We counsel (in person, remotely, and in nature) from a combination of perspectives that include Transpersonal, Family Systems Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS) & Parts Work, Person Centered, Gestalt and Transpersonal orientations.
What does that mean?
✭ TRANSPERSONAL (meaning beyond the person) psychology is centered on the spiritual and transcendent aspects of human life.
✭ FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY is based on who you became in the family you grew up in and considers the intergenerational landscape.
✭ IFS/PARTS WORK invites exploration of the different facets or parts within you, including the inner-child, protector, critic, etc. who may be disowned or at odds with one another with an ultimate goal of integration and homeostasis.
✭ PERSON CENTRED THERAPY recognizes the inherent natural capacity of every person towards growth and self-actualization.
✭ GESTALT THEORY considers the mind and behavior as a whole, with the client’s better understanding of themselves, and their interactions in the world as an outcome more than change specifically.
How will our sessions look?
While in connection, we will ask you questions about your family history and look at how it may relate to your current situation. We will examine patterns in your life that you may feel are not effective, or no longer serving you, looking at the beliefs that drive them, the potential roots, and explore new options while expanding your awareness and relationships with said beliefs.
In the transpersonal realm, we work within the traditional therapeutic and talk therapy framework while expanding into understanding your family system, unconscious beliefs, parts work, somatics, ancestral connection and supports, altered states of consciousness accessed through meditative states, breath work and therapeutic enactments which provide a venue for us to visit in the therapeutic realm to safely access and unlock trauma and repressed emotions.
Brainspotting (www.brainspotting.com) techniques can be used to access and release stored trauma and for deeper processing for any points of focus.
We work with clients from all backgrounds, to process and integrate their experiences:
Ancestry
Anger
Anxiety
Attachment
BIPOC
Burnout
Careers
Chronic pain/illness
Communication
Abuse
Addiction
Couples
Depression
End of life
Elders
Grief/loss
Infidelity
Injuries
Life Purpose
LGBTQIA2S+
Major Life Transitions
Near-Death Experiences
PTSD
Reclaiming Nationality
Relationships
Parenting
People-Pleasing
Shame
Teens
Trauma
HONEST WORDS FROM PAST CLIENTS
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!
My experience working with Andrea was through couples sessions and she really did come into our lives at such a pivotal point where it felt like we couldn't communicate or listen from a place of loving awareness. Through our weekly check-in's with Andrea, we were able to learn new tools for communicating from our own experience and not that of the other persons.
She held such beautiful space for us to go back and forth with some of our on-going grievances and never judged us when we slipped into some of our old subconscious programs. It was really beneficial to have a neutral presence witness us in our process and have someone celebrating us when we utilized the new tools that were shared with us. Although our time together was short, as Andrea was heading into her break after graduating, I do look forward to connecting again to continue expanding our communication tools.”