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Integral means whole, integrated.

My experience is that we have innate wisdom longing to guide our lives towards greater freedom, connection, and well-being.

I am queer, bicultural first-generation Italian-American with a chronic illness who has experienced two bowel excisions & resections, a double mastectomy & other musculoskeletal surgeries. My counseling style is attachment based, passionate, lively, & direct.

Though we're not in control of many things. We CAN free ourselves from behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that repeat unfulfilling patterns. Strategies that kept us safe in childhood may get in our way as adults. Being able to live in your body and express who you are is essential.

My counseling is based on an open, curiosity-driven mindset. I respect your life experiences as they intersect with your circumstances and the sociopolitical systems that impact them. I hold a non-punitive harm reduction view of addictive behaviors.

What are we integrating?

We address your physical experience - including sensations coming from inside your body - with your thoughts, emotions, and spirit. Addressing mental health concerns means considering you as a whole human being. Trauma-informed means we prioritize understanding and addressing the impact of trauma on mental health and well-being.

I define spirit as your will to be YOU, your drive to make something of your life. It takes energy, desire, and will to exist, even if you’ve often thought about or even tried to kill yourself. This is what many spiritual practices call “Soul”.

Psychodynamic = relational therapy

We pay attention to what's happening between you and me as we explore your life, concerns, and history.

How you relate with me reveals a lot about how you relate to others and the world. We'll use this to examine how your attachment style influences your patterns of communicating and connecting. For example, you may not have been able to stand up for yourself in your family of origin.

You may have had to please and appease, rage or flee, and you continue to do this with others even though you’re an adult. It is likely that you will do it with me. Together we'll reflect on our dynamics in the "here and now" to figure out: Is it still working for you, or would another way of responding work better?