I have been a licensed therapist in private practice since 1991, a professionally trained Hypnotherapist since 1988 and working in the helping professions for over thirty years, serving clients locally, nationally and internationally.
Beyond my formal therapeutic training, I am also a Certified HypnoFertility® (Fertility by Hypnosis) Therapist.
I have had training in The Work of Byron Katie, both practice and teach Meditation, and have trained in Regression Therapy with Dr. Brian Weiss. This work has become a primary focus of my practice and can facilitate rapid and deep healing and transformation, resolving old patterns that arise from unconscious experiences and memories.
I also write and am a published author. (Please see publications page.)
I have attended the O and O Academy in India several times over the years. It is a beautiful, non-denominational, international wisdom school whose teachings continue to expand me personally and professionally. The theme of their teachings is to live in a Beautiful State. Free of the negative inner dialogue, and obsessive self-pre-occupation that depletes our sense of calm and well-being, and instead, living in a state of causeless happiness and peace. In 2010, I became certified as a trainer in a profound course in personal/spiritual growth and development, which I now offer and integrate, as appropriate, into my work with clients.
Although I’ve never lived your life, I’ve certainly had my share of challenges, sorrows and unexpected losses and transitions. Beyond my education and training, the work I’ve done on myself to become happier and healthier is truly what has allowed me to become a competent, successful therapist. My spiritual practice and continually growing reverence for life, and myself, have deeply contributed to this sense of well-being. I bring this as a core foundational piece to my work.
I know how to walk through the twisted woods of life and am grateful to have found a place of deeper self-love, inner quietness and peace.
That doesn’t mean I don’t still experience the full range of human emotions. I do. And sometimes they’re challenging. But I am better and better able to meet difficult feeling states with care and compassion for myself. I have learned to question and shift away from the thinking that creates depression and distress. And to call on something higher than my mind, for love and support and guidance.
I have a happier, healthier relationship with my own mind—and thus, with everyone else in my life!—so that my thinking has become more a tool than a vehicle that drives me into suffering.
It is an honor to help you become more of an ally, friend and beloved to yourself.
I have had the privilege of studying with some remarkable teachers including Dr. Brené Brown, Marianne Williamson, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hahn, Steven Levine, Jack Kornfield, Matt Kahn, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, as well as Byron Katie and Dr. Brian Weiss. The male and female monks and teachers at the O and O Academy are some of those I most deeply respect.
It is my deepest pleasure to support people through the challenges and triumphs of their transitions, and help them use their crises as opportunities to grow, heal and become happier. This, to me, is the true definition of Unconditional Love. Love as a state of Being, generated from within, versus dependent on an other to experience.
In a private, respectful setting I offer:
* Individual Therapy
* Family Therapy for Adult Children and their Parent(s)
* Personal Development and Life Skills Coaching
* Hypnotherapy for Fertility and Conception—’HypnoFertility’
*. Past Life Regression
* Consultation
* Meditation Classes
* “Creating Inner Peace” Workshops
* “Loving Yourself And The Body You’re In” Workshops
* Spiritually-Oriented Counseling
* Personal Spiritual Growth Courses
I welcome you to contact me for an initial free phone consultation.
(503) 473-7787
Serving the greater Portland, Oregon Metro area, including Lake Oswego, West Linn, Sellwood, Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Wilsonville, Sherwood, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Gresham, Salem, Aloha, and Vancouver and Camas, Washington. I also work with clients nationally and internationally over the phone and Skype.
