Laurie Finnegan (she/her/hers)

Our somatizations, emotions, cognitions, and behaviors are all informed by our culture and schema, or our sense of self, perceptions of people around us, understandings about the world, and expectations for the future. I encourage clients to adopt wholeheartedly nonjudgemental self-compassion as we explore their underlying or distressing values, beliefs, and expectations, which may be disempowering or harmful, and develop a new values-aligned lifestyle.

SFBT is a brief individual and family intervention (3-12 months) that aims to create sustainable lifestyle change to bridge the gap between a client's current life and desired life. It involves an active partnership between client and clinician which prioritizes client strengths, lived experience, and self-determination. Between sessions, clients will experiment with various somatic, movement, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and social interventions to achieve their goals.

RO-DBT is a 30-week individual/group intervention designed to address overcontrol, or Stress Response System patterns that rely on excessive self-control. It is focused on Radical Openness, or openness to change and a commitment to reframing unwanted or distressing bodily sensations, emotions, or thoughts as opportunities for growth and learning. Clients will learn to regulate their nervous systems and engage in authentic social signaling.

RO-DBT is a 30-week individual/group intervention designed to address overcontrol, or Stress Response System patterns that rely on excessive self-control. It is focused on Radical Openness, or openness to change and a commitment to reframing unwanted or distressing bodily sensations, emotions, or thoughts as opportunities for growth and learning. Clients will learn to regulate their nervous systems and engage in authentic social signaling to achieve a more fulfilling and values-aligned life.

Cultivating Coherence is a group for chronically ill individuals seeking a virtual community to offer and receive support, authentic social connection, and a sense of belonging as we progress along our healing journeys. This group is a safe and supportive space in which group members can share stories, process grief and loss, identify action steps to self-advocate for meaningful inclusion and accommodation, and engage in active lifestyle adaptation to rediscover their dynamic sense of resilience

Embodying Empowerment is a support group for survivors with threat-sensitive nervous systems or hypervigilant bodyminds, seeking to increase self-awareness, heal their nervous systems, and replace disempowering values and beliefs with more empowering ones. Together we will adopt a nonjudgmentally self-compassionate and trauma-assumed perspective as we share stories, process grief, and heal within a safe and supportive virtual community. Reattune to your inherent bodily wisdom and strength.

Achieving Authenticity is a support group for neurodivergent individuals seeking to unlearn disempowering beliefs about themselves and the world around them, to grieve the lack of meaningful inclusion and accessibility faced daily, and to rediscover their sense of empowerment and authenticity using a nonpathologizing perspective. We will develop skills needed to enhance authentic social connection, learn how to attune to and regulate their nervous system without betraying their authentic selves.