Holistic Counseling
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Welcome.  If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you are ready for a change.  You may be feeling stuck, struggling to break free of old and painful stories that seem to control your life.  Perhaps you are generally happy but searching for something more: expanded self-love, thriving relationships, authentic personal expression, meaningful career possibilities, or deeper spiritual connection.

As counselor and guide, my primary intention is to help you first discover and then transform limiting beliefs, feedback loops of self-criticism and self-judgement, psychological wounds, and trauma that may be holding you back from a deeply meaningful life and the actualization of your greatest potential in the world.  At your pace and permission, we will engage and explore mindfulness exercises, breath-work, sound healing, and body-centered approaches to healing.  Through shared wisdom, love, and creativity, together we will open doors to greater aliveness in the body, clarity of the mind, and expansion of the soul.

"I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become."~C. G. Jung
"When we give ourselves the chance to let go of our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work."~Thich Nhat Hanh
"The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well."~Hippocrates
Offerings
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Offices are located in NW Berkeley, CA on Wednesdays and in Nevada City, CA Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  

Video chat sessions also available.

1 hour sessions

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With guidance into present moment awareness of the body, mind, and spirit, we will attend to the challenges of the past and of everyday life, cultivating invaluable resources in support of deep inner healing and authentic outward expression.

Through mindfulness, guided meditations, intuitive bodywork, breath-work methods, vocal expression, and creative therapy techniques, we will gently uncover and explore limiting core beliefs and preexisting resources of support to help you discover, construct, and maintain meaningful and stable ways of participating with life.

Ritual & Ceremony

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Explore the depths of your inner world in a daylong retreat contained in ritual.  These potent experiences provide a deep immersion into intentions of healing and personal growth, which are set by you and guided by me.

Ceremonial methods of accessing expanded states of consciousness are offered to assist in revealing and transforming psychological blocks, releasing tension in the body and mind, and deepening connection to self, nature, and spirit.

I offer a compassionately direct approach to guiding my clients toward transforming their daily lives.  My presence is solid, and I am an active listener.

 

My primary counseling training is in the Hakomi Method, a body-centered psychotherapy approach that invites mindfulness and embodied self-awareness to the healing process.  I have a Masters in East-West Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, at which I received a Spiritual Counseling Certificate with emphases in archetypal psychology, Eastern spiritual traditions, and nature-based therapy approaches.  Additionally, I am formally trained in sacred and ceremonial methods of accessing expanded states of consciousness for healing.

 

I am trained in and currently practicing as a nature-based mentor and rehabilitation counselor for marginalized and socioeconomically disadvantaged youth both with Gateway Mountain Center and in my private practice.

 

My counseling work is equally informed by my personal engagement with music and sound, a several year meditation and yoga practice, breath-work, deep nature connection, and conscious/healthy eating practices.  I very much enjoy working with clients in the outdoors, facilitating deeper connection with nature through ritual and working with the inherent symbolism and life force energy of the natural world.

 

I was born in New Orleans and grew up under the grand skies of Texas.  Here my psyche was shaped by the magic and vastness of the great plains.  I currently live, love, and play in Nevada City, CA with my wife Olga and son Julian.

 

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Please provide some information about yourself and what you would like to explore. I am happy to offer a free 30 min. consultation prior to booking an initial session. I look forward to hearing from you.