I provide individual psychotherapy, consultation to therapists and ketamine assisted psychotherapy. 

My therapy style is compassionate, interactive and direct. Ensuring each person I work sets the pace and chooses topics for their therapeutic work, I specialize in reducing anxiety, healing trauma, tending to grief, addressing substance use/misuse and improving relationships. Healing shame is woven into the journey.

I also work with people who are struggling with worry or a lack of satisfaction with various relationships, such as friends, work-based connections, family and intimate partners.

I understand the choice to come to therapy is vulnerable and how vital it is to work with a competent therapist. 

You may be seeking therapy because you are dreading something, feel overwhelmed or confused. Or you may be doing the same things over and over, which in the moment feel easier, but in the long run prevent you from getting your needs and desires met. My services assist people to gain clarity while reducing psychological struggle. Slowing things down and acknowledging discomfort is often not encouraged, yet is exactly what is needed to increase emotional comfort.

I assist clients to transform a nebulous or unsettled space to more calmness and lucidity. 

Services:

Long Term Psychotherapy

I provide interactive therapy to assist people to gain clarity, calm anxiety and increase ease in their life. I use a range of therapies. Depending on what you need, I may weave together Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic work, and psychodynamic therapy, where you learn about what hinders and helps what you’re seeking in relationships and your life.

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

I offer KAP as a stand-alone service to people who are working with a non-KAP therapist and to some of my long-term clients. If you already have a therapist who does not offer this work and this may be a supportive additional service for your particular needs, I can collaborate with your primary therapist. There is a lot to learn about this service. Please see the KAP services page for more details. 

Consultation/Supervision for Therapists

I provide consultation to therapists who are looking for support in their work with complex trauma, developmental trauma, and the challenges of establishing and running a psychotherapy practice. Therapists consult me for such topics as setting and discussing fees with clients, addressing dissociation in treatment, boundaries and creating anti-oppressive therapeutic interventions that honor identity and lived experiences of the people they serve. Please email me if you’re interested in a consultation.

Therapy Modalities

I adapt modalities to match what each person needs.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

This is a modality that honors the complexities of who we are as human beings. It allows us to work with different parts of us that may feel pulled in conflicting directions. It allows us to discover parts that need to be alleviated from struggle, pain, anxiety, fear, and other burdens. I am drawn to this modality because it is respectful and does not pathologize people. It’s an affecting way to find more inner calm and bring down shame.

Somatic Therapy

I trained in Sensorimotor and use somatic approaches to assist people in working with sensation to: bring forth resources that soothe; find truths that our bodies tell us about needs and; sense into needed boundaries.

When you can track sensation, it becomes a portal of healing that orientates you to your in-the-moment needs.

Psychodynamic Therapy

This is a type of talk therapy that offers learning about how you function in relationships, socially, professionally and in other contexts you navigate. With this therapy, you work to connect to the less conscious facets that influence your experiences and patterns. You may work with dreams, symbols and the questions about yourself and your life that you have. The therapeutic relationship offers a source of containment and care for your needs in improving your life. I am intentional about the therapeutic connection because wounds that have happened in a relationship need to heal in a relationship.

Harm Reduction and Sobriety Support

Everyone does things to cope, soothe and distance from hard or painful things. Some of the ways we cope are socially acceptable and some are stigmatized. Some cause visible harms and others fly under the radar. But whether you cope with substances, overworking and/or other patterns that distract you, it may take time to garner healthier patterns. Harm reduction allows you to go at your pace, while bringing risk down and taking the shame out of behaviors.

If you are sober and looking for therapy support to maintain your sobriety, we can work with what has helped you achieve sobriety and what you need moving forward. 

If you’re interested in potentially working with me or are a therapist who is interested in receiving a consultation, please message me at quai [@] discoverspace.me or book at this link to schedule an initial 20-minute call.
Curious what the consult call is like? Watch this short 2-minute video where I walk you through what to expect.