My approach grows from a devotion to the intelligence of both psyche and body. As a Jungian analyst-in-training at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zürich, I attend to the language of dreams, emotions, and insights while remaining grounded in bodily experience. My path to this work emerges from multiple streams: a career as a professional dancer and formal training in studio art developed my understanding of embodied and visual expressions of the psyche.
I received my master's degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy and opened my clinical practice in 2008. My clinical orientation includes specialized trauma training with Donald Kalsched, EMDR, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I am also a practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism and the mother of grown twin sons.
Working at the intersection where image meets sensation and contemplative awareness meets the unconscious, I bridge different ways of knowing: how the body holds experience, how images speak to us, and how mindful awareness can illuminate the depths. I create a space where symptoms become meaningful and the psyche's natural movement toward wholeness can be trusted.
Wendell Berry
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