When people hear the word neurodivergent, they often think of Autism, ADHD or a combination of the two. However, it is so much more than that. Neurodivergence, according to author and scholar Nick Walker, means “having a mind that functions in a way which diverge[s] significantly from the dominant societal standards of normal.” Neurodivergence includes the entire mental health spectrum of what are commonly classified as “disorders”--Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Trauma, BPD, and etc, are all underneath the umbrella of being neurodivergent. Some of these neurodivergences are innate, while others are from long term trauma. The Neurodiversity Movement and Paradigm rejects pathologizing and instead celebrates, honors, and sees every kind of mind as whole.

I practice from the framework that all beings are inherently good and therefore there is nothing to fix. Our sessions will focus on empowering you to live a life that is in balance and in alignment with your desires and dreams. Being a neurodiversity affirming provider means that sessions will focus on connecting you to ways in which you can accept, accommodate, and work WITH your neurodivergent self.

Also, I am a firm believer that community is a big part of the therapeutic process and welcome working with other health care providers (psychiatrists, coaches, reiki practitioners, massage therapists, etc.) to ensure that you are feeling balanced and supported in your therapeutic journey.

Yoga therapy utilizes somatic (body based) movement, breathing techniques, visualizations, meditations, and philosophy from the most ancient spiritual tradition of Yoga. Somatic knowing has been lost and forgotten in our culture that relies so heavily on the mind for information. In Yoga therapy, we bring a gentle, mindful awareness to the body. I recognize that this may not come easily for some folks and therefore we collaborate on ways to meet your body-knowing where it is at.

As a certified Yoga therapist and Yoga teacher, I enjoy combining Yoga therapy and Mental Health Counseling because the two disciplines complement one another and allows the therapy process to be experienced without words. Instead, we rely on the inherent intelligence and wisdom of your body.

A Yoga therapy session may look like an embodiment practice on the mat, trying out a new breathing exercise to regulate your nervous system, or infusing the wisdom of Yoga philosophy into whatever is calling to you in session that day.

My approach to Yoga therapy is trauma-informed and for all bodies. My style of yoga is a combination of hatha and yin yoga.

I came to IFS through my own therapy work and appreciated its client-centered and deeply compassionate approach to mental health. IFS, or commonly known as parts work, recognizes that in each of us–no matter what– there is a Self that is calm, curious, compassionate, courageous, clear, creative, confident and connected. IFS therapy does not see an individual as one “self” but rather contains multitudes of selves (or parts). I like to explain it as a dynamic, multilayered ecosystem that all works together. What happens along the way, due to trauma, cultural/societal expectations/pressures, childhood upbringing, shame, guilt, etc, the Self develops various parts. We may have parts that are perfectionistic, people pleasers, angry, lonely, confused, dissociative, and more. 

How this kind of therapy is different from traditional talk therapy is that we are not trying to get rid of parts, instead we bring the Self to these parts and therefore extend compassion, grace, and deeper understanding. 

I love bringing somatic and meditative practices to IFS because it helps clients ground into the experience of parts in a very real way.

Ecotherapy, also known as applied ecopsychology, brings nature and our primal connection with the Earth to the forefront of therapy. Ecotherapy recognizes that our severance from the earth is what causes states of anxiety, loneliness, dysregulation, as well as other mental health stressors.

I weave ecotherapy into virtual sessions through nature based meditations, ecosomatic practices, and more. Clients find it to be helpful to sit outside in their own bioregion to experience the full benefits of an ecotherapy session.

I acknowledge that I live and practice on the spiritual and ancestral lands of the indigenous Abenaki people.