Somatic Depth Psychotherapy

We often feel stuck in old patterns that we can’t fully name or understand. It can seem like our inner conflicts paralyze us at every turn, or that we spend all of our time swinging between extremes that are impossible to manage. Perhaps it is our quest for satisfaction that haunts us, resembling Sisyphus’ futile struggle to push a boulder up a hill.

These human dilemmas can result in anxiety, depression, existential dread, or a feeling of simply being lost in the uncertainty of being alive. Together, we can befriend your conflicts, help you learn to manage your extremes, and find the permission inside of yourself to be satisfied.

My style is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I work relationally in the here and now, with care for how past experiences live in the present—and attention to who you’re becoming, not just who you’ve been.

I employ an approach rooted in embodiment and relational depth psychology to support people in deepening their connection with themselves. From here we can begin to participate, have influence, and make choices in how we form our relationships with ourselves, other people, our work, and the process of being alive. This can offer a deep sense of satisfaction, vitality, and empowerment.

My doctoral research focused on somatic psychotherapy from a depth perspective, specifically a method called Formative Psychology, which I continue to train and deepen my own practice in. This approach is grounded in evolutionary biology and the primacy of present moment experience, and it informs much of how I work: paying attention to the body not just as a site of symptoms, but as a source of knowing, adaptation, and agency.