“The unfinished is an invitation to our imagination.”
—John O’Donohue
Reflections
Here you'll find my reflections on what it truly means to come home to yourself, to see yourself more clearly through the gentle mirror of therapeutic presence and to develop the capacity to be with whatever arises.
Whether you're curious about somatic approaches, exploring your relationship with emotions, or simply seeking permission to feel deeply human, these words are offered as companions on your journey back to yourself, illuminating the path through honest reflection and authentic presence.
Developmental and Complex Trauma
Developmental and complex trauma arise from chronic or early-life experiences of neglect, abuse, or relational rupture that shape a person’s sense of safety, identity, and connection.
Shock Trauma
Trauma not by what happened to us, but by what happened inside us in response to what happened outside.
What we do in Somatic Experiencing®
SE is a body-based approach that helps release stored survival energy and restore the nervous system’s natural balance after stress or trauma.
What do we do in EMDR?
EMDR is a structured, evidence-based approach that helps the brain process traumatic memories that have become “stuck” or frozen in the nervous system.
Regulation
We’re wired for connection. Sometimes we regulate alone, sometimes with others, and sometimes our body takes over for better or worse.
Auto-regulation: the reflexive habits we don’t always notice
How we carry our early experiences shapes how we move through the world and what we believe is possible.
Co-regulation: the power of safe connection
Co-regulation is the process of nervous systems attuning to each other to create safety, connection, and emotional balance.
Getting good at feeling: Self Regulation
In therapy, and especially in the world of social media, there is a lot of talk about regulation—but what does that actually mean?
What’s so funny ‘bout Peace, Love and Understanding?
The flower power movement had it right!
The Safe Emergency in Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt works with small experiments to support awareness of habitual patterns.
The Paradoxical Theory of Change
Paradoxically, when we fully embrace ourselves as we are, change happens.
The Creative Adjustments we make
We creatively adapt to our environments to fit in. Sometimes this becomes a habitual response.
Coming Home to Ourselves: A Gestalt Therapy Approach
Gestalt Therapy is a humanistic, experiential form of psychotherapy that places awareness, freedom, choice, and agency at its heart.