Services

Stress is a common part of life, but managing it effectively is essential for maintaining both mental and physical well-being. As a therapist trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), I help clients cultivate present-moment awareness to manage stress more effectively. Stress often stems not just from external events, but from our internal responses—worrying about the future, ruminating on the past, or reacting impulsively to current pressures. Through MBSR, I guide clients in developing a new relationship with stress, one rooted in observation rather than reactivity. Together, we work to bring gentle, nonjudgmental awareness to thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations, allowing space for clarity and calm to emerge.

In our sessions, I teach foundational mindfulness practices such as breath awareness, body scans, and gentle movement. These tools help clients reconnect with their bodies and ground themselves when stress feels overwhelming. I also integrate these practices into real-life situations, helping clients respond to stressors with intention rather than habit. Over time, this consistent mindfulness practice can lead to a greater sense of control, improved emotional regulation, and increased resilience in the face of challenges.

Beyond the techniques, mindfulness encourages a shift in mindset toward acceptance, self-compassion, and presence. I support clients in exploring how they relate to themselves and their experiences, helping them move away from self-criticism and toward a more balanced, compassionate inner dialogue. MBSR isn’t about eliminating stress but changing how we relate to it. I’m here to walk alongside my clients in that process, offering guidance, support, and practical tools to cultivate a calmer, more centered way of living.

Mindfulness Training

30 years ago, I began training in martial arts, meditating, and practicing mindfulness. That training has profoundly impacted my life and helped me understand the importance of presence and being in the present moment, and how it can significantly reduce suffering and increase well-being.

In my training, practice, and teaching, I utilize a synthesis of approaches based on various 2500-year-old forms and lineages of mindfulness.

Direct teaching and training with Jack Kornfield, Dr Dan Siegel, and Dr. Shauna Shapiro have helped embed the heartfelt wisdom of Buddhism and Loving Awareness with empirically proven neuroscience and the framework of interpersonal neurobiology. These approaches have been rigorously studied and have been proven to reduce the impact of anxiety, depression, grief, chronic pain and illness, and trauma while lessening reactivity and improving emotional regulation.

Grief and Loss

The loss of a loved one, family member, pet, or friend is one of the most profound experiences of emotional pain that can be felt. As humans, we feel that pain deeply, and it cannot be moved through easily. I specialize in helping you move mindfully through that pain at a pace that is right for you with presence, care, love, and understanding. You might be noticing that in a single day (or even a single hour) that you might vacillate between feeling shock and disbelief, numbness, anger, guilt, disconnection, or overwhelmed with tears, and all of those are normal parts of the grief response. Loss is like a knife in your heart or belly that you can’t remove, and it is so very different than physical pain, where we can treat the wound by putting a compress, or bandage on, or by taking pain medication. Unlike physical pain, grief cannot be escaped and instead can only be moved through,h and I can guide you through this process.

Individual Psychotherapy

By combining a trauma-informed person-centered approach with awareness training and interpersonal neurobiology, I work with you collaboratively to support getting you through the most difficult times or by helping you fine-tune your personal development to become the best version of yourself. Services and expertise: Attachement-Focused EMDR, for single incident or complex trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, family challenges, leadership and performance development for both sports and business, personal development, basketball therapy, and mindfulness training.