CONSULTATION

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There are many reasons that I no longer offer psychotherapy services:

A transformative cancer taught me that it was hubris to undertake long term work in the face of existential realities and that I was allowed to move off of the front lines after almost thirty years of work as a trauma therapist and clinical supervisor, and integrate my own limitations into the work I take on.

It challenged me to reach for new models and frames of support and collective care that center mutuality, humility, play, mature interdependence, self-regulation, curiosity, numinosity and liberation.

Over a thirty-year career I have had many specialties and sub-specialties. I am usually able to discern very quickly whether I think I can be of use, or to offer an informed referral or suggestion for alternative supports.

I prefer that if you are in therapy that you and your provider discuss your goals are for our work together.

I am not available for emergencies or crisis intervention. You should seek the help of a psychotherapist, community mental health service, hot line or emergency room for such circumstances.

If we work together, I hope that our collaboration might unseat a few certainties and leave you instead with a handful of generative questions.

FREQUENCY/DURATION:

I am available for sixty minute individual consultations on a brief (3 or so sessions) or intermittent basis.

DONATION:

These are not psychotherapeutic services, and are not reimbursable by insurance. The suggested donation is $215 per hour.

  • Transitions

    ~ for people negotiating transitions in career, or life-stage, role or vocation

    ~ for those who want to examine their priorities in the face of collective problems of the era

    ~ for those facing potentially life-threatening or life-changing diagnoses and their support circle

  • Creativity & Spirituality

    ~ for artists and creatives to support their projects and negotiate blocks

    ~ Individual and community support for women religious

    ~ for those who are seeking integration support after psychedelic experiences, near death experiences, etc.

    ~ for those interested in integrating or establishing contemplative practices - including dream work, journaling, meditation, contemplation, and self-determined personal spiritual practices

  • Helping Professionals

    ~ for therapists and other helping professionals negotiating stress, burnout, disability, or reconsidering their clinical frames or practices.

    ~ for those wanting support in group development, non-clinical community care models, designing courses and presentations and re-imagining their work-lives

    ~ for those seeking professional mentoring

  • Teaching & Presentations

    ~ Individual and group trainings for organizations - on various subjects such as:

    ~ conscious aging,

    ~ building healthy community groups

    ~ cultivating resilience

    ~ death denial as a contributor to our primary social problems, especially climate justice

    ~ negotiating turning points, moral injury, uncertainty, and more

To set up a time to talk: