Individual Therapy

As a Therapist and Coach in Boulder, Colorado, I work with individuals who feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of their next steps. You may be navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship patterns that keep repeating, major life transitions, or a sense of losing touch with your purpose or inner spark. 

My role is to guide you back to yourself—your clarity, your courage, and the deeper truth of who you are.

“What you seek is seeking you.”

Rumi

Many people come to me describing feelings of being lost, lonely, heartbroken, creatively blocked, or weighed down by ongoing emotional cycles. You may be struggling with emptiness after a major life change, career frustration, relationship impasses, chronic stress, or the ache of unattended pain. These experiences can leave you feeling trapped in old patterns with no clear way out.

I often hear people say, “You just have to feel your feelings.” But without understanding how to truly Presence (as a verb) your emotional experience—how to access the infinite source within and without your own Being, how to understand, dance with and integrate what you are experiencing— you are likely to try to avoid it all and those feelings can become overwhelming and your life challenges more persistent and intense. Without the tools to meet your emotions and experiences skillfully, you may end up drowning in them, avoiding them, or projecting them outward. 

The result is the same: life becomes heavier rather than lighter and more joyful.

The good news is this: no matter what you’ve lived through, you can learn to transform your emotional reactions and unhappy patterns in ways that open the door to freedom, creativity, meaningful connection, and genuine joy.

“There is a great wise loving silence that is already here, behind and within us all, waiting to be realized as the source of who we are.”

Loch Kelly

Even the wisest and strongest of us can not anticipate, control and prepare for everything that happens externally or internally in us and in our lives. And we wear ourselves out trying. If you’re tired of wearing yourself out I invite you to come learn a new way.

Underneath all the pain and the fragmentation there is a field that holds us all and has always held us…and always will..all we need to do is to learn how to unbury ourselves to access this natural essence and infinite source.

Our sense of worthiness, which is the ground from which we experience and engage our life, is shaped by how we were treated growing up. This is not surprising. What most don’t know though is that reacting from that treatment is what keeps us imprisoned…through addictions, defensiveness, angsty agitation, reactivity, overwhelm and being stuck. The answer is within and not through fighting or escaping.

What I Help With

People come to me for many reasons—sometimes because they feel overwhelmed by anxiety, worry, or emotional confusion, and other times because they’re navigating transitions that touch their identity, purpose, or sense of worth. 

You may be seeking relief from depression or emotional disconnection, wanting to understand your feelings more clearly, or trying to move from a disempowered state into one of confidence, clarity, and inner alignment. 

Many clients identify as highly sensitive and need a grounded, attuned space where their depth is understood rather than overwhelmed. 

Others seek individual therapy during pivotal life chapters—retirement, empty-nesting, starting a business, or shifting careers—moments that bring both possibility and fear.

Here are some of the most common experiences I support:

• Anxiety and or depression
• Grief, loss and big life transitions
• Getting unstuck
• Living with a difficult health condition
• Relationship impasses
• Relational trauma and attachment
• Relationship Discernment Counseling (Should I stay or should I go?)
• Post divorce or break-up adjustments
• Repeated relationship Issues
• Conscious Dating
• Career dissatisfaction and transitions
• Empty nest
• Retirement

Individual therapy can also be a meaningful fit if you’re moving through inner conflict or self-doubt, struggling with confidence or worthiness, or noticing patterns—emotionally, relationally, creatively, or professionally—that you’re ready to shift. 

Who Individual Therapy is For

Some clients arrive feeling blocked creatively or uncertain about big decisions, such as launching a business, pursuing a new career path or leaving a long term relationship. Others are unpacking the impact of career trauma or years of pushing through without understanding the cost to all areas of their life: health, meaningful relationships, soulful and joyful living.

These experiences can leave you feeling stuck or disconnected from yourself, unsure how to access your intuition, energy, or deeper desires. 

You may be a good fit for individual therapy if you’re experiencing any of the following:

• Feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to process your emotions and inner experience
• Repeating patterns you can’t seem to shift
• Struggling with clarity, direction, or decision-making
• Moving through a major life transition and wanting support
• Feeling disconnected from your creativity, purpose, or sense of self

Therapy doesn’t require a crisis—only a willingness to listen inward and create space for what’s been asking for your attention. 

Together, we soften and untangle the places where you feel stuck, disempowered, or uncertain so you can reconnect with your inner strength, access your feelings with confidence, and move beyond over-efforting to live a life that reflects your true self.

My Approach to Individual Therapy

I offer a deeply attuned, integrative approach rooted in body-centered awareness, emotional processing, nervous system regulation and eventually the ability to connect and resource through meditation and profound presencing. My goal is to help you access a more grounded, authentic relationship with yourself as well as with the infinite resource beyond egoic limitations — one where you move through life with peaceful confidence instead of effortful striving. All of which is accomplished through 

My work draws from extensive post-graduate studies and training in:

• My genuine and caring Presence
• EMDR
• EFT (Emotional Freedom Tapping)
• Hakomi Body-Centered Therapy
• Meditation
• Enneagram
• Breathwork
• Loch Kelly Effortless Mindfulness
• Dr. Joe Dispenza
• Somatic Experiencing
• Parts work
• Inner Child work
• Internal Family Systems
• Higher Alignment – Larry Byram
• Rachel Jayne Groover – The Awakened School

By blending these modalities, I help you shift painful memories, integrate unresolved experiences, and connect with your essential spark—your true Being and the dreams that are authentic to you.

My process supports you in living from your true self rather than old protective patterns. It’s the difference between moving through the world with more ease versus feeling caught in cycles of effort, depletion, or emotional turbulence.

What to Expect in Our Work Together

Beginning therapy is an important step, and I want you to feel supported, informed, and grounded from the very first session. 

My approach is collaborative, gentle, and deeply attuned. Our work together involves slowing down, understanding emotional and bodily cues, and gently uncovering patterns that have shaped your life—often outside your awareness.

In our sessions, we create space for what’s true and present, without forcing or fixing. I help you build the capacity to stay with your feelings in a way that brings clarity rather than overwhelm. Together, we uncover the patterns, protective strategies, and old stories that have kept you stuck by attending to the vulnerable scared parts underneath. 

We will work toward integrating all of your parts and experiences so you can respond to life with greater ease, authenticity, and emotional freedom. The next level of freedom then presents itself where the work becomes more spiritual and less psychological. These two levels can be explored and engaged together as wanted by you.

Clients often describe our work as grounding, effective, transformative, and unexpectedly illuminating as well as spacious. My intention is always the same: to help you reconnect with your essential self so you can move through the world with more presence, freedom, confidence, and choice.

Therapy or Coaching: Which Is Right for You?

I can work with you either as a therapist or as a coach, depending on your unique needs and goals. Every client begins with an intentional intake process that clarifies which approach will best support your growth.

You’re welcome to visit my page on Therapy or Coaching if you’d like more detail about the differences between these paths.

If you’re ready to step into deeper alignment, reconnect with yourself, and create meaningful change, I’m here to support you. 

Together, we can work toward a more grounded, creative, connected, and fulfilled version of your life—right here in Boulder, Colorado.

“He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer.”

Elie Wiesel

FAQ

1. What can I expect during my first individual therapy session?

Your first session is designed to help you feel grounded and supported. Together, we explore what’s bringing you in, what you’re struggling with, and what you hope to experience instead. I guide you gently through this process so you leave with clarity and a sense of direction.

2. How do I know if I need therapy or coaching?

During your intake, we’ll discuss your goals, emotional patterns, and current challenges. Therapy is typically the best fit for healing past experiences or regulating the nervous system, while coaching is ideal for forward-focused growth. I help you determine which approach aligns with your needs.Often clients start out wanting both which is a great approach and one I am comfortable leading.

3. Do you specialize in relationship or attachment issues?

Yes. I work extensively with relational trauma, attachment patterns, relationship impasses, repeated relationship issues, and Relationship Discernment Counseling. Many clients come to me seeking clarity, healing, and more fulfilling connection.

4. Can individual therapy help if I feel stuck or disconnected from myself?

Absolutely. Many clients come to me feeling blocked, overwhelmed, or distant from their sense of purpose. Through body-centered therapy, emotional integration, and mindfulness-based work, we help you reconnect with your authentic self and move forward with renewed clarity and ease.