Come Home To Yourself.
Counseling Services in the Santa Barbara Area
LMFT #134231, APCC #7277
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Does this Sound like You?
You’re a highly sensitive person- you' have had to rely on your intellectual process to help you navigate life and survive crisis, which has lead to burnout and a disconnection to who you believe you truly are.
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You know you are a creative, special person who have parts of yourself that are undernourished and go unseen. You wish you could thrive and expand your life, and experience joy and ease, and emotional safety.
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You believe that you spend so much energy in overthinking you often feel you are starved for a fluid, joyful life.
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You believe that there is more to life than just operating out of survival mode, and hunger to contact your empowered expanded sense of self, and your connection to a personal belief system that resonates.
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Self care and saying no to others is a struggle for you because you’ve been taught you need to overextend yourself, and fear you may lose people if you don’t.
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You are experiencing profound grief after loss of a loved one.
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You have experienced profound personal trauma, or attachment related injuries with those you love.
I believe in my heart of hearts we are here in order to discover not only how to manage our emotions and navigate life’s challenges, but to rediscover our wholeness, and our infinite potential to be loving, wise beings powerful enough to create the life we want. Through my work with experiential forms of therapy, I have discovered that Somatics (meaning Body) is the gateway into your true potential to learn your patterns, move pain out of the body, and get back in touch with your highest, wisest self.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”
-Marianne Williamson
Who I Am
Californian by birth, Virginian by upbringing, I find myself whenever possible outside, submerging in water, hot springs if I can find any nearby, and taking my young daughter on adventures whenever I can manage. Having been impacted at different junctures with extreme life challenges, I have chosen to believe that these powerful crossroads have been my teachers and have augmented my strength as a clinician. I like to think that I have chosen to be awake for my own life, and frame my human work as an attempt to not go back to sleep, and instead develop my quiet curiosity and centeredness of self, during life’s various weather systems.
I don’t believe in taking myself too seriously, and that silliness is an absolute prerequisite to human connection. I am spiritual, loving and kind whenever I can manage to be. I am bilingual, I love cats and live to get on planes and buses in foreign countries. I hope one day to develop a program to teach psychotherapeutic practices in other countries.
Areas of Focus and Specialties
SOMATICS
Body Awareness, Self Attunement Movement(Sensorimotor) Embodiment Practices Moving Emotion Out and Through
NEUROSCIENCE BASED PRACTICES
Bilateral Stimulation (used in EMDR) Breathwork, Nervous System Regulation
EXPERIENTIAL and IMAGINAL WORK
Guided Visualizations, Meditation Practices, Inner Child Rescue Work, Ancestral Healing and Resourcing
ADVANCED PRACTICES
Quantum Physics informed Practices for Healing and Transformation
Manifestation Work-Embodying your Higher Self
Expertise
EDUCATION
Antioch University- 2019, Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor
Clinical Training
Family Service Agency
Goodheart Recovery
Professional Experience
Hospice of Santa Barbara- Bilingual Bereavement Counselor- 2019-Present
Coast Caregiver Resource Center- a Program of Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital- Associate Family Consultant- 2015-2019
Location
301 E Carrillo St., Santa Barbara CA 93101
Phone
805-364-2063 (Googlevoice Number)
I am happy to offer both telehealth and in-person appointments.
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I am more than happy to discuss sliding scale options with new clients.
As an out-of-network provider, I have partnered with Mentaya to help my clients save money on therapy. Use this tool above to see if you qualify for reimbursement for my services!