Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt therapy is a holistic, experiential psychotherapy approach designed to help individuals achieve greater self-awareness and live more authentic lives. Gestalt emphasizes the present moment and encourages clients to explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors as they occur. Focusing on the "here and now," Gestalt therapy allows individuals to uncover unresolved emotions, gain insight into habitual patterns, and take meaningful steps toward personal growth.

Gestalt therapy focuses on the here and now. We explore what feels alive for you in the here and now and use that as a launching pad for where you would like to go. Body sensations, thoughts and feelings inform the process of discovering what choices you have as you move forward.

To me, Gestalt therapy means being aware of what's alive in the present moment, and attending to that. Clients don't need to prepare anything for session, because there is always something happening in the mind and body to be curious about or just be with. I also invite experimentation into our sessions to explore and have new experiences, often through art or somatic movement.

I am a Certified Gestalt Therapist and trained at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy 4 year Clinical Fellowship Program.

Sometimes just talking about a problem doesn't quite get the job done. By engaging in "safe experiments" in session, Gestalt therapy helps us to release ourselves from the bondage of old emotional wounds.

It can help you increase your awareness of what you are experiencing (psychically and emotionally) in each moment.

Gestalt is a type of parts work therapy, which means we see the human psyche as a combination of different parts that sometimes have quite different feelings and needs. Parts work can be incredibly helpful when we conceptualize inner conflict, and can help bring compassion to parts that hold challenging or outdated beliefs about ourselves, others or the world. I use Gestalt therapy to support my clients in growing awareness and understanding of our complexity as human beings.

I have trained extensively with many of the pioneers of Gestalt Therapy.

As a relational body-centered gestalt therapist, I believe in the power of embodied presence, creative resilience, and the application of here-and-now approaches to counseling/psychotherapy. My approach allows us to get to the heart of how your past may be living in your present and manifesting in ways that may once have been helpful but are currently maladaptive and counterproductive.

Gestalt Therapy is all about our whole sense of self. That whole self encounters a whole world and that brings on a whole host of difficulties. Being able to understand that dialogue that is always going on within and without our selves can be helpful to increase our satisfaction with ourselves

I focus on the here and now, understanding the past exists, but not allowing the to define your future.

This therapy uses a phenomenological approach that focuses on awareness in the ‘here and now’. Gestalt therapy is very present-central, without concentrating on the past or future, allowing personal growth through insight and clarity of an individual’s needs, goals, and values. This phenomenological approach explores a person’s subjective meaning of existence in the world through the awareness of their own movements amidst their personal life experiences.

With extensive training and years of experience, I specialize in this holistic approach that emphasizes personal responsibility and awareness in the present moment. My expertise lies in guiding clients to fully experience their thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations, facilitating self-discovery and growth. Through innovative techniques personalized for the individual, I help clients resolve unfinished business and realize their full potential, creating meaningful and transformative change.

Gestalt therapy invites us to slow down and notice—what we feel, what we need, and how we relate. I use this approach to support deeper awareness in the present moment, especially when old wounds or protective patterns are getting in the way. It’s not about analyzing from afar—it’s about experiencing what’s real, so we can move with more honesty, self-trust, and connection.

Gestalt therapy helps the client focus on the present to understand what is actually happening in their lives at this moment, and how it makes them feel presently, rather than what they may assume to be happening based on past experiences. The whole person must be explored, discovered, and confronted.

Integrating conflicting voices within.