FAQs

I have yet to work with someone who does not have some form of past trauma (systemic, ancestral, or situational). To me, being trauma-informed means that I have taken extensive training to identify common ways that trauma shows up, and learned strategies to avoid re-triggering trauma in my clients. It means that I feel capable of supporting individuals with a trauma history, and that I acknowledge that I am not qualified to be a primary provider of trauma care. If you have a significant trauma history, especially PTSD or CPTSD, I can work as part of a team but that your primary provider of trauma care should be a licenced therapist who specializes in treating trauma.

Every session is unique to each individual client, and even the same client can have a wide variety of experiences. Some clients come with specific issues they would like to address, others come to learn about how to reduce stress or connect to their bodies. The common threads between all sessions are that clients are invited into an experience of “embodied presence”, meaning that they establish awareness of the signals and wisdom held in their bodies (felt through sensations, sensed through images, emotions and awareness). Then, together, we explore ways of holding space for what arises, offering tools to meet, be with, move with, understand, process and integrate what is held in the nervous system and body. This can look like a guided meditation experience that most often includes some form of movement, expression, or gentle body work. The client is always in charge of the session and free to explore whatever aspects feel supportive, and to decline any exploration that doesn’t feel right for them.

There is no one answer to this question. It depends completely on each individual person. A lot can happen during a single session and clients can notice big shifts in just the first few sessions. Other times, particularly with trauma or long-standing challenges, it is important to go slowly. It has been my experience that deep and lasting change takes time. The nervous system has it’s own timing and it helps to be patient and allow it the time and space it needs to rewire. That said, I would expect clients to know whether I am the right practitioner for them, and how many sessions I’d recommend, within the first 3-4 sessions.

I recommend readings whenever you feel “stuck” in some aspect of your life. The way I offer readings will support you in connecting to your own inner sense of knowing which offers clarity in how it might be possible to move forward. I also receive messages from guides and loved ones who are in spirit and there to support you.

I don’t believe it serves my clients to “predict” the future. I can certainly highlight trends of what’s ahead in terms of general experiences available to you, like windows of opportunity to make life changes, but I can’t and won’t try to predict the choices you will make. Empowering choice is important to me and I believe I best serve my clients when I turn them towards their own knowing to make choices that are right for them, rather than impose my own judgement or opinion. My main focus is to offer insight into some of the dynamics and patterns that are in the way of your dreams, desires and healing, and to remind you of the gifts and tools already at your disposal to navigate these.

For both individual and group offerings, the majority of the time is spent connecting with your own inner experience, which means very little time is spent tending to the screen. Most clients find online sessions just as valuable as in person sessions. Many of them are surprised by how deep and transformative they find their online sessions. It can even be extremely supportive to the nervous system to experience a session or circle from the comfort of one’s own familiar environment.

There are many varieties of women’s circles. Common to most is that women’s circles are a time to step out of the everyday, to set aside time to connect with themselves and other women in a way that is sacred, ceremonial or ritualistic. I can’t speak to all the varieties of circles out there, only my own offerings. The main “purpose” of all the circles I offer are to hold space for compassionate connection to self and others as we remember and reclaim the incredible beauty, depth, strength, emotion, flow and cyclical nature of the divine feminine in each of us. Each specific offering centers around a different theme, but all offer a time to slow down, tune into the body, express self, witness, support and celebrate one another.

Each gathering, there is a flow of an opening, theme exploration, sharing, doing (ritual or activity) and closing.

At my offerings, all women who are willing to show up as they are, to hold sacred what is shared by their sisters, are welcome to join.

You may need to attend a gathering to know if a circle is right for you. In my experience, the “right” gathering is one that you leave feeling a glow of connection, feeling seen and accepted just as you are right now.