I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Private Practice in Eugene, Oregon. I am passionate about working with individual adults, aged 16-95 who are challenged by the varieties of our human experience. Two decades of therapeutic work in a variety of venues have provided the opportunity to engage with people from many life paths. I am experienced and honored to work with individuals of many cultures, traditions, religious and spiritual beliefs.

The following are areas in which my services have been particularly helpful:

Life Transitions and Adjustment Issues
"Women at Midlife"
Trauma Recovery
Loss/Grief
Depression
Anxiety/Fearfulness
Dying/Life Threatening Illness
Self Esteem Enhancement
Stress Management
Spirituality/Existential Issues
Spiritual Emergence

I offer the following modalities singly or integrated to meet your individiual needs:

Transpersonal Psychotherapy

I believe we are born intrinsically Whole and our human birthright and potential is to experience a state of spaciousness, equanimity and joy. Transpersonal Psychotherapy is a respectful psychology of wellness rather than pathology. It holds a developmental view of our life journey and incorporates strategies from other healing modalities and psychological approaches to address the client and issue as it is presented while striving to keep the balanced development of all facets of human experience in mind.

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Mindfulness Based Therapeutic Practices

I provide instruction in non-religious Meditative practices to enhance self-awareness, promote physical relaxation and improve your ability to manage difficult emotions. These strategies are generally provided as part of the overall therapeutic process.

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Reiki and Energetic Medicines

Reiki and nearly all forms of Energetic Medicines, tend to promote a deeply relaxed state sometimes accompanied by emotional release. These modalities can assist in the restoration of balance on the physical, mental and emotional levels. Sessions are provided with the recipient fully clothed seated on a chair, couch or massage table.

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Shamanic Practices

Shamanic practices are offered to enlighten, heal and empower. Shamanic “journeying” is undertaken to return knowledge and healing to the one requesting it, in addition to helping the individual establish connection with their own inner sources of wisdom for healing and problem solving.

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“Sometimes the greatest challenge is to actually begin: there is something deep in us that conspires with what wants to remain within safe boundaries and stay the same”

- John O’Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us