When we treat healing as a holistic art form of nurturing that we practice daily, we access our mental, somatic, & spiritual capacity to move with an ease of presence through life’s inherent struggles.
My mission is to foster in humanity a culture that practices healing daily like we practice hygiene, one client at a time.
My View on Healing…
Every person deserves their own unique, holistic healing practice — a nourishing way of relating with their mind, body, & spirit — that offers ease through each stress we carry each day.
Our whole being is beyond the mental, is more than the mind; it is also emotional & physical, living in the body; & it is energetic, fueled by a creative life force or spirit. To experience true health & well-being is to intimately know & regularly nurture each of these complex, overlapping layers of self.
Through therapy, I will apply my relational focus as a marriage and family therapist to your relationships with your mind, your body, & your spirit in a way that empowers you to foster & maximize your health holistically.
What that means is, I will collaborate with you towards your developing daily practices that foster your desired mental clarity, emotional fluidity, physical capacity, & spiritual alignment.
Together, we will deepen the self-LOVE embedded in your day-to-day mental, emotional, behavioral, & energetic patterns.
Through therapy, I aim for our conversations to inspire:
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To me, healing is the steady & evolving SELF-LOVE we embed into:
our mental patterns,
our self-care & physical health practices,
& our relationships with others & the world.
Together, we’ll explore where & how you can soften & deepen in LOVE for your mind, body, & spirit in your daily life.
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To me, healing is recognizing our EVOLUTION. We literally move through life each day gradually gathering:
experience,
knowledge,
skills,
& character.
Together, we’ll share in regular reflection on, goal-directed dialogue about, & recognition of your CHANGES thru therapy & life.
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It is healing to CREATE. And, to me, to create is: to express ourselves & to expand into possibility.
We each need to share who we genuinely are & feel truly seen — thru our words, deeds, & creations.
And we each also need to DREAM with hopeful action.
Together, we will IMAGINE your desired future & version of self, & take steps towards bringing that vision to life in present-day reality.
MY CORE VALUES IN HEALING & LIFE:
My Credentials
My Services
to be conducted VIRTUALLY
I am licensed by California's professional Board of
Behavioral Sciences as a Marriage & Family Therapist, license no. 161496.
I am certified by the Wellness Institute as a Clinical Hypnotherapist to provide Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, & to facilitate Age Regression via hypnosis.
My Clinical Experience
I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED:
POPULATION
1. adults
2. youth
EXPERIENCING
1. Orange County
2. Los Angeles County
2. middle & high school online during the pandemic
1. being without housing
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TREATMENT SETTING
1. community mental health
2. charter-school system
CONCERNS
1. mood dysregulation (depression-to-mania), complex relational trauma, paranoia, psychosis, anxiety, & substance use
2. adjustment to stress, anxiety, identity issues
Through my education & work experience, I have primarily served children, adolescents, adults, & families, & have received additional training in: cognitive-behavioral therapy for children & adolescents, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, internal family systems therapy, self-injury/self-harm, & grief & loss.
My Education
I graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Master's in Science, Counseling degree, specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy.
I completed my undergraduate education at University of California, Irvine, majoring in Psychology and Social Behavior.
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
– Carl Jung, Psychologist
My Own Healing
Through both my professional & my own healing practice, I have come to witness how healing is an art form that each person can develop into a steady strength, a sacred process, they exercise every day of life.
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intuitive & steady rest, activity, nutrition, & self-care,
weekly psychotherapy, (& self-hypnosis as needed,)
weekly Lagree classes (physical activity),
weekly light, heat, & cold plunge therapy,
having mindful presence,
periods of reflection,
walks with my husky,
regular dancing & singing,
nurturing aligned connections with others,
& exercising my faith in The Divine.
Growing Healing As Art Counseling
Over time, my practice will offer:
More self-help resources via social media (Instagram & YouTube) →
Relationship counseling (couples, parent-child, & family) →
Virtual group therapy services
Movement therapy approaches
Therapy in a physical office
In development…
At Healing As Art Counseling, I am here as your therapist guide & human companion on your journey of healing toward well-being.
Through deepening your sense of self-love, growth, & creativity, you become a healthier you & enrich your fulfillment in life.
