My Story
Where it Started
As a small child I had an awareness of something beyond myself, a connection to nature; the animals, trees, insects, the sky. I was told I could be found sitting alone in the grass having a conversation with a butterfly or a honey bee as it flit to each flower. I felt one with Mother Earth as if all that belongs to her belongs to me and I to her. I can remember wondering about Something that was vast and beyond myself. As a little girl, I asked my father and with the words I had at the time, I did my best to describe this connection; this Something More, to which my father smiled and replied, that’s God sweetheart.
From that moment on I was on a relentless pursuit.
My Spiritual Evolution
Growing up in Christianity, my connection was cultivated through the church and I eventually became a minister. During this time, I operated in what the church calls spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit. I healed the sick, cast out ‘demonic spirits’ and spoke in other ‘tongues’ while also giving the ‘interpretation’ of those tongues. This would be what some would consider ‘channeling the Holy Spirit’.
People came to me for prayer and to receive direction or insight from the Holy Spirit. After pastoring for fifteen years, I left the church. There was an inner yearning for something I couldn’t find in the church- a deepening to my spirituality that went beyond the confines of religion that I needed to explore. It was time to spread my wings and discover the ancient truths that tied all religions together that had survived millenia.
Instead, I experienced what some might describe a crisis of faith, dark night of the soul or the hero’s journey. In my quest for the Light I sunk into the realm of Darkness and made my descent into the depths of Hell. I was lost, filled with anxiety, despair and confusion; at the time, not realizing this was a journey my soul needed to take.
It took seven years to come out on the other side. It was as if the phoenix had been reborn of the ashes. I had a kundalini awakening in 2019 and my ‘third eye’ opened at the same time. Through meditation and prayer, I am connecting to my inner Light and Divine Self in ways that continue to excite me.
My Therapeutic Orientation
My work is rooted in depth psychology, trauma-informed care, and integrative spiritual practice. While it draws from multiple disciplines, it is most accurately described as Jungian-informed, parts-based, and somatically attuned, with an emphasis on meaning, integration, and inner relationship rather than symptom suppression.
Lineage & Influences
My approach is informed by the following frameworks:
- Jungian (Depth) Psychology
I work with dreams, symbols, archetypes, and inner processes as meaningful expressions of the psyche—not problems to be eliminated, but communications to be understood and integrated. - Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I view the psyche as an internal system of parts, each carrying protective intelligence. Healing occurs through restoring relationship between these parts and the core Self, rather than correcting or overriding them. - Somatic & Nervous System–Informed Approaches
The body is central to the healing process. We work with sensation, regulation, and embodied awareness, recognizing that trauma and insight live not only in the mind, but in the nervous system. - Trauma-Informed Care
Safety, pacing, consent, and choice are foundational. Experiences are approached with respect for the nervous system’s capacity and protective strategies. - Spiritual Integration (Non-Pathologizing)
Spiritual experiences, altered states, grief, and initiatory experiences are not automatically framed as pathology. Instead, they are approached as potentially meaningful psychological and spiritual processes that require grounding and integration. - Non-Dual Awareness
At the deepest level, my work supports reconnection with one’s inherent wholeness—beyond fragmentation, shame, or the need to “fix” oneself.
What This Work Is Not
This approach is not focused on:
- Eliminating symptoms as the primary goal
- Normalizing emotional experience to fit external standards
- Labeling emotions or inner experiences as problems to be fixed
- Applying rigid protocols or purely cognitive techniques
- Reducing complex inner life to diagnosis alone
While symptom relief often occurs, it is understood as a byproduct of integration, not the sole measure of healing.
What This Work Does Support
My work is oriented toward helping people:
- Listen inwardly and develop trust in their inner experience
- Restore relationship with Self, rather than wage war with parts
- Metabolize experience—including trauma, grief, spiritual awakening, and life transitions
- Complete unfinished processes and initiations that the psyche is still carrying
- Develop greater embodied presence, self-leadership, and internal coherence
How Healing Is Understood Here
Healing is not seen as “getting rid of” parts of yourself.
It is understood as:
- restoring internal relationship
- increasing capacity to be with experience
- integrating what was previously split off
- allowing meaning to emerge from what once felt overwhelming
This work honors the intelligence of the psyche and trusts that symptoms, emotions, and inner conflicts arise for a reason—often as invitations toward deeper wholeness.
In Simple Terms
You might say this work is for people who are not just asking:
“How do I feel better?”
but also:
“What is happening within me, and how do I meet it with presence, compassion, and integrity?”