COMPASSIONATE INTEGRATION OF MIND, BODY SPIRIT
Transforming Psychotherapy
In the treatment of trauma and developmental injury, contemporary psychotherapy integrates neuroscience-informed understanding with practical, relational interventions. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy explores nervous system activation and resourcing while attuning to each person’s unique internal organization. EMDR supports nervous system reprocessing and the desensitization of traumatic and adverse experiences. Internal Family Systems fosters integration by supporting a compassionate relationship with all aspects of the self. Together, these approaches support adaptive responses and are grounded in the belief that individuals have an innate propensity toward health and a natural capacity for mindful connection with themselves and others.
A Modern Approach
Progressive psychotherapy engages whole-person awareness to support healing from psychological injury and trauma. Through mindful study, this process strengthens nervous system support and attends to wounded internal parts that continue to shape beliefs, patterns, and ways of moving through the world. Polyvagal Theory offers a framework for understanding how these conditioned beliefs are held within cognition, the nervous system, and the body, influencing behavior, relationships, and decision-making. Mindfulness-based practices explore these systems and procedural patterns as they arise from lived experience. Contemporary modalities integrate present-moment awareness with these felt experiences, offering attunement and corrective, healing experiences to relational and developmental injuries.
Guiding Principles
The therapeutic process is informed by principles inherent in Feminist and Buddhist psychology. Feminist psychology supports understanding personal experience within broader cultural and social contexts, including gender, sexual orientation, race, and body-based identity, while emphasizing equity within therapeutic and supervisory relationships. Buddhist psychology offers a compassionate framework grounded in introspection and mindful self-observation, supporting awareness of internal experience and patterns of suffering. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Polyvagal Theory share an understanding that human systems naturally orient toward health, integration, and restoration. Together, these orientations support an inclusive, relational, and attuned therapeutic environment.
