Experiential Therapy Available Online & In-Person
Awareness as a way of being
Beyond the Personality
Awareness based therapy begins with the understanding that we are more than our thoughts, emotions, personality, and life story. Beneath these changing experiences is a deeper capacity for awareness that can observe them without becoming completely identified with them.
This idea has been explored for thousands of years in contemplative traditions, but it does not require a spiritual worldview. It also appears throughout psychology, from Jung's concept of the Self to contemporary mindfulness based therapies, and is increasingly being studied by neuroscience and psychedelic research. Although each uses different language, they point toward a similar insight: awareness itself may play a central role in psychological transformation.
Awareness in Practice
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Awareness in Therapy
Present in every experiential session. We slow down, turn attention inward, and become curious about what is unfolding in the moment.
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Mindfulness Approaches
I integrate ACT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindful Self Compassion, and related mindfulness based approaches.
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Awareness Practice
I offer groups for those interested in cultivating a regular awareness practice through guided meditation and experiential exercises.
A Different Way of Being
As awareness becomes more available, experience begins to change in subtle but meaningful ways. Thoughts lose some of their grip. Emotions still arise, but they no longer carry us away as easily. We become less reactive, more present, and more able to meet ourselves and others with curiosity instead of judgment.
Many people describe feeling more spacious, grounded, and alive. Life itself has not changed, but the place from which we meet it has.
Ways of Practicing
Sessions draw from a range of awareness practices, including effortless mindfulness, self compassion, embodied awareness, inquiry, and contemplative exercises. The emphasis is on direct experience rather than theory.
A few common questions
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No. Awareness is a capacity we all possess. Whether you're new to meditation or have been practicing for years, we simply begin where you are.
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No. Although awareness has been explored in contemplative traditions for thousands of years, it does not require any particular spiritual or religious beliefs. My approach draws equally from psychology, neuroscience, and contemporary mindfulness research. -
My approach brings together insights from contemplative traditions, experiential psychotherapies, third wave cognitive behavioral therapies, and neuroscience. It has been shaped by the work of Loch Kelly, Tara Brach, Eckhart Tolle, Kristin Neff, and Barbara Fredrickson, as well as approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Focusing, Hakomi, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
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If you've been trying to figure this out on your own for a while, you don't have to keep doing that. Reach out for support.