Ron Kurtz, the founder of the Hakomi method, says, “Therapy is first about discovering. It’s about who you are and about what your deepest emotional attitudes are. It’s not just about who you think you are. It’s not opinion. It’s not something you can know with the intellect. It’s about who you are in the very heart of yourself. That’s the flavor of psychotherapy, discovering yourself, discovering your real attitudes toward the most important pieces of your life.”

Kate uses Hakomi's five principles to help people discover what is truly important to them in life:

Mindfulness: slowing down and paying attention to what is happening internally, all by itself

Nonviolence: Change happens when our defenses are supported and understood, instead of trying to break them down or work around them

Organicity: Like the acorn that can grow into a magnificent oak tree, the therapist’s job is to offer optimal growing conditions that support and nourish organic growth and unfolding

Mind-body integration:  The information we can get from the mind is also available, and often more directly accessible, in the body.

Unity: Therapist and client are in a mutual unfolding.  The therapist is not the expert so much as the facilitator, and a fellow traveler on the journey.

For more information, visit: www.hakomiinstitute.com.

I am a Level 2 PACT Couples Therapist.  PACT is the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy, created by Stan Tatkin. This model uses the lenses of attachment theory, arousal regulation, and developmental neuroscience to assist the couple to become more 'secure functioning'. Couples gain insights into themselves and their partners, and develop greater skill around being in relationship with one another, which results in happier, more alive relationships. This approach is collaborative and highly experiential.

The first session is one and half hours long.  Subsequent sessions are an hour or an hour and a half.

I have taken the three year Somatic Experiencing Training. Somatic experiencing is a body-centered therapy designed to help individuals heal from trauma and stress-related disorders, such as PTSD. It focuses on increasing awareness of bodily sensations to release trapped trauma and restore emotional balance (AI Generated Content

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. 

It is a simple protocol for working with trauma.  When we experience a perceived or real life-threatening event, the body-brain can’t process and release that experience in the way it can the events of daily life. 

EMDR allows the client to identify and process that material consciously, with the aid of strong resources and containment in the safety of the therapeutic relationship. 

As a psychotherapist, the greatest tool you have is yourself. 

Our ability to be deeply engaged, not just with clients but with our own responses to those clients and to our role as therapists, allows us a greater sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in our work. 

My style as a supervisor encourages you to have an ongoing commitment to your own growth and well-being as a human being, not only as professional.