Mindfulness-based Therapy

I believe in being mindful of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is important to work through and develop skills to understand how thinking of things in a certain way can impact our moods and behaviors.

My counseling style integrates various therapeutic strategies that adapt to my client's individual and unique needs

I have practiced mindfulness for three years and have incorporated mindfulness into my practice since its inception. When I think of mindfulness, I think of training our awareness to focus on certain things and the present moment. In therapy we will explore mindfulness outside of sitting quietly.

Mindfulness-based therapy is designed for people who suffer from repeated depression or chronic unhappiness. It combines the ideas of being here now with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. Recent research has shown that people who have been clinically depressed three or more times find that learning mindfulness-based skills help considerably reduce their chances of depression returning.

Mindfulness helps calm the mind and body, allowing space for healing and growth. By focusing on the present moment, you can reduce stress, ease tension, and desensitize your body’s heightened responses. I guide clients to connect with their inner strength through relaxation techniques and mindful awareness, fostering resilience and emotional balance

I am trained in the art of yoga and meditation, as well as, mindfulness-based therapy, which I have found to be effective for clients who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, as well as other mental health struggles.

I specialize in mindfulness-based therapy, a transformative approach that encourages clients to cultivate present-moment awareness and self-compassion. By integrating mindfulness practices, clients can develop a deeper understanding of their thoughts and emotions, promoting emotional regulation and stress reduction. Through this approach, I help individuals enhance their mental well-being and build resilience in the face of life's challenges.

Using mindfulness (incl. meditation, somatic, and sensorimotor psychotherapy techniques), I can help you improve your relationship to your body and internal world, tolerate sensations, and strengthen self-awareness - i.e. internal dialogues, thoughts, images, sensations, feelings. Practicing listening to your body and focusing on the now can help relieve tension, work through psychological and physiological discomfort, and heal trauma.

Mindfulness is a constant practice of noticing where your mind goes and gently, compassionately, learning to direct your thoughts.

Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.

Mindfulness is woven into all of the work that I do with clients because it helps them to manage distressing symptoms and reconnect with themselves in a way that is beneficial and non-judgmental.

Using mindful self-compassion, I work with you on a journey of self acceptance, body awareness, self-compassion and love, so you can be supported and affirmed as you are. Not everyone has the same door in to awareness and self-care. Let's learn more about what makes you tick, so you can feel understood and make more positive connections with others. You can do this! I can help.

Are you feeling stressed, anxious or depressed? Mindfulness therapy can help. I enjoy leading clients in brief guided meditations at the beginning of sessions in order to help them feel grounded for session. I am a certified yoga instructor and have been practicing yoga and meditation for about 20 years. I'd be happy to teach you the skills that I have learned so that you can have some tools under your belt that will help you feel more balanced in your daily life.

Mindfulness-based therapy was strongly emphasized in my internship at Nystrom & Associates, and I have since built my mindfulness practice with many books and workshops. Mindfulness can teach us not only to value and nurture the quiet spaces between our thoughts, but a peaceful way of stepping back and witnessing turbulent thoughts, feelings, and experiences with compassion, curiosity, and nonjudgmental acceptance.

This form of therapy will focus on present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. I will teach you to be in the here and now as well as break away from negative thought patterns that can cause a decline into a mood-disordered state; this therapy can help a person fight off a difficult frame of mind before it takes hold.

I have been studying mindfulness and mindfulness-based approaches for much of my life, as I apply these concepts not just professionally but also personally. I have studied MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction), which is one of the mist highly researched use of mindfulness in both the medical and behavioral health fields. I also am intensively trained in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), which promotes the use mindfulness as a main module in the core teaching of this program.

I love working with clients to help them find their calm - either if they are preparing for a procedure or trying to rise above the chaos of parenting littles, I offer practical exercises for connecting with yourself and staying grounded in the present moment.

Neuroscience researchers say that most of us spend the majority of our time not paying attention and this makes us unhappy. I'll teach you ways to stay focused on what you enjoy so you can build the inner strength to notice what you are feeling and thinking and how to respond to life's challenges more mindfully. You'll be surprised at how learning to pay attention can help energize and enliven you!