Compassion -Based Therapy
Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology
Trauma and Somatic Based Therapy
Learn tools to develop self-compassion and strengthen the compassionate inner voice as a primary navigator of you life. Self-compassion research has been linked to several significant benefits for psychological well-being and overall functioning:
1. Self-compassion is strongly associated with greater happiness, optimism, curiosity, and life satisfaction.
2. Reduced negative mental states: Higher levels of self-compassion are linked to decreased anxiety, depression, rumination, and fear of failure.
3. Enhanced resilience: Self-compassionate individuals are better able to cope with stressful life events, including divorce, health crises, academic failure, and even combat trauma.
4. Improved motivation and personal growth: Contrary to concerns that self-compassion might lead to complacency, research shows it is associated with greater personal initiative to make needed changes in one's life. Self-compassionate people are more likely to adopt mastery goals for learning and have increased motivation to learn and grow.
5. Better physical health behaviors: Self-compassionate individuals engage in healthier behaviors such as exercising, eating well, drinking less alcohol, and visiting the doctor more regularly.
6. Stronger relationships: Self-compassion is associated with more stable feelings of self-worth over time and offers protection against social comparison and public self-consciousness.
Learn to use compassion-based mindfulness techniques and understand Buddhist teachings to gain insight, reslience and healing. These practices can assist with mood regulation, overall sense of well-being and social connections. Specifically, these approaches can be very helpful with parenting and/or couples relationships.
Using a range of trauma informed and somatic approaches such as EMDR & IFS, learn to integrate your traumatic experiences in a healing and growthful way. Integrate your past, access reslient parts of yourself and create new ones that help you evolve in nourishing ways.
Whom I serve:
I work with individuals, families, and couples of all ages. This includes young children, teens and seniors, I provide therapy & coaching through telehealth in the US and internationally and accept some New England based insurances.
