NEURODIVERSITY PARADIGM ALIGNED PRAGMATICS (NPAP)
A practical, non-ableist therapeutic approach that teaches that neurotypical perspectives and neurodivergent perspectives are equally valid. We begin by affirming that neurodiversity is a fact of life and that unique cognitive styles have been positively selected and replicated over millennia, often for adaptive reasons. Rather than teaching “social skills” and encouraging “masking” in order to pass as more neurotypical, this approach prioritizes positive, wholistic identity development and builds upon client strengths and special interests.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Once our intrinsic and developmental needs are adequately met, we can begin to look at how our constructed thoughts, beliefs and habits may be getting in our way and begin to make different choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach in which the therapist teaches clients how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all interrelated and how each of these elements affects the others.
EMDR
Many of us have accumulated numerous invalidating and traumatic experiences and internalized the false belief that our way of being is wrong. This pattern of thinking reinforces chronic avoidance of situations that seem frightening and keeps us trapped in suffering. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-studied and validated method for working with posttraumatic stress and anxiety. Traumatic memory is frightening and can flood us in expected ways at unexpected times. That loss of control can, in and of itself, be re-traumatizing. EMDR is a specific therapeutic method for revisiting past trauma in order to reduce the emotional intensity of the experience and ultimately rewrite the autobiography of the memory.
ECOTHERAPY
As our technology-laden, consumer-driven culture encourages us to move faster and faster, many of us feel our attention diminishing and stress levels rising. Ecotherapy promotes nervous system recovery by immersing ourselves in detoxifying environments and rebuilding our vital connection to the rhythms of the natural world.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER
I am currently offering HIPPA compliant tele-therapy sessions as needed.
I offer individual counseling services as a registered psychotherapist in Vermont and a Licenced Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina.
Upon request I can provide parent or family consultations and
coaching services worldwide.
My fees are $150 for a 60 minute session. I do not currently accept insurance but I encourage clients to make payments using a health savings plan when possible.
*Starting in 2023 I will be offering healing retreats located in beautiful Putney, Vermont.