Humanistic Therapy

My approach to treating trauma, anxiety and chronic pain is all about you. I’ll do my best to reduce stigma and shame around your experiences when we’re working together. I’ll listen deeply, as clarifying questions to make sure our work is helpful and I’ll invite you to get comfortable: take walk, move around on a yoga ball, or get cozy under a weighted blanket.

In my therapeutic practice, Humanistic Therapy serves as a guiding philosophy, placing paramount importance on the unique experiences and innate potential of each individual. Rooted in empathy, authenticity, and the belief in personal growth, this approach creates a therapeutic alliance where clients feel genuinely seen and understood.

My theoretical approach is integrative and customized to address each individual client’s life circumstances, needs, and wishes. Client-centered and collaborative, our work together can embrace advanced evidenced-based treatments, as well as explore how the unconscious influences our behavior, with the most important detail being that it all works for you.

Humanistic therapy emphasizes the importance of being your true self in order to lead the most fulfilling life. It’s based on the principle that everyone has their own unique way of looking at and relating to the world. This view can impact your choices and actions. Humanistic therapy also involves a core belief that people are good at heart and capable of making the right choices for themselves. If you don’t hold yourself in high regard, it’s harder to develop your full potential.

Humanistic therapy is at the core of my practice. This entails safety, unconditional positive regard, and simply being empathic with my clients. This centered therapy allows me to connect with my clients on a human level and encourages vulnerability and openness.

Using a humanistic approach, I focus on creating a warm, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their experiences and emotions. I believe in each person’s inherent potential for growth and self-actualization. Together, we work to foster self-awareness, personal responsibility, and an authentic understanding of who you are, empowering you to make meaningful, life-affirming choices.

I primarily operate from a humanistic approach in which healthy human connection is at the core of wellness.

Humanistic therapy is a mental health approach that emphasizes the importance of being your true self in order to lead the most fulfilling life.It’s based on the principle that everyone has their own unique way of looking at the world. This view can impact your choices and actions.Humanistic therapy also involves a core belief that people are good at heart and capable of making the right choices for themselves. If you don’t hold yourself in high regard, it’s harder to develop your full potential

Humanistic Therapy, in harmony with CBT and Contemplative Therapy, amplifies our journey to self-discovery. By utilizing our strengths, it empowers growth where needed. My goal is to help individuals, couples, and families embrace their unique worldviews, aligning with Humanistic Theory's focus on personal growth and self-actualization. This integrated approach enriches lives through a holistic exploration of the self.

I co-created a theory called Compassion Based Awareness Therapy. This theory is rooted in Humanistic, Attachment and Zen. The focus is in bringing awareness to your internal dynamics and how these get played out in relationships. We look through the lens of compassion because people CANNOT learn when they are being run by fear or shame. You are not your thoughts, feelings or behavior; these are clues. Collaboratively, with curiosity & compassion, we explore, uncover, unlearn & relearn.

We believe the relationship between clinician and client is the groundwork that leads to effective therapy. Creating a solid connection and mutual respect allows deep work to occur in the therapy room.

Also known as humanism, humanistic therapy is a positive approach to psychotherapy that focuses on a person’s individual nature, rather than categorizing groups of people with similar characteristics as having the same problems. Humanistic therapy looks at the whole person, not only from the therapist’s view but from the viewpoint of individuals observing their own behavior. The emphasis is on a person’s positive traits and behaviors, and the ability to use their personal instincts to find wisdo

Once complicated feminine experience came to light, terms like ‘objective’ began to define what experience was real & good. Well-being was about some kind of transcendence only available to those who already had safety & freedom. Too many folx have neither. They reach their potential here in the muck of daily life & would flourish in the absence of oppression. My humanistic lens finds the truth of subjective experience for Whole-people-in-context that are unique, inherently good, & autonomous.

The practice of kindness (not necessarily 'nice-ness') is fundamental to psychotherapy in my open. My intention is to greet everyone with kindness. My 'expertise' is only that I've been practicing for a relatively long time (and still a ways to go!)

As a humanistic therapist, I excel in creating a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment where you can explore your feelings and experiences. My expertise lies in fostering self-actualization and personal growth by emphasizing your inherent potential and strengths. Through techniques such as active listening and unconditional positive regard, I support you in discovering your true self and achieving greater fulfillment and well-being.

If you're human, chances are you have experienced some sort of angst. I see the humanistic and person-centered approaches as two sides of the same coin. As a secular humanist, my values closely align with this methodology in that I love helping my clients realize that they have everything they need to cope with reality. People often just need to be shown how to rediscover their strengths and reminded that it's ok to not be ok.

Humanistic therapy is at the heart of my work with clients. It's a foundation of equality, one where we collaborate to explore your concerns and work through them together. This modality really emphasizes getting to know yourself and how your experiences have brought you to where you are today. There is never judgment in my counseling room. I will always meet you with empathy, compassion, and warmth as I help you identify patterns and understand yourself and your life better.

One of the primary modes of therapy I use is humanistic therapy, which places a strong emphasis on your capacity for self-awareness, self-determination, and personal agency, aiming to facilitate a journey of self-discovery and self-actualization. This therapy is patient-centered, and I focus on you as a whole person, considering your subjective experiences, feelings, and unique perspectives.