Areas of Expertise
the work
Four rivers, one current.
No single lineage contains the whole truth. My work draws from depth psychology, contemplative wisdom, somatic intelligence, and expressive arts — each stream feeding the other, guided by what you most need.
Depth Psychotherapy
A clinical foundation built on 30+ years of practice, integrating clinical and innovative approaches for meaningful, lasting change.
Spiritual Direction
Interspiritual in orientation — drawing from multiple wisdom traditions to support deepening and practice. Honoring your inner divine wisdom.
Somatic Intelligence
The body holds what the mind cannot yet articulate — or sometimes know. Accessing the innate intelligence of the body for guidance and healing.
Expressive Arts
Taps into something ancient and healing — a reservoir of wisdom that is beyond the mind. Art, image, and symbol as languages of the soul.
areas of focus
What brings people here.
I work with individuals seeking support with:
Trauma, resilience, and nervous system healing
Relationship challenges and attachment repair
Life transitions, young adulthood, and midlife questions, aging to saging
Meaning, purpose, and personal transformation
Spiritual exploration and discernment
Leadership development — personal and professional
Creativity, imagination, and the artistic process
Adoption and identity
Parenting and attachment support
Anxiety, depression, and trauma
Practice Commitments
LGBTQIA+ affirming and inclusive
Grounded in cultural humility and informed by an anti-colonial lens
Sessions available in person in the Hudson Valley and online throughout New York State.
Philosophical Approach
Honoring the innate drive towards wholeness — the golden wound can become the golden portal, symptoms as messengers.
Spiritual Counseling vs. Therapy: What They Both Offer
While there is often overlap between therapy and spiritual direction, each invites a different kind of inquiry. Both support healing, growth, and our innate movement toward wholeness, while attending to different dimensions of human experience.
THERAPY
Explores psychological wounds, patterns, and relationships
Seeks healing, insight, emotional resilience, and greater freedom
Helps us understand and navigate life's challenges
Focuses on thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationships
Views symptoms as meaningful messengers
Cultivates emotional resilience, integration, and psychological flexibility
Strengthens the ego so it can function with wisdom and responsibility
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Explores one's relationship with the Sacred, Mystery, or Divine
Seeks deeper listening, discernment, and spiritual attunement
Invites us to discover what life may be asking of us through those challenges
Focuses on meaning, purpose, calling, and spiritual awakening
Listens for the deeper invitations and movements of Spirit within experience
Cultivates spiritual discernment, surrender, and deeper trust in the unfolding of life
Invites the transformation of the ego from petty ruler to loyal servant of the Big S Self
Therapy Keywords
Understand
Heal
Integrate
Strengthen
Spiritual Keywords
Discern
Listen
Surrender
Align
At their best, both support our innate movement toward greater coherence, purpose, aliveness, and wholeness.
Experiential Modalities & Why They're So Effective
While conversation is an important part of psychotherapy, not all healing happens through words and insights alone. At times, the deepest layers of experience are held in images, symbols, sensations, memories, dreams, creativity, and the wisdom of the body itself.
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For this reason, I integrate a range of experiential and depth-oriented approaches into my work, including Jungian Sandplay Therapy, SoulCollage®, expressive arts, guided imagery, mindfulness practices, and body-centered awareness. These modalities offer alternative pathways into the therapeutic process, helping us access aspects of ourselves that may be difficult to articulate or fully understand through discussion alone. They also support connection to present-centered awareness, which is where change actually happens.
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The psyche often communicates through symbol, archetype, metaphor, image, sensation, and feeling. Experiential approaches can gently bypass habitual defenses and cognitive patterns, allowing us to encounter what is asking for attention in a manner that feels safe, direct, and deeply respectful.
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These methods are not used as techniques imposed upon the client, but as invitations — creative and embodied forms of inquiry that support greater self-awareness, emotional healing, integration, and personal transformation. They may be used alongside traditional psychotherapy, spiritual exploration, or as stand-alone modalities when appropriate.
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Each person's path is unique. Some clients find healing through conversation and reflection; others benefit from engaging imagination, creativity, movement, or symbolic expression. Together, we discover the approaches that most resonate and offer the best support for your growth, resilience, and unfolding sense of self.
Jungian Sandplay Therapy
A powerful depth-oriented modality developed by Dora Kalff, Jungian Sandplay Therapy creates a protected space in which the personal and collective unconscious can emerge through the symbolic language of the archetypes. Often described as a form of active imagination, Jungian Sandplay is both gentle and profound, supporting healing, integration, and transformation for children, adolescents, and adults.
Expressive Arts
Art-making or art-playing offers another language of the psyche. Through drawing, painting, writing, collage, clay, and other creative processes, clients often discover insights, emotions, and inner resources that might otherwise remain hidden. No artistic experience is required. The emphasis is not on creating art, but on using creativity as a vehicle for exploration, healing, and self-discovery.
Guided Imagery and Visualization
Guided imagery engages the imagination as a pathway to healing. Through symbolic imagery, felt experience, and inner dialogue, clients can access deeper layers of awareness, reconnect with disowned or forgotten aspects of self, and discover new possibilities for growth, healing, and resilience.
Body-Centered Awareness
Our bodies often carry stories, emotions, and patterns that exist outside conscious awareness. Drawing from mindfulness, Gestalt, somatic awareness, and contemplative traditions, I help clients develop a deeper relationship with the body's wisdom. This work can support emotional regulation, trauma healing, increased presence, and a greater sense of wholeness.
SoulCollage®
SoulCollage® is a creative and contemplative process that uses imagery, imagination, and intuition to explore the many dimensions of the self. Through the creation of personally meaningful collage cards, individuals gain access to inner wisdom, deepen self-understanding, and cultivate an ongoing relationship with the symbolic life of the psyche.
