Counseling

In my private practice, I combine the creative arts therapies (art, movement and sounding) with Trauma Resolution work. As a board certified and registered art therapist for ten years I am experienced in supporting someone’s imaginal process as a means to empower him or her to transform issues, pain and life’s challenges. As a transpersonal counselor I believe that we are all on a journey towards wholeness and the bumps in the road are opportunities for greater depth and potential. It is crucial that we work with the totality of experience – our bodies, minds, hearts and souls as we reclaim our true authenticity.

As a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, I have completed a three year training with Peter Levine, Ph.D., author of Waking the Tiger. I am trained to work with our body’s nervous system in a unique way. Through awareness practices and support, one can retrieve sensations, images, feelings, thoughts and movements that have been trapped in previous traumatic experiences. Once released, this allows a person to clear out the trauma from one’s body and create new meaning of the events experienced. I am developing a 12 day trauma training called "Breaking Through to Joy" (click here to view Flyer PDF) and am presently offering the first 4 three-day modules.

I have a developmental approach to healing and believe in a person-centered therapeutic style. This means that I do not lead the process but work together with my clients to achieve their goals. I also educate my clients as to the missing pieces developmentally
that will help them retrieve necessary archetypal energies they need to feel a sense of sovereignty over their own experience.

I work with individuals, couples and long-term groups. In addition, I teach workshops, a year-long training, embodiment practices and somatic art therapy called the Spiral of Healing (see trainings). I am on the faculty of a graduate art therapy education program
in Sonoma County. I am also available for short term groups, in-services and workshops
as requested.

ART TO HEART COUNSELING

Art to Heart Counseling provides and encourages the gathering of inner and outer resources. Allowing us to build connection to self, others and the greater mystery of life, we meet life’s challenges and learn to thrive. You will benefit from this transpersonal, creative and somatic approach to healing. The types of counseling offered are:

Individual and Couples Counseling - I support your goals using art process, trauma resolution work, visioning, communication skills and support.

Spiritual Life Coaching - I offer non-denominational spiritual guidance using art process, visioning techniques, writing process and movement.

Somatic Experiencing sessions - As a certified practitioner of the SIBAM model of healing developed by Peter Levine, I focus on sensations, images, movement patterns, feelings and thoughts to clear past traumas. The awareness gained is very effective in healing accidents and falls, surgery and medical challenges, physical and sexual abuse, post traumatic stress and developmental trauma.

Supervision for Art Therapy students - I am available individually or with small groups and specialize in trauma, group process and somatics.

Women in Transition groups – monthly and bimonthly short term and long term groups supporting women in transition, with an Art Therapy and ranspersonal Counseling approach for transforming relationships, jobs, lifestyles, illnesses, loss and life.