The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
Areas of Expertise
Depth Psychology
A Jungian Approach
In Greek mythology the character of Sisyphus, as a consequence of committing multiple crimes and violations in his life, is sentenced by the god Zeus to an unusually severe punishment in Hades. He is condemned to roll a large stone to the top of a hill. Upon reaching the top, the stone immediately rolls down again. Sisyphus is left to roll the stone up again and have it roll down again in perpetuity.
In my office, I offer a safe place and a compassionate presence where you will find you can put down your stone, whatever it may represent, breathe, take time to reflect, and explore alternative options. You may feel as if you are continually pushing against some sort of obstacle, be it internal or external, and experience a sense of frustration and futility at being stuck. If you are living with depression or anxiety, the sense of hopelessness and fear that things will never change can become disabling. In addition, friends and family members can hold a view of you that keeps you trapped in a role that has long outlived its usefulness.
Working together in depth on a weekly (or more often) basis, telling and unraveling your story, hearing about your dreams, and being aware of the interconnection of the past with present behavior can be a very rich and fertile process. Feeling witnessed, and having a safe container in which to share your story and work towards self discovery mediates change.
Working with your dream material allows us to be more open and fluid to the imaginary process. C. G. Jung discovered that dreams perform restorative, corrective, compensatory, prophetic, and developmental roles in our psyche. I approach dream work as one may a piece of art as it speaks to us on many levels.
Albert Einstein said that ?imagination is more important than knowledge.? Often what blocks us is a failure of imagination. Our work together helps ?wakes up? this great resource we all innately share. Jung coined the phrase Active Imagination, a tool we can develop and cultivate toward further expanding possibilities and options.
Following the tenets of your own process are explicit to healing. How you feel is how you live. Learning to tolerate and work through strong feelings is organic and central to the process.
The Dragon Fly is an ancient symbol for illusion. Illusions can be perceived as old thought patterns that flutter around keeping us stuck and unhappy. Some sessions may be painful, others revelatory, others confusing, others uplifting. As we stay with the symbol of the Dragonfly we understand how all of the feelings evoked by psychotherapy are important to the work.
I offer psychotherapy grounded in the psychology of C. G. Jung, developmental theory, and psycho dynamic approaches in which the therapeutic relationship is central to the process of change and growth.