The great joy of practicing psychotherapy is dwelling in the presence of another human being as she or he navigates the spaces between the essential Self and the nitty-gritty details of life. You and I each bring our self (personality) and Self (essence) into the room, and we invite a compassionate curiosity, a vast spaciousness, in which you can discover what is most satisfying and true for you.  

Therapy is paradoxical; we create a real and intimate relationship, yet one that is contained by office walls and fifty- minute sessions, a safe space for both your vulnerability and strength, where no part is left out.  

An array of mental and emotional states may arise in psychotherapy, as in life: pleasant ones, such as exuberance, clarity, trust, calm, connectedness, delight, confidence, satisfaction and "full-on" happiness, and unpleasant ones, including sadness, anxiety, shame, frustration, loneliness, grief, confusion, envy and anger. Accepting each of these fluctuating states as facets of your humanness, is essential for working through the issues that brought you to therapy and for remembering your full aliveness.  

All of you is welcome in the therapy room, and will be greeted with loving attention, interest and care. Our work will help you bring consciousness to both painful, limiting patterns, and available, but often untapped, inner resources.

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"What is split off, not felt, remains the same.
When it is felt, it changes.
Most people don't know this!
They think that by not permitting the feeling
of their negative ways they make themselves good.
On the contrary,
that keeps these negatives static, the same from year to year.
A few moments of feeling it in your body allows it to change.

If there is in you something bad, sick, or unsound,
let it inwardly be and breathe.
That's the only way it can evolve
and change into the form it needs."