I offer individual counseling for adults in Hillsborough, NC. My office is convenient to those who live in Durham, Chapel Hill and Mebane. I also teach mindfulness meditation individually and in group settings. I invite you to read through my website, and if you sense that I may be a helpful guide and supportive traveller with you on your path, please call or email to schedule a free consultation.
I am incredibly grateful to have served the Triangle area as a licensed counselor since 2005. I studied psychology at NC State and was trained as a counselor at Penn State with a focus on Rehabilitation Counseling. My training was rooted in Person-Centered Counseling and the work of Carl Rogers. I wouldn't be where I am without all the wonderful teachers who have shared their wisdom with me along the way.
Much of my clinical experience came from working at the Alcoholism Treatment Center in Raleigh. I served as an inpatient counselor and worked closely with a multidisciplinary team helping people recover from addiction and mental health issues.
I am incredibly grateful to have served the Triangle area as a licensed counselor since 2005. I studied psychology at NC State and was trained as a counselor at Penn State with a focus on Rehabilitation Counseling. My training was rooted in Person-Centered Counseling and the work of Carl Rogers. I wouldn't be where I am without all the wonderful teachers who have shared their wisdom with me along the way.
Much of my clinical experience came from working at the Alcoholism Treatment Center in Raleigh. I served as an inpatient counselor and worked closely with a multidisciplinary team helping people recover from addiction and mental health issues.
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The past two sessions have begun with a poetry reading followed by 10 minutes of shared silence.
We have then reviewed mindful sharing guidelines before opening the group for reflections, questions, and quite a few laughs.
The groups have closed with a guided loving-kindness practice.
Please email me if you plan to attend (otherwise I may not show up!).
As long as one person wants to meet I will be there.
These gatherings will be open to the public.
You may also want to grab coffee and a donut before or after we meet from Kim's Bake Shop around the corner.
We have then reviewed mindful sharing guidelines before opening the group for reflections, questions, and quite a few laughs.
The groups have closed with a guided loving-kindness practice.
Please email me if you plan to attend (otherwise I may not show up!).
As long as one person wants to meet I will be there.
These gatherings will be open to the public.
You may also want to grab coffee and a donut before or after we meet from Kim's Bake Shop around the corner.
Two counselors are debating what they believe makes the most difference in a successful counseling experience.
The first says "it's the training of the counselor and the passion that they bring to their work that makes the difference."
The wiser counselor nods, smiles, and says, "I think it's that the person shows up for their appointment."
Showing up is perhaps the most important thing.
Even if you don't walk away from a session with any earth-shaking insights, you have given yourself an hour to slow down, ask some sincere questions, and begin to relate to yourself with more wisdom and kindness.
The first says "it's the training of the counselor and the passion that they bring to their work that makes the difference."
The wiser counselor nods, smiles, and says, "I think it's that the person shows up for their appointment."
Showing up is perhaps the most important thing.
Even if you don't walk away from a session with any earth-shaking insights, you have given yourself an hour to slow down, ask some sincere questions, and begin to relate to yourself with more wisdom and kindness.
You should talk to your depression or your anger as you would to a child.
You embrace it tenderly with the energy of mindfulness and say, "Dear one, I know you are there, and I am going to take care of you, " just as you would with your crying baby."
In my counseling practice, I offer a welcoming space where we can begin to investigate, with kindness, what our actual experience of depression is, and how we can work more skillfully with it.
I decided to write a separate page about depression, because it is one of the most commonly reported experiences in my office.
You embrace it tenderly with the energy of mindfulness and say, "Dear one, I know you are there, and I am going to take care of you, " just as you would with your crying baby."
In my counseling practice, I offer a welcoming space where we can begin to investigate, with kindness, what our actual experience of depression is, and how we can work more skillfully with it.
I decided to write a separate page about depression, because it is one of the most commonly reported experiences in my office.
Somebody said that anxiety is the illness of our age.
Buddhist teachings often refer to restlessness as one of the last "fetters" to fall away before enlightenment.
I think it's safe to say that most of us are familiar with anxiety and what a tremendous toll it takes on our minds, hearts, and bodies.
Whether it be clinical, circumstantial or otherwise, anxiety is one of the most common experiences discussed and explored in my office.
As with depression, working with anxiety involves understanding anxiety, letting go of judgment or shame, gradually reducing reactivity/unskillful habits, and finding more skillful ways forward.
Buddhist teachings often refer to restlessness as one of the last "fetters" to fall away before enlightenment.
I think it's safe to say that most of us are familiar with anxiety and what a tremendous toll it takes on our minds, hearts, and bodies.
Whether it be clinical, circumstantial or otherwise, anxiety is one of the most common experiences discussed and explored in my office.
As with depression, working with anxiety involves understanding anxiety, letting go of judgment or shame, gradually reducing reactivity/unskillful habits, and finding more skillful ways forward.
I often think of life as one tapestry or piece of cloth, expressing itself in a variety of colors and contours.
Grief is one of the most vivid strands in the tapestry, one that will color every other piece of the fabric for a period of time, or the rest of your life.
Grief will visit all of us.
Learning how to move with the natural energy of grief is the invitation and the opportunity for deeper wisdom.
As the Nondual teacher Gangaji says: There is nothing wrong with grief.
Grief is an aspect of love.
Grief is one of the most vivid strands in the tapestry, one that will color every other piece of the fabric for a period of time, or the rest of your life.
Grief will visit all of us.
Learning how to move with the natural energy of grief is the invitation and the opportunity for deeper wisdom.
As the Nondual teacher Gangaji says: There is nothing wrong with grief.
Grief is an aspect of love.
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