offerings

offerings

I offer somatically-based psychotherapy in person in Oakland and online to adults, children, couples, families, and other people in relationships.

I work with The Blackbird Institute, which is a somatically based psychotherapy group practice in Oakland, CA. I work under the supervision of Eugene Porter, MFT, and Angela Porter, MFT.

Individual Psychotherapy

During individual therapy we support somebody in getting to know themselves and how they came to be, thus empowering them to both accept who they are, and make changes in their life. I draw on techniques from Hakomi, EMDR, parts work, Polyvagal theory (nervous system empowerment), Relational Somatic Healing, Ecopsychology, and Liberation Psychology. We connect to intuition and inner guidance, while acknowledging the shaping effects of family, culture, and various systems of power on the body and nervous system.

This can support individuals experiencing:

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • low self-esteem/self-confidence

  • relationship and attachment struggles

  • self-harm

  • life transitions (transition into adulthood, parenthood, elderhood, etc)

  • loneliness

  • sexual trauma and other abuse

Relationship Support/Therapy

During Relationship support and therapy the client is the relationship or the space between two (or more) people, and how that is impacted by each individuals past, legacy, various identities, bodies, etc. We look at the relational dynamic and get to know the cycle, or dance that happens between people. In this work I draw on techniques and frameworks from Experiential Psychotherapy (Hakomi), The Gottman method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

This can support relationships in which the following things are experienced:

  • lack of intimacy/disconnection

  • enmeshment/codependence

  • conflict without repair/resolution

  • unproductive conflict (whether hyper-avoidant or hyper-volatile)

  • flooding/triggering/shutting down

  • difficulties around co-parenting conflict and communication

  • relationship transitions, as into marriage or increased commitment, opening or closing a relationship, parenthood, elderhood.

  • attachment wounds

  • betrayal/affair

  • navigating polyamory/non-monogamy