“The counselor’s job is not so much to plant the seed as to provide the right conditions for its growth.”

“Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.”

At times, our culture and environment seem incapable of providing us with the “right conditions” for natural, self-directed growth and sustained emotional well-being. WIth our seeds planted in the chaotic and often incoherent soil of modern life, we can easily lose sight of how we are living and why.

We may find ourselves attempting to meet our deepest psychological needs in superficial, inadequate, or even destructive ways. Running on auto-pilot just to “get by”, we may end up neglecting our responsibilities to ourselves to to others.

Humanistic coaching can create a space for you to examine what gets in the way of living your most meaningful, responsible, and healthy life - roadblocks such as unhelpful attachment to the past, unmanaged fear of the uncertain future, and a lack of confidence in your ability to identify and meet your own needs. These roadblocks to optimal living are complex and complicated, and aren't necessarily given respectful, non-judgmental attention in our culture at large. Ideally, humanistic coaching provides the environment in which you can take an honest, sober look at your reality and recapture your sense of power in shaping that reality.

Engaging in mindful self-examination in collaboration with a humanistic coach can help you clarify your values, change your behaviors (if desired), and establish a more fulfilling - and more realistic - relationship with yourself and your world.

My explicit goal as a helping professional is to support you in identifying and embracing reality, and living your life in greater accordance with reality (easier said than done, but absolutely possible). In service of this goal, I use an eclectic approach drawing primarily on person-centered helping, Reality Therapy/Choice Theory, Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion (MBSC), and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).