What to Expect in Session
Working with a Holistic Psychotherapist
We’ll start with a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to see if working together feels like the right fit.
This gives you an opportunity to share a little about what you’re looking for, ask questions, and get a sense of what it might feel like to work together.
Complimentary Consultation
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What the Process Looks Like
If you decide to move forward, we’ll schedule an initial intake appointment lasting about 50–60 minutes.
During this session, I’ll ask questions about what is bringing you to therapy, your family history, relationships, previous experiences with therapy, and what you hope to gain from our work together.
Initial Session
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At the end of our first session, we’ll begin identifying the goals you would like to work toward.
From there, sessions become more fluid and dynamic based on what is coming up for you and what feels most important to explore.
Establishing Your Goals
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Weekly sessions are generally recommended at the beginning of therapy so we can build trust and create a safe foundation for our work together.
As progress is made, we’ll continue to check in about the length and frequency of sessions based on your individual needs.
Ongoing Sessions
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As a relational therapist, I believe the relationship we build in therapy can offer valuable insight into the relationships and patterns that exist outside of our sessions.
For example, if you’re not used to expressing your wants and needs in relationships, therapy can become a safe place to practice asking for what you need or sharing how you’re honestly feeling.
Some sessions may involve talking through experiences that feel stressful, painful, or important to you. Other sessions may incorporate more specific therapeutic approaches depending on what would be most supportive.
How Our Therapeutic Relationship Works
The breath can be a powerful tool for working with both emotions and the nervous system.
Learning to breathe with intention can help communicate safety to the body, calm states of anxiety, and create space to experience emotions such as fear, anger, or sadness in a supported way.
I may incorporate different breathing techniques to help you regulate your nervous system and become more connected to what is happening in your body.
Approaches We May Use
Breathwork
The Feel Better Fast Technique™ is designed to support people experiencing anxiety, trauma, overwhelm, emotional triggers, and chronic stress.
This approach works with the subconscious mind, emotions, and nervous system to identify unresolved emotional patterns that may be keeping you feeling stuck.
By reducing the emotional charge connected to past experiences, the goal is to create greater emotional resilience, regulation, calm, and freedom.
The Feel Better Fast Technique™
EMDR is a structured therapy approach that helps the brain reprocess distressing or traumatic experiences.
Sometimes after trauma, the brain and body can continue responding as though the experience is still happening. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to support the brain in processing these experiences in a more adaptive way.
The goal is not to erase what happened, but to reduce the emotional intensity surrounding it so the experience no longer feels as present or overwhelming.
EMDR Therapy
One important part of healing is understanding how your individual experiences have shaped the way your body responds to stress.
When the nervous system remains in a prolonged state of protection, you may experience symptoms such as anxiety, chronic worry, restlessness, numbness, avoidance, or feeling shut down.
Together, we’ll work on recognizing these patterns and developing tools to help your nervous system move toward greater regulation and balance.
Nervous System Regulation
The body is constantly communicating with us, which makes it an important part of the therapeutic process.
You might notice your jaw tighten when talking about work or feel a lump in your throat when discussing a relationship. Paying attention to these physical responses can give us valuable information about emotions that may be difficult to access through words alone.
Somatic work can help you slow down, become curious about these sensations, and learn ways to respond to your emotions rather than automatically reacting to them.
Experiencing this process within a safe therapeutic relationship can be an important part of reconnecting with yourself.
Somatic + Emotionally Focused Interventions
