My Approach to Counseling:

I have been in the healing profession for over 15 years with experiences accumulated in two different continents. Each one of these experiences complimented and built on each other in ways that fostered the development of the current treatment modality I use with my clients. These experiences are a combination of personal research, formal education and trainings, as well as clinical experience in different settings. They all shaped my understanding of the human psyche and pain, and helped me be a supportive presence and guide for the clients that find me in their quest of living a better life.

I believe that each and every one of us has a beautiful spark of life force and creativity inside that constantly seeks to express itself. Unfortunately, when this spark is deeply buried under the conditioning of our upbringing, the pain and unresolved issue of the previous generations, family secrets, layers of traumatic or distressing experiences, suppressed by the cultural pressure to confirm and submit in order to be accepted and feel a sense of belonging, it manifests itself as emotional, mental and physical pain. If properly engaged and understood, this pain can transform itself and reveal the unique beauty that hides underneath.

This internal process of self-expression and self-realization takes forms that the main stream medical profession labels or classifies as various disorders, and the manifestation of pain as undesirable symptoms. As this was a natural step in the history of the mental health field and paved the way for different paradigms to emerge, it also became a stumbling block that prevents people from getting better. Over the years, I witnessed clients coming back cyclically with similar symptoms because the narrative of having a disorder at times reinforced strongly by their environment prevented them from believing in a different possibility. Psychological pain is not a life sentence. It is a warning system activated when we no longer live authenically to who we really are. If we learn to listen to the voice of the pain and acquire the wisdom it tries to impart, it subsides and emerges back as clarity, vision, overall joy and inner peace. It is not only that the psychological symptoms subside, but the overall health of the body improves with clients healing ailments and getting of medications they took for years. Their social interactions change. They can establish more meaningful relationships, as well as provide for themselves in a manner that requires less effort. Life seems to work for them not against them.

Most of us were raised to run from pain or try to fix it through means that actually fuel it more. At times, the attempt of running from the pain takes the form of compulsive creativity and momentum resulting in amazing endeavors. In other times, it looks like patterns of self-destruction and self-sabotage. These are the polarities of the same spectrum. Regardless of the pole we gravitate towards and the attempts of the logical mind to justify it, we subconsciously reinforce over and over the patterns that fuel the mechanism of pain. Therefore, when most clients reach out for services, they are already in such pain or distress that they feel lost and confused, displaced and discouraged, disconnected and depleted, unsettled and worried that there is something wrong with them. They fight or experince this integrating process as too overwhelming and scary. My desire is to offer a safe, soft place, a nurturing and grounding presence that anchors them in a sense of safety while learning to yeild to this process.

My current practice engages clients from the perspective that pain and its manifesting symptoms point towards an untapped potential seeking to express itself. This is far from being a pathological process but a natural course taken by the inner essence of each individual to self-realize. This process involves becoming aware of various forms of imprinting that developed early in life, and then took on a life of their own while we progressed through life. The more an individual becomes aware of these imprintings which manifest as emotional, thought, and behavioral patterns, the more equipt and able they are to integrate these experiences in a cohesive, unified field. Therefore, the individual travels from the stage of fragmentation to becoming a fully integrated person secure in their life decisions, curious to try new things, and capable of enjoying every aspect of having a human experience.

My experience has shown me that:

• It is never too late to live the life we want.
• No matter what happened in our life, healing and change are possible.
• We all posses a self-healing mechanism that when activated will lead to an amazing inner transformation.
• Pain can be transmuted and transformed into vitality and creativity.
• Each person deserves and can authentically live a rewarding and joyful life.

As I personally journeyed myself through this process and experienced the dark moments that come with it, I will engage with you from an authentic presence resulted from intimantely experiencing the uncomfortable side of the pain. It is my belief that all humans carry a wound that manifests itself in various forms. It can look differently from person to person, affect lives in various way, but at the core it is the same. A deep wound that seeks its own healing. We can allow it to destroy us, or to rebuild us into the version we were meant to be. My education and skills acquired both as an individual travelling the self-realization path as well as a clinician gives me the insider perspective of applying the academic knowledge to the intricacies of living the everyday life. As this process is not a quick fix, it does require that each person asks themselves if they would like to create space for something new to emerge. Or if they would allow themselve permission to consider such thought. This process always awaits us, but left completely unacknowledged can cause such discomfort that life feels as being against us rather than for us. The details of how the space gets created is less important in the beginning. The intent of wanting to create this space is enough to invite your inner presence to emerge. The details of how everything will unfold is less on you, and more on your inner essence who will become your guide and faithful teacher all throughout this journey without a distance. Since authentic healing cannot be generated logically, the process will show you where the pain blockages are and how you can peacefully integrate them. Your job is solely to show up for the challenge and allow the process to unfold itself naturally. You will experience a deep and collaborative interplay between parts of your subconscious mind (the right hemisphere, the brain stem, and the nervous system) and the logical mind (the left hemisphere) which will yield information you currently are not aware of but drives your behavior and your distress.

My role as a therapist is to aid and support your journey by imparting perceptul tools, emotional processing and pattern shifting tools, somatic and experiential techniques to help transmute this pain and help you understand what will take place in your body and mind. You will also learn integrating tools to foster this unfoldment. These tools have been acquired through various trainings and clinical work blending information from various fields and theories. My work is supported by neuroscience, epigenetics, psychobiology, and quantum physics, thought systems such as phenomenology (a philosophical study and research method that focuses on how people experience they world) and constructivism (a learning theory that explores how human beings actively construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiences and reflections), and various forms of psychotherapy and theories such as: pyshoanalysis, Gestalt theory, trauma informed psychotherapy, neuropsychoterapy, attachment theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, internal family systems therapy, narrative therapy, grief counseling, and anger management.

I invite you to look around my website if this information captivated your interest. You will find more information about myself and what I offer in my practice. I also have several educational articles dedicated to explaining common diagnoses frequently mentioned by clients. Although my services revolve more on helping clients find relief and heal the aspects of themselves that might manifests as various symptoms, most clients find these articles helpful.

Concerns & Issues I Help With:

If you feel that my experience can aid your journey please reach out. I can be contacted via call or text at 918 403-8873