Authentic Life Counseling

I truly enjoy working with people who seek support for their desired changes, or are on a search for My approach is holistic and client-centered.

I integrate Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness, trauma informed and strength-based techniques. Therapy will support you by helping you integrate and foster growth in three core ares Mind/Body/Spirit. When was the last time you felt fully present and alive? Are you facing fundamental transitions in your life? Do you feel overwhelmed or disoriented? Are depression, anxiety or stress keeping you from livin

06/28/2018

Feeling Angry? Try This - Mindful When anger builds, do you fall into it, or are you able to let it pass? This mindfulness practice creates space between your thoughts and your emotions, so you can let go of negative feelings. [Podcast]

RAIN: A Mindfulness Practice for Welcoming Your Emotions - Mindful

06/12/2018

Easy - and it works

RAIN: A Mindfulness Practice for Welcoming Your Emotions - Mindful This four-step practice helps you recognize your emotions so you can respond, not react, to challenging situations.

11/02/2016

Cultivating Mindfulness for Healing: Start Very Slowly Mindfulness isn’t easy for everyone. This can be especially true for people who have experienced trauma. But one of the most important skills for healing is the skill of awareness. What do I mean by awareness? It is the ability to pay attention. To observe, to feel, to notice. Awareness is the firs...

06/28/2016

Learning to relate and love trumps punishment and amends!

Can You Get Over an Addiction? Neuroscience is giving us new insights into people who abuse drugs and alcohol and new hope for their treatment.

06/13/2016

05/20/2016

Simple and not so simple - but true!

03/12/2016

Posts from Blog/The Trail Guide - Emotional Geographic for 03/11/2016 The quieter moments of healing can be oddly disconcerting. Healing in general isn’t quiet: maybe loud is the wrong word, but intense would be accurate. The feelings that go with healing from trauma loom large. The grief, sadness, sorrow, rage, anger, terror. These feelings take over your mind and yo…