About Therapy in Mindfulness

Imagine a space where you lay your burdens down and rest…

Allowing your fears, anxieties, insecurities, restlessness, the vague but persistent sense of something missing to all just be. There is no need to hide, run from, repress, or change anything, just allowing space to recognize what is here.

Resting and simply allowing yourself your inner experience in a safe place of support and containment. It’s quiet here. It’s calming…

And you’re not alone. You’re in the space of presence – the presence of an attuned other and the presence you bring to yourself. In this place, there is space for you, and all of you are welcome.

Together, we practice being present with ourselves, staying grounded and connected. We practice being curious, open, allowing what’s needed to emerge. And I meet you with patience, understanding, compassion, and spaciousness that builds a foundation of safety and offers the freedom to more deeply know yourself.

Within that container of shared presence begins a journey. This journey is not effortful or forced; rather, it’s a natural unfolding. It’s witnessing what’s present, here and now; with it comes insight, empowerment, nourishment, and integration.

You’re here to be a witness to your own experience.

Mindfulness creates a container, so you are not caught in a whirlwind of emotion, thought, or repetitive activity. Instead, you’ve found a space to observe, notice, and name. Your attention will be brought into the body, the foundation, and seat of worldly experience.

I value somatic psychotherapy (inclusion of awareness of the body’s experience), as it provides a doorway into a deep understanding of how we organize ourselves and move through the world.

With increased awareness comes the understanding that the self is greater than you ever knew. This greater understanding creates new possibilities and unveils hidden needs that you can then feed and nourish. It also creates a space where you can look at conflicts and barriers in your life without immediately reacting to them but to better understand their purpose and where they come from.

You’ll get in touch with your deep-seated beliefs, understanding them from the inside out as you gain fresh perspectives.

Together, we’ll experiment with new ways of living.

This means that you’ll try new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving – experimenting with “trying on” ideas of being good enough, safe, or staying present to yourself while also staying in connection with another. This can look like simply noticing your immediate experience when hearing a simple statement or noticing the effects of making physical contact with yourself (like holding you to your heart).

And through this process, you get to know yourself. It can be easier to stand up for yourself as you connect with the validity of your own existence and experience. What may feel like limitations or problems turn out to be helpful tools or coping methods that just don’t need to be applied to every situation. The automatic reactions to different situations become less intense, less compelling, and alternative responses more readily accessible. Free choice becomes a possibility.

The inherent needs that make you human: safety, belonging, connection, expression, autonomy, freedom, effective action, and rest are all important elements of well-being. Throughout the therapy process, you learn what needs are not getting met, what is getting in the way, and how to respond so you can feel nourished, satisfied, and more fulfilled.

As time passes, a deeper unfolding takes place.

Core wounds and limiting beliefs are revealed and tended to. Relationship with self becomes more compassionate and understanding. Restrictions fall by the wayside, and the you that you’ve always known existed emerges, unencumbered by doubt, judgment, fear, or limitation.

You realize you are an ever-evolving being having a human experience. There is so much to you and so much that is possible. You become less identified with what’s happened to you and more deeply grounded in who you are.

Old anxieties, insecurities, feelings of inadequacy, wounds, and trauma will start to melt away. Pain will still exist in the world, but it will become something to acknowledge, embrace, and grow from (rather than avoid and run from).

Therapy in Mindfulness will create a different relationship between you and your experience. Instead of fighting, forcing, or repressing, you’ll relate to yourself with acceptance, compassion, kindness, grace, and forgiveness.

There is no time like the present, and there is no turning back.

If you are feeling called to begin turning in toward a deeper understanding of yourself, to feel through your fears and personal pain, and to begin living the life you know is possible for yourself, I invite you to call me today.

We’ll schedule a no-obligation 20-minute consultation appointment to talk about what’s going on for you, what you want from therapy, and to see if we’ll be a good fit to work together.

I’m happy to answer your questions and offer any insight you need to feel good about taking the next step on your healing journey. Call today: (406) 381-4548.