Gestalt Therapy

I love Gestalt therapy because I do people that people are more than the sum of their parts. I like how it can help increase awareness of the present moment, and I use a lot of parts work to explore sides of the client that may be less frequently visible. I also use some Internal Family System ideas that are based on Gestalt parts work to help clients be in deeper relationship with themselves and their inner motivations.

Gestalt therapy is a general orientation that guides my sessions, focusing on self-awareness, present-moment experiences, and the feelings that arise during therapy. There is also a focus on the process of therapy and the therapeutic relationship. By exploring these feelings and the patterns that shape your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships, we foster authenticity and empowerment. This approach helps deepen your connection to yourself and your needs with curiosity and compassion.

It can help you increase your awareness of what you are experiencing (psychically and emotionally) in each moment.

Gestalt therapy is oriented around building awareness: of ourselves, of our thoughts & behaviors, of our choices, and of our physical systems that are constantly sending us invaluable data about our experiences. Through the gestalt process, clients learn to become more aware of how their own negative thought patterns and behaviors are blocking true self-awareness.

I have a passion for gestalt psychotherapy.

I have trained extensively with many of the pioneers of Gestalt Therapy.

To me, Gestalt therapy means being aware of what's alive in the present moment, and attending to that. Clients don't need to prepare anything for session, because there is always something happening in the mind and body to be curious about or just be with. I also invite experimentation into our sessions to explore and have new experiences, often through art or somatic movement.

Gestalt Therapy is a psycho-dynamic, present-centered and relational approach to talk therapy. I believe that a person’s history colors how they experience the present, but that few are fully aware of this process in day-to-day life. We’ll work together to move from judgment to curiosity, so that we can notice what reactions are based on historical assumptions, or grounded in our actual, shared experience of one another in the here-and-now.

I focus on the here and now, understanding the past exists, but not allowing the to define your future.

Nearly seven years of clinical experience using gestalt therapy.

Gestalt therapy helps the client focus on the present to understand what is actually happening in their lives at this moment, and how it makes them feel presently, rather than what they may assume to be happening based on past experiences. The whole person must be explored, discovered, and confronted.

As a relational body-centered gestalt therapist, I believe in the power of embodied presence, creative resilience, and the application of here-and-now approaches to counseling/psychotherapy. My approach allows us to get to the heart of how your past may be living in your present and manifesting in ways that may once have been helpful but are currently maladaptive and counterproductive.

With this approach, we will work together to focus on your experience in the present moment.

Gestalt therapy focuses on the here and now. We explore what feels alive for you in the here and now and use that as a launching pad for where you would like to go. Body sensations, thoughts and feelings inform the process of discovering what choices you have as you move forward.

Working with the body and the different parts within yourself are very powerful and effective ways to gain deeper insight into what is going on with us.

Gestalt is a type of parts work therapy, which means we see the human psyche as a combination of different parts that sometimes have quite different feelings and needs. Parts work can be incredibly helpful when we conceptualize inner conflict, and can help bring compassion to parts that hold challenging or outdated beliefs about ourselves, others or the world. I use Gestalt therapy to support my clients in growing awareness and understanding of our complexity as human beings.

I use a Gestalt therapy framework to help clients focus on the 'here and now,' bringing awareness to their present moment experience. Through this process, we explore the awareness continuum, noticing thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations as they arise. This approach fosters greater self-awareness and empowers clients to recognize patterns, deepen their understanding of themselves, and make more conscious choices in their lives.