FAQs

I often find it helpful to create a simple opening/closing ritual such as gentle movement, a short meditation or intentional breathing to help bring us into and leave the therapy space intentionally. From there, I often ask an open ended question such as, “what wants to be shared today? or "what parts are you noticing?”, which we attend to through a co-created combination of body awareness, IFS practice, guided movement practice, verbal processing and/or writing. Each session is different because we all show up differently every day, and it’s my pleasure to meet my clients exactly where they are.

Great question.

Everything that has happened to us from birth until this moment was experienced by our bodies first. Our bodies hold memories, stories, sensations and beliefs, and provide a wealth of often untapped information and wisdom that simply cannot be accessed through verbal means alone. We live in a deeply disembodied culture, and many of us have over-relied on our brains and tried to think our way through feelings. The embodiment process short circuits that tendency and allows you to actually feel what is or has happened so that it can fully move through your system and not keep you stuck in the past. Connecting somatically to yourself and your experiences can help increase self-compassion and access the ability to live life on your own terms, rather than living smaller, safer or more chaotically than you may want.

• Counter to what Trauma will tell you, the thing that will both help you process your pain and set your system up to meet life with agility and softness is the capacity to feel more, not less. 

• Centering the body gives you a felt sense of your own wholeness.

• Overtime, this gives rise to language and new patterns that make it possible to fully feel and embody this wholeness in your every day life.

• Growing your capacity to be present with your body naturally increases your capacity to be present with all the parts of your life without shutting down.

In my work with my clients, I focus on helping you connect to your felt experience, and utilize movement based practices to grow your body’s capacity to be present within a wider range of emotional experiences without shutting down. This is creative, playful, wild and tender work. Ultimately, I want you to get to the place where you are able to feel and be present to more of life rather than expend energy trying to protect yourself from experiencing pain.

I do not accept insurance. I can provide you with a superbill to submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement upon request. I also offer sessions through the Spring Health EAP and keep a small number of sliding scale spots in my caseload. Feel free to reach out with questions.

I am currently only licensed to provide therapy to Pennsylvania residents. The training I do with organizations is not state limited.

I see clients during the day only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, both virtually and in person in my office in East Falls.