Women's Issues Therapists in Santa Fe, NM

Tues/Thurs AM slots now open. With seasoned expertise in Women's Issues , I offer short-term goals-based Psychotherapy, Coaching, & Mastectomy Support for motivated people of all genders. I graduated from the Columbia University School of Social Work (1987) and have rich practice experience in NYC, Providence, & Santa Fe. The work is about what your goals for YOU are, and is collaborative, empowered and kind. Focusing on the idea that there is ALWAYS meaning to be found in struggle, together we work to help you find peace with your past, love and respect yourself in the present, and take energized action on behalf of your future.

Are you feeling disappointed or unfulfilled in life? You have the power to change this. Through self-introspection you will begin to understand how your life choices are impacting your wellbeing and happiness. I will encourage you to take responsibility for your choices, empower you to make choices that align with your true authentic self, and in turn create a life that is worth living. I have experience helping people work through the challenges of life, including self-esteem, relationship issues, women's issues , conflict resolutions, life transitions, and anger management.

Being felt, heard and seen are healthy, natural and essential needs throughout our lives. The therapeutic relationship is a unique and healing one and has the potential to transform our earliest relational patterns and unconscious attempts at repair. I bring my presence, deep, active listening, attentiveness, curiosity and positive regard to individuals and couples seeking therapy. Applying my extensive knowledge, training, and practice in attachment based research and depth-oriented approaches, I enjoy working with the imaginal, dreams as well as our relationship in the here and now as it may reflect the past.

Whether you have been in counseling for years, or are reaching out for the first time, finding a counselor and starting therapy can be a daunting process. Dealing with grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, or any other stressors can compound the difficulty of this process. As a team, we can walk through whatever stressors are impacting you and find solutions that will guide you to where you want to be in your life.

Life has a way of bringing us into the curriculum of our soul. Often this can happen through a crisis, challenge, or disorienting dilemma of some kind. We find ourselves questioning, or attempting to solve with the mind a problem that has been designed for us to grow and deepen into a true self. We need a sacred place to process and dialogue in order to relate to our experiences from a place of cooperation and empowerment. Love is the way through to freedom from anxiety, depression, anger, judging and confusions.

The current global crisis is stressful. For many of us it may be reactivating old layers of unresolved trauma, that shows up as chronic anxiety, dread, helplessness, relationship challenges, shame, or a shutting down to life and love, fueling unhealthy coping strategies. I believe we all have an innate capacity to heal from adversity. I support you to turn towards your symptoms with openness and curiosity so they can become a doorway to greater healing, growth and new possibility. I hope to empower and inspire you to heal and grow from past trauma. "There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in"( L. Cohen)

I use a holistic framework to educate my clients about how and what to eat in order to feel energized, grounded and well nourished. I help them to create habits that support their health and wellness goals. This includes counseling and education around holistic nutrition, meal planning and the connection between food and mood. I help my clients to identify the core values in their lives and to understand how emotional eating can affect the realization of their goals. I help my clients develop strategies around food that support their vision for wellness in a meaningful and sustainable way.

The type of clients who seek my support are individuals & couples who are deeply committed to their own relationship with themselves, that then informs how they relate to their partners. I practice through a lens of deep compassion, curiosity, warmth, and radical reverence for grief-work and what grief is attempting to show us in life. Clients that value the "darkness" that can sometimes land in our lives (whether we are in partnership or not) are Life's opportunities, gifts, and medicine, that if we so choose to take, can lead us to more emotional freedom, love and ease in our primary relationships.

I aim to be a catalyst of my clients’ resilience—to stoke, amplify, and enable their inner resources to emerge. With me you’ll have the opportunity to express yourself unapologetically, safely explore pain and heartbreak, and rediscover your natural wisdom to live your life with more acceptance, self-compassion, and inner peace. Sessions together bring in the context of the systems in which you live and introduce tailored techniques to practice within your worldview. After working together, you will metaphorically, and perhaps literally, stand taller, feel deeper, understand greater, and move forward in your life more effectively.

Now offering Phone, Video, or outdoor sessions. I facilitate your therapeutic process using Expressive Arts tools. I will to listen to you and support you. You want to improve the quality of your life. You want a therapist who will deeply listen to you and work with you to discover your own wisdom and healing. Maybe you experience depression, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, abuse, or trauma. You want to feel better, and improve your life experience. You may want a few sessions for a tune-up, or you may want a new therapist for a long-term working relationship. Please leave a message with brief description for a return call.

I consider myself a Healing Ally. This means that I’m here for you, right where you are at, without judgement and in total support of your healing. My relationship with clients is built on respect, empathy, compassion, humor and inspiration. We work together. Much of my work is based on the knowing that you have all the answers inside yourself and my job is to help you re-learn how to access that information and heal. My job is to trust intuition and the information I receive while working with you to support you with grounded guidance & facilitation. I also offer both Individual & Group Supervision for Clinicians.

Cultivating joy, self-worth and safety is an inherent right for all people. Navigating our life’s journey can present us with challenges. By strengthening our own agency, internal and external resources it can allow us to create a life that is thriving. My work with you is rooted in neuroscience and play. I work from a feminist, trauma informed approach. Incorporating experiential modalities to work with the body on a somatic level. The body is what holds on to the trauma/past experiences. Together we can explore your own body’s wisdom allowing for a deeper connection with self.

The basis of our work together is the development of trust and authenticity; I am an excellent listener and once we have established a working relationship, I will assist you with life transitions, relationship issues, anxiety, trauma and depression.

Sooner or later life brings us challenges that feel overwhelming. And yet, many of us find it difficult to seek support. If this is you, I can help. My clinical approach is grounded in a commitment to help you to reduce the suffering you are experiencing. Adult life can be very stressful and finding a way to balance work, money, children, relationships, and past trauma without a loss of physical and emotional well-being is not easy. I work holistically to help you to restore the mind, body, and spirit connection.

I welcome clients who seek therapy in order to change behaviors, relationships, or careers that are unsatisfying, and those who wish to unleash their creative energies - in the arts, business, academia, in parenting, and partnership. I especially enjoy clients who are questioning their relationship with addictive substances and are ready to take positive action. I have a warm and engaging style that my cients enjoy. I also specialize in healing the trauma of equestrian accidents.

I enjoy people! Helping people who are struggling with life issues such as depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, and grief is meaningful to me. After more than 25 years as a psychotherapist, I have learned to let the client(s)lead me. I believe that at the deepest level people 'know' what they need in order to achieve the healing and fullness of life they desire and deserve. My job is to help create a safe, supportive, encouraging environment in which the wholeness and change clients seek can occur.

Life is messy. It's supposed to be. This messiness can either cause chaos & anxiety or it can be the necessary nourishment for clarity & confidence. For the past 28 years I've helped people like you tune into the secrets of their deepest wisdom & transform life's messiness into self love, healthy relationships & social confidence. Becoming your most powerful Self & creating what you truly desire takes the courage to think, be & do your life differently. The journey we'll take together is a deep dive. Soul work leads to profound insights, deep healing & a life filled with unexpected joy!