Spirituality

The importance of spirituality in ones life can help a person cope through difficult times. I want to help you use your own spirituality to help you and only if you want to use spirituality. I want you to be able to use practices that help you to find hope and healing in your life.

In a safe and non-judgmental space, I offer the opportunity to explore what may emerge during spiritual exploration such as spiritual & kundalini awakening, supernatural phenomena, and sacred medicine experiences. Sacred Medicine Holistic Integration Therapy consists of embodied psycho-spiritual integration for psychedelic experiences that are a direct result of post spiritual rituals within a ceremony/retreat directed by a shaman/spiritual practitioner in a sacred group setting.

I work with clients to explore and develop rich spiritual lives. I approach this work from a non-denominational perspective with the aim of investigating the psychological mechanisms that are present in religious and spiritual experiences. I hope to help clients refine their sense of self-in-the-world, where they can reassess their values and what determines a meaningful life.

I love integrating an individual's personal spirituality into session. I truly believe in treating mind, body, and spirit together. My clients utilize this opportunity in all different ways. From integrating their spiritual beliefs into IFS parts work, to creating meaning from past trauma, to deeply exploring the client's unique spiritual experiences in this lifetime and beyond, this aspect of therapy is individually tailored to the client's comfort level and needs.

Healing is an ever unfolding journey. Alchemize your experience through a more profound and in depth approach. Traditional integrative psychotherapy infused with an array of healing modalities intuitively tailored to your specific needs. The sessions can include Kundalini yoga and Meditation, Energetic Healing, Light Language Healing, Shadow Work Healing, Ancestral Clearing, Womb Activation Healing & Cosmic Coding.

Clients of all beliefs are welcome, but I have lived experience of being an ex-Catholic for those who may want someone who can relate to their experience. I specialize with clients who have gone through faith transition or are questioning their spirituality or religious identity.

I find it helpful for healing to incorporate my clients spirituality within the framework of therapy. I believe that spirituality is a personal journey that can create immense impact in people's healing. I think if spirituality is important to a client than it should be focused in on in therapy sessions.

Our spiritual beliefs are deeply personal and strongly held values and when our spirituality is met with disrespect or even trauma, it can leave a very painful legacy. Spirituality helps us establish meaningful connections in the here and now and offers hope for the future. I utilize the practices and belief systems from the world's many rich religious traditions to help you connect with your own spirituality to assist you in creating a richer and more meaningful life.

Spirituality is complex. It lives in how we experience life in its highs and lows, spirit carries us in to heavens and below in the depths. Its my work to ground your spiritual self with your body and to find it's integration your life. Without grounding spirits run too high or too low. When grounded within integration our spirit becomes a fountain of life giving energy and purpose.

If a client has a spiritual understanding, I integrate their spirituality into therapy as a resource for deeper healing. I honor each client’s unique beliefs and experiences. Spirituality can provide a sense of connection, meaning, and inner strength during challenging times. I help clients explore their spiritual resources to support their healing process, whether through mindfulness, meditation, or other practices, creating a holistic path to emotional and spiritual well-being.

I understand how challenging it can be to struggle with your religion and religious experiences, especially if you live in an area where your spiritual beliefs are not the dominant religion. I work with individuals to explore their values and how that plays into their behaviors and lives. Spirituality is an important part of everyone's wellbeing, but it can look different for everyone. This is a safe space for you to explore what matters to you.

I believe that a holistic awareness of self includes how we understand our place in the universe. We all grapple with who we are and how to find meaning and purpose in life, whether we are atheist, agnostic, religious, recovering from religion trauma, spiritual, or somewhere in between. My graduate degree concentration was Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling, and I aim to support you in exploring and defining your own sense of spirituality (or lack thereof) on your own terms.

Healing from religious trauma? Find inner peace. Listen to your inner wisdom.

I enjoy using Jungian and transpersonal lenses to add a spiritual dimension to therapy, and I love to incorporate tarot, astrology, art, poetry, dreams, and symbolism when it feels supportive to your process. I work with all types of spirituality based on your existing beliefs as I believe that integrating spirit into the mind-body connection can add another dimension to healing work, including ancestral and intergenerational healing.

If spirituality is important to a client, I find it extremely helpful for healing to incorporate that within the framework of therapy. I believe that spirituality is a personal journey that can create immense impact in people's healing.

I view spirituality as a source of strength and hope; an avenue to experiencing a greater sense of connection, acceptance and belonging; a means to opening oneself in safety and with appreciation to this mysterious sense of self-awareness we have and the ability to know beauty, harmony and peace, even while navigating life's ups and downs. Spirituality is the gift of meaningfulness and contentment that we enjoy or long for continually as we experience this miracle called life.

Spirituality is best understood as our sense of being fully human, experiencing ourselves as a part of life, not an object in isolation. Healthy spirituality doesn't require a theistic understanding, and having a theistic understanding doesn't guarantee us feeling fully human. I am a respectful and knowledgable therapist for those not interested in religion, religious minorities, AND those who seek a more meaningful connection to their own mainstream religion.

I have a dedicated daily meditation practice and also love to participate in silent retreats as often as possible. I am also a certified mindfulness educator through Mindful Schools and have taught mindfulness to a wide variety of folks, including youth in juvenile hall, high school faculty members, and groups in a wellness center for our aging population. I have helped people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds learn and embrace the benefits of living their life more mindfully.

I have a rich interfaith spiritual life, particularly emphasizing Islam and Buddhism. I am an active member of a Buddhist Sanga and I am prepared to hold space for both spiritual challenges and religious trauma.