Mindfulness-based Therapy

With years of personal practice, I have first had experience of the variety of mental and physical benefits of mindfulness practice. Additionally, I have completed Jon Kabat-Zins 8 week training program, Search Inside Yourself mindfulness and leadership course together with various mindful schools trainings including mindful communication & mindfulness of emotions. I currently have a daily meditation practice and am excited to be completing my first 10 day silent meditation retreat in July.

Mindfulness skills are likely to appear in our work at some point. They allow us to develop the ability to be fully present in the moment, and in our bodies, relationships, and lives. It helps us cultivate patience and compassion, manage intense emotions without becoming overwhelmed, and shift self-defeating thoughts and habits. I offer both mindfulness-based therapy and mindfulness coaching for those who want to specifically focus on building these skills.

As a yoga and mindfulness instructor, I have an immense amount of experience and tools to share with clients. I offer a wide range of proven grounding, integrating and mindfulness practices to help clients manage anxiety, process emotions, and connect with their patners. I have training in and use a somatic (body-based) approach when appropriate, helping clients explore how various bodily sensations are linked to their emotional experience.

Mindfulness-based therapy is an approach that uses both cognitive behavioral therapy methods & mindfulness meditative practices to help increase moment-by-moment awareness of what you’re experiencing, such as paying closer attention to your breathing, sensations in your body, inner-feelings & thoughts, and your reactions to specific situations. This helps you stay more grounded to make thoughtful behavioral choices versus reactive choices that may not align with the person you want to be.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness strategies in order to help individuals better understand and manage their thoughts and emotions in order to achieve relief from feelings of distress.

Mindfulness involves moment-by-moment awareness of what a person is experiencing, such as paying close attention to breathing, noises, sensations in the body, inner feelings and thoughts, and our reactions to specific situations. Increasing mindfulness skills allow you to feel more in control of your emotions and more present with whatever or whoever you are engaging with.

You have probably heard that statement about how living in the past causes depression, living in the future causes anxiety, and living in the present can help to bring about a feeling of peace and contentment. Mindfulness-based therapy helps people to learn how to stay present and focused in the moment and to release the past and to let go of what may or may not happen in the future. Mindfulness-based therapy can include learning meditation techniques, learning to cue into what your body is telling your, breath work, movement, learning to ground, and to find ways to focus and be present with your thoughts.

I make mindfulness very approachable as I believe mindfulness can be delivered by a variety of forms, such as mindful walking or mindful movement, so you don’t have to sit on the cushion all day to practice mindfulness. By practicing mindfulness, you will be able to develop a better understanding to self and other people, increase ability to accepting circumstances without judgments, and bring healing into your life.

I incorporate mindfulness-based therapy to help clients navigating grief, life transitions, chronic illness, faith crisis, trauma, anxiety, and depression. By cultivating present-moment awareness, we explore thoughts and feelings without judgment, allowing you to gain clarity and emotional regulation. Mindfulness practices help reduce stress, increase self-compassion, and promote healing, offering you tools to stay grounded and connected as you navigate life’s challenges.

Listening to your inner voice, buried beneath anxieties, fears, and insecurities, takes lots of practice. Whether through writing or creating art, spending time with yourself changes the relationship you hold with your body and your mind. Together, we will create space for acceptance of where you are in your journey and what you need moving forward. We will use this space to explore body neutrality, self-compassion, and what you value in your career and relationships.

Mindfulness-based approaches to therapy lead with mindfulness, promoting the practice as an important part of good mental health. Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one's attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment, which can be developed through the practice of meditation and other training. Simply put, mindfulness encourages and teaches us to fully live in the present moment with with our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and problems.

Mindfulness is the act of being aware of your sensations and emotions in the present moment, something that many of us struggle with in our fast-paced society. When working with clients who struggle to slow down, I implement mindfulness-based therapy to help them ground themselves and become more relaxed.

Often when we come from unsupportive, abusive, neglectful, or oppressive environments we learn to be unkind to ourselves. Often we are not even aware of extent of our own internalized oppression. Much of my practice surrounds use of Mindfulness. In order to to be kind to yourself you first have to be able to see the suffering for what it is. I will help you create a compassionate voice for yourself.

Mindfulness is the ability to live in the present moment, not in the past, or in the future. Mental health issues such as trauma is a good example of living in the past. Anxiety is usually caused by living in the future.

I have advanced training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and am a practitioner of vipassana meditation.

I love incorporating mindfulness into my work with folks with help people learn to claim a sense of calm and clarity into their life. There's no right or wrong as to what mindfulness can look like. Sometimes it's looking at what's going on in our bodies, and other times it's noticing how it feels to have our feet on the ground. There a type of mindfulness for everyone and I'd love to help you find what works for you.

My first experience integrating mindfulness and therapy comes from my work in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. More recently I have been training in and applying mindfulness in the treatment of, for example, depression and anxiety.