Mindfulness-based Therapy

Mindfulness is the act of being aware of your sensations and emotions in the present moment, something that many of us struggle with in our fast-paced society. When working with clients who struggle to slow down, I implement mindfulness-based therapy to help them ground themselves and become more relaxed.

I utilize mindfulness strategies in sessions with many of my clients. This may be as direct as directing you in a meditation, and may be more gentle, such as building awareness of critical thoughts as they arise or awareness of your experiences in the present moment in order to diminish negative thoughts and feelings of shame and guilt.

Listening to your inner voice, buried beneath anxieties, fears, and insecurities, takes lots of practice. Whether through writing or creating art, spending time with yourself changes the relationship you hold with your body and your mind. Together, we will create space for acceptance of where you are in your journey and what you need moving forward. We will use this space to explore body neutrality, self-compassion, and what you value in your career and relationships.

Listening to your inner voice, buried beneath anxieties, fears, and insecurities, takes lots of practice. Whether through writing or creating art, spending time with yourself changes the relationship you hold with your body and your mind. Together, we will create space for acceptance of where you are in your journey and what you need moving forward. We will use this space to explore body neutrality, self-compassion, and what you value in your career and relationships.

This looks like tools including but not limited to meditation to orient ourselves to the present moment. I offer practice in session as well.

I believe mindfulness is a powerful tool for studying one's experience and making space to choose actions based on values.

The foundation of my practice is grounded in building insight and a sense of empowerment through self-awareness and mindfulness. Meditation and relaxation techniques are integrated into regular interventions. Identifying and exploring the individual's window of tolerance by staying present in the moment and oneself.

I have trained in a multitude of Mindfulness-based therapies including therapeutic yoga (I have 500 hours of training RYT-500) in the lineage of Krishnamacharya, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Non-Violent Communication (NVC.)

Mindfulness allows us to pause and notice what's occurring around us and within us. The continued practice of pausing and being present allows us to be more connected to ourselves and our loved ones. Mindfulness is tuning into our experiences rather than tuning out with other distractions. I have incorporated meditation and guided conversations around mindfulness in group and individual sessions.

I am trained in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and have been practicing yoga, meditation, and mindfulness since 2002.

I believe the key to transformation is mindful integration. Too often we create separation from the parts of ourselves we don’t like through isolation, addiction, etc. Despite our best efforts, these parts ultimately reappear. They may have developed initially for a good reason, trying to protect us or keep us safe somehow. By developing mindful compassion for the totality of our experience—including the disavowed parts—we forge a holistic, integrated pathway toward lasting change.

I assist clients in deepening awareness of thoughts, feelings in the body, and mental formations that drive many of our habitual patterns. When we are able to notice our habits, we are empowered to make change in a desired direction. We’ll integrate skills from Buddhism, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Hakomi Method, Expressive Arts Therapy, to help regulate your nervous system, opening up the possibility of experiencing safety, adaptability, and resilience.

Are you feeling stressed, anxious or depressed? Mindfulness therapy can help. I enjoy leading clients in brief guided meditations at the beginning of sessions in order to help them feel grounded for session. I am a certified yoga instructor and have been practicing yoga and meditation for about 20 years. I'd be happy to teach you the skills that I have learned so that you can have some tools under your belt that will help you feel more balanced in your daily life.

Mindfulness is a state of consciousness where you simply track your experience moment by moment with as little judgment as possible. Relatively new to the West, mindfulness and its applications (medication, yoga, tai chi...) have been practiced in the East for centuries. In my sessions, we use mindfulness all the time in order to study our experience and dip into the unknown.

I have learned many mindfulness skills that I model for clients such as breathing exercises, body scans, meditations, and muscle tensing and relaxing exercises.