One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

 It is human nature to seek growth. The path toward growth may become blocked, however, as our past experiences and thoughts often get in the way. Trauma, fear, anxiety, shame, and self- limiting beliefs keep us stuck in old, self-protective patterns that no longer serve us. 

Individual psychotherapy starts with exploring what you would want for yourself from doing this work. And it is this desire that guides the work we do together. 

As the therapeutic process continues, we explore and identify what gets in the way of what you want for yourself. What gets in the way can be strategies we developed during childhood to navigate family relationships, emotions we shut down because they overwhelmed us, negative beliefs we have about ourselves, or ways we disconnect from intimate connection. These strategies become so much a part of us that we are often unaware of how they actually keep us disconnected with what we most want or desire.

As we become more aware of the strategies and the role they served, we develop confidence in choosing what we want. 

This approach to counseling can shift patterns of chronic stress, relieve trauma symptoms, and help you find clarity so you can move forward with a greater connection to yourself and greater capacity for deep, meaningful connections to others.

You will have a confidential, safe environment where you can explore, without judgment, the areas of your life where you feel stuck.  You can move beyond anxiety, fear, and pain and into growth.

I am a NARM Master Therapist and NARM Training Assistant and love being on the Teaching Team for NARM Trainings.  I am a NARM Experiential Consult provider for students in Level 2 NARM Therapist Training who are working towards certificate requirements.

I have a private practice specializing in supporting individuals who are experiencing symptoms related to trauma, including relational and developmental trauma. In addition to NARM, I have training in EMDR, Neurofeedback, Hypnosis, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Post Induction Therapy and Trauma Release Exercise.  I have also been the Clinical Director at a Therapeutic Boarding School for adolescent females for the past 8 years. I have the opportunity to treat teens and families as well as provide Clinical Supervision utilizing NARM principles.

 Some reminders about how to most effectively use these NARM Experiential Consults:

• Use your worksheet to support your learning and guide the debrief
• The overall goal of the Experiential Consults is to provide an opportunity for all NARM students to learn how to apply NARM skills and principles clinically with a wide range of clients
• The learning objectives focus on recognizing NARM principles in action, demonstrating understanding of the use of NARM principles and skills in an applied setting, appraising the various choice points and reasons for choosing specific clinical interventions, assessing the value and impact of different clinical interventions with clients, and being able to summarize and communicate the theme(s) of a clinical session from a NARM perspective
• It is expected that you will set a learning intention for the Experiential Consult, and share it with your Experiential Consult Provider, so that the learning goals and objectives can be established at the outset in a collaborative manner

A few other important reminders:

• You are free to role-play a client or use your own personal material
• If you choose to use your own personal material, you are welcome to share as little or as much personal information as you are comfortable
• Please remember that what you share in these learning exercises is not confidential – our teaching teams do discuss learning edges and teaching points in our team meetings, gathered often from these Experiential Consults
• You will never be required to participate, and may refuse to answer any question, pause or discontinue your participation at any time 
• Please remember that the Experiential Consult Provider will be interrupting you throughout this process to provide instruction, reflection, and discussion
• Please remember that this is an educational exercise and not a clinical session, so the goal is not for you to receive personal growth and healing, but to focus on how to apply NARM principles and skills to clinical situations