Therapists

Meet Chelsea

I consider it a supreme privilege to accompany my clients into the work of healing, growth, and self-discovery. Entering into these vulnerable and deeply personal spaces with my clients is sacred to me, and I work hard to provide the kind of safety, compassion, and attention that allows deep change. I work with a huge variety of issues but find that my strengths lie primarily in the area of trauma recovery, identity formation, self-esteem, anxiety, nervous system coaching, and relational strengthening. I take a holistic approach to therapy, choosing to address the whole person - body, mind, and spirit.

I enjoy engaging with clients through a multifaceted approach which includes somatic therapies, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, guided imagery, narrative reprocessing, polyvagal theory, self-compassion coaching and EMDR. I also offer Ketamine Assisted Therapy for those who are interested.

I personally understand what it feels like to lose your way, lose people you love, or just to lose hope altogether. I've been there. I had other hands to hold and people to lean on that got me through. I would be honored to be part of the team that helps you get through whatever you are facing in this part of your story.

Meet John

Symptoms We Work With

  • Feeling too much (high anxiety, panic, easily startled, anger, sleep problems, flashbacks, “overwhelmed”)

  • Feeling too little (numbness, dissociation, chronic depression, shame, lack of past memories, low self-esteem)

  • Physiological Symptoms (chronic pain, fatigue, muscle tension, nausea, digestive issues, headaches, heart palpitations)

  • Behaviors (perfectionism, hyper-rationalism, caretaking, enabling, obsessive behaviors, people pleasing, substance abuse, eating disorders, or self-harm)

  • Attachment issues (feeling “needy” or “clingy,” craving intimacy, fearing abandonment, being over-sensitive to a partner’s moods; avoiding closeness or vulnerability; a combination of desiring closeness but pushing others away)

Some Professional Influences

  • Richard C. Schwartz — his development of Internal Family Systems has been one of the most transformational modalities we’ve seen.

  • Somatic Therapies - including Peter Levine (SE), Susan Mcconnell (IFS), Ron Kurtz (Hakomi), Janina Fisher (Senorimotor), Stephen Terrell (TEB)

  • Interpersonal Neurobiology — Bonnie Baddenoch, Daniel Siegel, Diana Fosha (AEDP), Pat Ogden (Sensorimotor)

  • Relational Therapies — including Irving Yalom, Patricia Deyoung, François Le Doze (IFS), Dr. Gabor Maté, Bruce Perry

  • Deb Dana & Stanley Rosenberg — the use of Polyvagal Theory in Therapy

Carl Jung

“Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul.”