My Therapeutic Approach
I have trained extensively throughout my career in various psychotherapeutic modalities. My focus has been on experiential therapy (not to be confused with “experimental”; experiential means "based in experience") and trauma-focused approaches, because I have always believed that the root of many mental health struggles is trauma, and that the path to change is experience. While talking about problems can be helpful, I believe having a transformative experience can change us in much more profound ways.
I work with people in mindfulness with present moment awareness to help them connect to their felt experience, so they don't just have insight into their patterns of being, but can contact and be present with them live in session with me. By working with these functional patterns while they are active, we can create new experiences that, over time, replace patterns that may no longer be serving individuals.
I began learning mindfulness and experiential therapy at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, where I completed their one-year professionals training program. I then went on to achieve Level A certification in Emotion-Focused Therapy, and now I have immersed myself in Somatic Trauma Therapy and the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy approach, which has become my primary modality of practice.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a gentle, compassionate, trauma-focused approach. It works with the whole person, including their thoughts, feelings, behaviours, bodies, and relationships with people and the world around them. Treatment starts from the inside out, initially focusing on building somatic (body) capacity and nervous system regulation, and then moving out, with safety being the true focus of treatment throughout. Safety within one’s body and safety within one’s life. Because only once we feel safe can we open up to the world and thrive.
With a foundation of safety, clients can then examine their patterns of being in the world that are limiting them, understanding that all patterns were once adaptive survival strategies that are simply no longer serving them in their current life. Once clients gain this awareness, we can work together to transform old patterns by creating new patterns or by gently processing out trauma that may have never left the body.
Common Q’s About Experiential Therapy
Common Q’s About Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
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