identify and refine your abilities, skills, and healing tools. I believe you have the deepest knowledge of your needs, and the greatest capacity to meet them. My role is to support you in uncovering the wisdom within you.
“Embodiment is a way to heal the mind-body divide we experience within ourselves and, more systemically, within Western cultures. To do so we need to understand the self as a body. Our body and our personhood are so intimately connected that they can never be separated. We are not just a mind, or brain, carried around by a meat-puppet of flesh and bones. Embodiment is a kind of re-remembering of who we really are, because what we picked up along the way was disembodiment. But disembodiment is not how we come into the world. It can be unlearned, while embodiment, our birthright, can be remembered. So embodiment is a coming home, a remembering of our wholeness, and a reunion with the fullness of ourselves.
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