Depth Therapy

Contemporary depth psychology focuses on the value of linking the conscious self with what is shut out of conscious awareness, i.e. the unconscious self. This approach also called “psychodynamic” or “psychoanalytic” can be applied to helping to explore and resolve childhood and intergenerational socio-cultural trauma. Depth therapy may make use of dreamwork, shadow work, creative process, memories, inner child and family work, and exploration of hidden strengths. --

In addition to psychodynamic theory, I also drawn on neuroscience, consciousness studies, spiritual traditions, and attachment theory to inform my depth-oriented approach.

In addition to psychodynamic theory, I also draw on insights from neuroscience, consciousness studies, spiritual traditions, and attachment research to inform my depth-oriented approach.

Many of our issues are pre-linguistic, meaning that our feelings can't really be explained verbally. This makes understanding how we feel about things really convoluted. To process & make some sense out of these emotions, we look at the physical sensations of the body & our own internal symbolism. Our unconscious mind is always communicating to us through dreams, fantasies, day dreams & physical sensations. Depth therapy is about learning to pay attention to what's going on beneath the surface.

Within psychodynamic approaches, depth and Jungian orientations offer a creative view of the human psyche. The presence of story, imagination, dream-tending, art, expression, association, intuition, and the numinous are appreciated within the therapeutic relationship. These elements help to reveal unconscious material, personal, and collective complexes that are influencing one’s life and relationships.

Depth therapy encompasses several different schools emerging from psychoanalytic and branching out into psychodynamic, object relations, relational and many others. I would say that while this therapy is fairly heavy in theory, the overall impact is a deepening of the patient/therapist relationship, with the emphasis placed on therapist stepping into the client's emotional experience with them safely and respectfully.

I attended Pacifica Graduate Institute, a renowned school for Depth Psychology. My practice focuses on attending to your underlying core beliefs that are keeping you stuck in painful patterns.

Having trained in Depth Psychotherapy techniques, I work with individuals and groups to understand themselves better by learning about how patterns and behaviors are often shaped in our earlier years. Coming to appreciate how those coping mechanisms helped us when we were young and how they are no longer useful frees us up to live our best life.

We can work together on your dreams and your self-expression through art work, poetry, creative writing, etc., to help gain insight into the patterns being played out in your life. I completed my Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in depth psychotherapy from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2018.

We like to think we know everything, but doing this work it's become apparent there's a lot more going on than we can see. Beneath our everyday lives, there's a vibrant world of hidden thoughts, feelings, images and sensations, all acting on us in ways we don't realize. So when we look at personal transformation, it's not just about solving problems and becoming a better person, but learning about and respecting the great forces that are always working below our awareness.

I integrate depth therapy by exploring the unconscious layers of your experience. I believe that beneath our surface behaviors and thoughts lie deeper, often hidden, emotions, memories, and beliefs that shape who we are. Together, we delve into these depths, uncovering the root causes of your struggles. Through this process, we bring to light and integrate these hidden parts, fostering healing and a more profound understanding of yourself.

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” – C. G. Jung. Depth therapy honors both our inner and outer life, and views symptoms not as ‘problems,’ but as the voice of our soul speaking out. In therapy, we will enter on a collaborative and creative journey to explore and integrate the unconscious and conscious aspects of your experience, and help you find meaning, Self-understanding, and greater freedom in all aspects of your life.

Depth therapy is about committing to the inward journey to help us better understand our personalities, impulses, tendencies, and unconscious thoughts and behaviors. We are all very complex beings and taking the long-term journey is sometimes needed to break through our own defenses and self-defeating behaviors and thoughts. When negative core beliefs are deeply imbedded in our psyches it takes some time to unlearn behaviors and thoughts and grow from our vulnerabilities.

Our therapists are here to listen and create space for you in a way that facilitates deep insight and healing. We welcome your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, relationships, dreams, and life stories. By exploring the symbolic world from a psycho-spiritual perspective of soul-making, we can come to understand how the soul creates and expresses itself through images and symbols. The process can lead to a greater sense of self and a healthier, more fulfilling life.

Depending on each client's interests and needs, I also offer depth therapy. This approach involves exploring the deeper layers of the psyche to uncover and address underlying issues. It often includes shadow work, which involves examining and integrating parts of yourself that one might usually avoid or suppress. By facing and understanding these hidden aspects, clients can gain greater self-awareness, heal past wounds, and build a more authentic and fulfilling life.

Through the study of dreams, images, symptoms, slips of the tongue, spontaneous humor, coincidences & interpersonal engagements. This work attempts to help individuals become aware of what has been cast out of consciousness or not yet able to be known. Healing is associated with allowing what has been repressed, rejected, denied or ignored to come forward so that the person can understand, explore & integrate it, allowing for a transformation in consciousness.

Depth therapy is meant usually for people who feel they don't understand why life hasn't felt satisfying to them, why nothing works out over the long term, and why perhaps their relationships have been unsuccessful. Most of these issues involve unconscious conflicts and feelings that need to be uncovered over time. With the right help, though, someone can become much more successful over time, both in work and in love.

Depth psychotherapy aims to address what lies hidden under the surface. Most of our memories, desires, and self-knowledge is locked away in the unconscious, and therefore we remain a mystery to ourselves. Depth psychotherapy helps shines light on the shadows of our psyche into order to reintegrate them as part of our consciousness awareness. We can access the unconscious through symbols, archetypes, mythology, poetry, art, dance and ritual. Soul, spirt, source, and psyche are often integral.