Mindfulness-based Therapy

I have engaged in learning around many different aspects of mindfulness, including an experiential training of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for therapeutic providers. I believe in the importance of understanding the connection between our minds and our bodies, and in the ongoing practice of learning how to exist in the present moment, while treating ourselves with compassion and radical acceptance.

When you feel anxious or depressed because things are not going as you planned, it's important to develop insight and identify your default automatic unhealthy thinking patterns which impacts your mood, actions and behavior. Stress recovery and resilience building with the implementation of mindfulness exercises has strong research evidence that helps in improving symptoms of anxiety and depression.

My expertise lies in guiding clients to develop present-moment awareness, self-compassion, and emotional regulation skills. Through mindfulness practices such as meditation, breathwork, and cognitive reframing, I support individuals in fostering resilience and reducing distress.

Many issues begin with a disconnection between mind and body. I am experienced in using mindfulness, yoga and somatic approaches to support clients to feel whole again. This approach is particularly effective with trauma, addiction and body image or eating issues.

Mindfulness is basically becoming more aware of your body, your feelings, and your coping mechanisms. Using mindfulness techniques, I can help you become more aware of what's going on inside of you during difficult experiences of anxiousness or depression and help create more helpful ways to cope with these moments and establish more realistic viewpoints of relating you your situation.

Using mindfulness (incl. meditation, somatic, and sensorimotor psychotherapy techniques), I can help you improve your relationship to your body and internal world, tolerate sensations, and strengthen self-awareness - i.e. internal dialogues, thoughts, images, sensations, feelings. Practicing listening to your body and focusing on the now can help relieve tension, work through psychological and physiological discomfort, and heal trauma.

Mindfulness-based therapy is designed for people who suffer from repeated depression or chronic unhappiness. It combines the ideas of being here now with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. Recent research has shown that people who have been clinically depressed three or more times find that learning mindfulness-based skills help considerably reduce their chances of depression returning.

Mindfulness training is about finding acceptance and peace in the present and in our own mind and existence. I will work with you in learning to sit with your own experience and feelings in order to quiet the inner voice that has developed out of your own wounds, negative beliefs and suffering.

I use mindfulness and meditation tools.

I invite clients to practice engaging thoughts, feelings, and life experiences with increased curiosity, awareness and compassion, including building skills for recognizing and processing emotional/somatic experiences. We notice habitual patterns, practice shifting those patterns in ways that do not cause additional suffering, and consider ways to cultivate desired experiences. This may include (but does not always include) engaging in breathing exercises, meditation practice, and grounding.

I am drawn towards therapies that help us develop the ability to be more present in our lives. This often means being more present with our thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, urges & behaviors. As well as more present in our relationships. I find that Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based CBT & Expressive Arts Therapy can help us to practice feeling grounded, present, curious, nonjudgemental & more attuned.

I use mindfulness-based therapy to help clients with ADHD improve focus, reduce overwhelm, and manage emotional reactivity. We work on building awareness of thoughts and feelings without judgment, allowing for greater self-regulation and intentional decision-making. By developing mindfulness skills, clients learn to navigate distractions, stay present, and respond rather than react. My goal is to help you cultivate clarity, resilience, and a sense of control in daily life.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness strategies in order to help individuals better understand and manage their thoughts and emotions in order to achieve relief from feelings of distress.

Often when we come from unsupportive, abusive, neglectful, or oppressive environments we learn to be unkind to ourselves. Often we are not even aware of extent of our own internalized oppression. Much of my practice surrounds use of Mindfulness. In order to to be kind to yourself you first have to be able to see the suffering for what it is. I will help you create a compassionate voice for yourself.

Mindfulness is a powerful tool that allows us to develop a better awareness of ourselves and our surroundings. Through these coping mechanisms, we get a sense of our mental, physical, and emotional state. When many people think of mindfulness, they consider yoga, grounding, deep breathing, and so on. However, mindfulness is more than yoga and breathing. It’s a present state of acknowledging where you are in the moment so you can assess what you need.

Mindfulness-based therapy is an approach that uses both cognitive behavioral therapy methods & mindfulness meditative practices to help increase moment-by-moment awareness of what you’re experiencing, such as paying closer attention to your breathing, sensations in your body, inner-feelings & thoughts, and your reactions to specific situations. This helps you stay more grounded to make thoughtful behavioral choices versus reactive choices that may not align with the person you want to be.

From graduate school to the present, my training and work is focused on making sure that you are able to respond well in the "here-and-now". Mindfulness therapy is all about that. It's easy to think that you have to be an experienced meditator to be "mindful". This is not true! In my therapy, I teach you how to get the benefits of mindfulness in your everyday life, in practical, usable ways, so that you have the tools whenever you need them.

Mindfulness refers to a process that leads to a mental state characterized by nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment experience, including one's sensations, thoughts, feelings, and the environment, while encouraging openness, curiosity, and acceptance. By experiencing the present moment nonjudgmentally can effectively counter the effects of stressors, because excessive orientation toward the past or future when dealing with stressors can be related to feelings of depression and anxiety.

I find the focus of mindfulness to be very helpful. By this I mean encouraging a client to pay attention to their thoughts and feelings as a way to be with them fully. When a person stops fighting against their thoughts and feelings, they have the space to begin to understand them, accept them, and let them go.