Transpersonal psychotherapy, as I practice it, is a full-spectrum approach to psychotherapy.  The solid foundation of my work is grounded clinical skill in working with what could be called the traditional aspects of psychotherapy - seeking to resolve psychological difficulty and dysfunction, and to stabilize health and well-being, both within oneself and in relationship with others.

What makes my work "transpersonal" is that I also actively seek to support the development of your unique human potential.  This can include issues of value and meaning, authenticity and integrity with your deepest sense of self, creative expression, and what the world's many wisdom traditions might call the transcendent aspects or numinous dimensions of human experience.


Key Features of How I Approach this Work

• honoring and welcoming the full spectrum of who you are: physical, emotional, mental, relational, sexual, and spiritual.
• seeking to understand the patterns in your life that create the challenges you are experiencing, and then simultaneously addressing those issues that are apparent on the surface as well as the deeper roots.
• working not only to resolve dysfunction, but to enhance strengths and express potential as well.
  
• bringing clear intention and open, compassionate presence to each session.

Many of my clients have found this kind of multi-layered, depth-oriented approach to be what they needed to create lasting and meaningful change, sometimes after years - even a lifetime - of feeling stuck in old, difficult-to change patterns.


The Value of the Therapeutic Relationship

Most of our wounds and our problematic patterns have their origins in difficult and painful experiences in relationship.  As such, they need to be healed in the context of a relationship that is conscious and caring.

In our therapeutic relationship, I provide compassionate mirroring that helps you to better know yourself, and offers you the opportunity to be known and understood in a way that many people do not experience in other parts of their lives.


The Therapy Experience

It is who you are, the issues you bring, and your own intention and willingness that really determine the nature of our work together.

Talking is the main activity in our sessions together, but depending on your needs and interests, we can integrate body-based/somatic work, modalities of creative expression, archetypal exploration, and energetic and spiritual techniques as additional resources.

I can also offer suggestions of things you can do between sessions to further integrate the work we're doing together.


Unique Areas of Experience

You are welcome to bring whatever concerns and interests you have to our sessions together.  Some unique areas of experience and skill I have to offer include:

• Anxiety and Fear
• Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
• Trauma
  
• Sex and Sexuality (including a Sex-Positive Approach to Sex Addiction)
  
• Men's Issues
  
• LGBTQ Issues
• Spirituality and Spiritual Emergence/Emergency
• Grief and Loss
• Career, Meaning, and Fulfillment
  
• Enduring Life Patterns and Issues that Feel Stuck or Have Been Difficult to Change
  

Getting Started

I'm available to meet at my office in Santa Fe, NM, or we can meet using Skype/FaceTime.  If you are interested in Skype/FaceTime meetings, please click here to learn more.

I encourage you to take the first step by getting in touch so we can determine if I'm the right practitioner for you.  Click here to visit the Contact page of my website.   Using the web form or other methods of contact listed there, you can ask questions, inquire about setting up an appointment, or schedule a brief phone consultation.

I look forward to speaking with you.