Therapists in Santa Fe, NM

Are you feeling stuck? To feel stuck emotionally, professionally, relationally and in thought patterns is a common experience of human beings. Let's work together to get unstuck: allowing your creativity to flow uninhibitedly, your emotions to become valuable and digest-able, your aspirations to become realities and your relationships to become more fulfilling. Providing online therapy for Ohio and New Mexico residents.

Somatic Sound Processing: In session you are invited to settle into the comfort of your own home. We meet via online and a completely unique auditory sensory space is created for you by use of the neurobiology of SOUND. These sessions are unlike typical clinical therapy in that most of the processing is happening without “going into the story”. Basic somatic meditation techniques and the attuned sound experience provide an incredible opportunity for you to regulate and integrate a stressed or trauma patterned nervous system.

Prompt was: "who my ideal client is, about their issues, needs and goals, what they want and why." I think an ideal client is someone willing to engage in their life. You might need or want a counselor to help identify some of your goals. You recover, grow, flourish, remember, recount, adjust, pivot, dream, fly, strengthen, let go, become more efficient, relax, find compassion, true forgiveness. You are ideal, and can discover and then get what you need and want.

You might consider yourself a healer or a helper. You might tend to take on the burden of emotional work for others in your life. I know the feeling. We all need a space to relieve that burden. You have already done the heavy lifting of identifying your trauma and you understand how your past influences your present. You are looking for something to help you maintain your wellness and improve upon your already beautiful life. It's time to prioritize your personal wellness and live life with more ease.

One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is permission to write your own story. As an individual dealing with the long-lasting effects of trauma, you often wonder if things will get better, easier, or more manageable with time.  You may not know it, but even by simply asking yourself these questions, you are beginning to acknowledge your worth, explore your potential, and place yourself in the mindset needed to begin your journey of reclamation.  Since you are now ready to sit down with me, I can confidently say that I am likewise ready to help you to feel understood, seen, and secure.

I specialize in life transitions, anxiety, depression, and the exploration of purpose and meaning (using techniques of mindful awareness and somatic listening). Everything about us is okay, and it is through our most difficult challenges and deepest suffering that growth, healing and transformation ultimately occur. With this in mind, I try and help clients explore the messages in themselves and their life processes that will enable them to bear their difficulties and move forward.

My intention, as I walk on the healing path with my clients, is to empower self love. We are worthy, throughout our entire life cycle, of receiving all that life has to offer. Symptoms are connected to layers of shame and distrust built up over time through trauma and false programming. Once we understand the patterns that keep us trapped in our symptoms and heal the trauma that activated those patterns, we can make the choice to actively love ourselves and create the life of our dreams.

It takes courage to make change in life. If you are searching for that change and trying to find the path to do so I can help. If you are an adolescent, a family, a man, someone in the midst of addiction, a veteran or someone of indigenous roots I can help. If you are dealing with stress, anxiety, shame and guilt, addiction, as well as trauma, I have a range of skills which can assist with this. Please reach out.

I work extremely well with clients who are motivated to change their lives. Often, our greatest challenges come during times of major life transitions. Through active listening and genuine empathy, I help my clients focus upon the inherent solutions to their most pressing problems. Motivation to change comes with the willingness to look closely and investigate the stories we tell ourselves. Often, I discover with my clients that their oldest and most damaging internal stories are simply not true. By having a fellow human who is open and fully present witness our lives, we can discover the very real possibility for greater health and happiness.

I enjoy working and developing a therapeutic relationship with people that are struggling in their life whether it's with depression, anger, trauma, anxiety, relationships or even a sense that something needs to change. It's within that struggle that the spark of hope resides and I see it as my job to help people focus on their future, their strengths and successes and then begin to rediscover the hope and power to begin to shape their future and their lives.

I am a transpersonal psychologist, expressive arts therapist, wellness counselor, shamanic teacher and healer, and Reiki Master of the Usui lineage. I have practiced and taught since 1985 in California, Oregon, and New Mexico, sharing life lessons and healing methods that saved my life long ago. I have a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology, and continue to learn new approaches to healing through my own research, as well as interaction with clients and colleagues.

I have worked as a psychotherapist in Santa Fe for over 30 years. I see people of all ages with all sorts of concerns. Many people seek help to understand their particular narrative and want to explore and change the repetitive patterns that have caused them to suffer from depression, anxiety or an inability to engage in satisfying, healthy relationships. I am committed to using my skills and expertise to help restore aliveness in those who feel stuck. I do play therapy with children and draw from an eclectic skill set in my work with adolescents, individuals, couples and families.

I can help you move through the trauma of divorce, contested custody and the co-parenting drama. I use evidence-based methods to process the intense emotions, obsessive thinking, and nervous system activation associated with these major stressors. Divorce and contested custody often cause serious financial stress, anxiety/depression, compromised work performance, and worry about the future. Call me now and start feeling more stable and confident as you move through the long-term process of getting to the other side of divorce, a custody battle and the drama of long-term co-parenting with a difficult ex.

I support midlife women and non-binary folks navigating the challenges of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. My area of focus is specifically late-diagnosis Autism/ADHD/2e. If you’re feeling exhausted from the sensory overload and social expectations of living in a neuronormative culture, I get you. Women and other high-masking folks are often underdiagnosed/misdiagnosed resulting in efforts to “fit-in” and perform at levels that lead to burnout. If you've spent a lifetime exhausted by social expectations, need a lot of down time to recover from over stimulation, and feel disconnected from your true self, I see you.

Most of my clients are struggling with sexuality and intimacy issues within their relationship, whether they are with a partner or single. Often there are persistent patterns and traumatic past events that create less than ideal relationship dynamics. Sexual functioning concerns may also be present, leading to decreased capacity for emotional intimacy, freedom and joy in intimate relationships. I also work with many clients that have completed years of therapy, are therapists or helping professionals themselves, but still need a higher level of support in creating the sex and intimacy life they desire (their clients too).