Individual Therapy
What If You Stopped Performing "I'm Fine" and Actually Felt Okay?
Instead of cold, clinical talk therapy, let's move, laugh, and safely face what's keeping you weighed down, together.
You're a beautifully complex human being.
Over time, though, unhealed wounds, unwanted pressures, and claustrophobic labels have left you feeling deeply weighed down.
You're caught in limiting habits, or running on absolute emotional fumes, carrying an invisible backpack full of scary memories, constant worry, and the pressure to keep everyone else happy while forgetting about yourself.
You've Tried to Think Your Way Out
You've tried to think or talk your way out of this.
The mind is often used not to discover facts, but to protect or hide from what hurts.
The performance of normalcy continues on the outside: work, family, relationships, all handled.
Underneath, you feel disconnected from your own body, unsure of what you truly need, and wondering if you'll ever feel whole, safe, and grounded again.
Bring All of You Into the Room
In our work together, you won't spend the hour sitting back and talking about your issues in the abstract.
We bring real human warmth, active energy, and present-moment exploration into the room, and we face your struggles head-on.
Gestalt is an experiential approach, and it gives you a clear path toward wholeness, self-awareness, and vitality.
To get there, we tap into all parts of who you are, finding real wisdom in your words, your emotions, your body, and everything you say without speaking.
Honor the Parts of You That Got Pushed Aside
Together, we discover the forces that shaped you.
We honor your internal conflicts and bring the minimized or misunderstood parts of yourself back into the light.
Release What Your Body Has Been Holding
Rather than only analyzing past pain, we use active Gestalt body experiments to bring hidden blocks into view and safely release pent-up fight-or-flight energy.
We weave in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to target and reprocess the old trauma loops stored in your nervous system, so past experiences stop running your present life.
Through somatic grounding and parts work, you release rigid self-imposed rules, build healthy boundaries, and develop the genuine response-ability to grab hold of life and choose your own path.
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies within you."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lead a Life That Means Something to You
The goal of this work is bigger than symptom management.
It's helping you leave those struggles behind, build a deep sense of self-acceptance, and lead a meaningful life.
Start Feeling Okay
You're welcome to start today.
Reach out through the contact form to schedule your free consultation, and we'll chat about what you're experiencing and see if we're a great fit to work together.
My office is in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and online sessions are available anywhere in Colorado.
Give Your Arm a Rest
You've pressed that ball down through more seasons than you can count.
Let it come up on purpose, with help, and see how your days feel with both hands free.
Fill out the contact form to request your free consultation, and tell me as much or as little as you'd like about what you've been pushing down.