Allostasis is the way our body regulates stress. It’s like homeostasis but is guided by the nervous system. Allostatic load happens when we have too many stressors – it may show up like burn-out, “fight or flight”, freeze, anxiety, or depression. It can also show up in how we function in relationships and teams. While we can’t take away stressors, we can expand our ability to navigate them.
Like flexibility or strength, Allogility is an internal ability that one can develop overtime to be able to adapt to our surroundings in healthy emotional and relational ways. I work with clients in group and one-on-one settings to build this ability, to expand the flexibility and strength of our allostasis. When we do so we find we find that we can more easily move through conflict, pressure becomes fun, and we have space to feel, think, and renew.
group facilitation
I work with teams and groups of individuals because there is an unspoken power in the ways we interact to make ourselves, and the people around us better.
I operate out of a model of 3-level connection: 1) how we connect to ourselves; 2) how we connect to others; 3) how we connect to something bigger than ourselves. Time includes self-reflection, interactive activities, and contemplative or action-oriented work.
For groups who want to work on team dynamics, communication, psychological safety, and optimal performance, I offer sessions and programs customized for the group.
For individuals who want to take part in group growth, I offer retreat and cohort-based courses. Contact me for information about future offerings.
one-on-one work
My work is led by the study of how the body learns and unlearns. While I support modern medicine and the therapeutic process – I don’t consider my services treatments, nor do I diagnose or prescribe. We will do work. It will be hard. I hope it will also be insightful and bring you closer your aims. But it is not therapy. In fact, I believe that there is nothing wrong with you to fix. Work with me includes a deep and ongoing assessment of the embodied patterns in life and how to effectively optimize them. After an initial intake and consultation, we will co-design a program that works for you.
Person-centered: At the core of my work is a belief that each and every individual is part of a complex system of lived experience and environment. As such, what worked for someone else won’t work in exactly the same ways for you. While my modalities operate with a certain framework, there is no one formula to the work. We work together.
I am a dual citizen (US & UK via Kenya) and a cis-gendered queer mid-life married woman. I work across ages/stages in life. I believe that gender-identity and race are inextricable aspects of our inner world – to do the work we must acknowledge and affirm. I am sex-positive (from vanilla to kink), identity-affirming.
Sliding Scale Offerings
Sliding Scale Offerings: We don’t all start at the same place. I offer services that support moving forward from your unique starting point. Therefore, I charge on a sliding scale for both individuals and groups. The central rate that is compensatory to my experience and the market value. For clients whose finances and/or headwinds have them starting further back – I offer a discounted rate. This is only possible because it is supported by clients who have finances and tailwinds that allow them to pay on the other end of the scale. I do not currently bill insurance. If you would like to donate to a fund to support the work for others please contact me.
I do not accept gratuity or gifts. Services do not change based on sliding scale payment option. It is important to note that the sliding scale is meant to reflect what can be given and not how “well I am doing”. The process of growth is hard and the relationship we build will be too. The rates listed are based on a market standard median and a scale below or above it.
Programming & Single sessions
- Team programs can be anywhere from a single weekend to a year and include a mutually decided curriculum and cadence. Packages range in price and may include travel costs.
- Individual programs can be anywhere from 2 weeks to 8 months and include a mutually decided number of sessions and cadence. Packages range in price, individual sessions inside programs range from $160 – 625.
- Single-sessions that are one-time or not based on a scheduled program: $600 – 900
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