Various workshops, individual therapy and individual coaching are offered in both New York City and Los Angeles to partner with you on your personal journey of transformation.

Our Model & Methods

Our process is based on a holistic model which is an integration of three primary methodologies including Core Energetics therapy, Narrative therapy and strengths-based coaching. The foundational premise present in all of these methods which also drives our model is that human beings have the internal resources required for personal growth. We meet you where you are in your development and partner with you to engage these resources and support your growth by blending the emotional and spiritual elements of therapy with the intellectual work of coaching. This blend allows us to comprehensively explore the depth of your challenges. Our work is solution-focused and goal-oriented and is perhaps most importantly defined by our ability to facilitate the process work necessary to move through any blocks preventing you from reaching your goals.

Core Energetics therapy, established over 30 years ago by John Pierrakos, M.D., seeks to integrate the mind, body and spirit to support personal evolution. Many therapy models teach how to change your thinking, but they don't teach you how to evolve the language of the body. Core believes our bodies hold our histories, memories and emotions and require equal attention if we want to truly embody the transformation we desire.  Specific movement techniques, breath-work and exercises promote honest self-expression, release energy flow in the body and bring unconscious feeling and belief patterns into greater awareness. This awareness supports a more mindful relationship with yourself and with others, which then informs new behavior. New behavior creates different results in all areas of your life, and your full potential begins to be realized.

In addition to CORE, we also apply Narrative Therapy, a post-modern revolutionary approach which supports you in re-authoring the current version of your life story. As human beings, we assign meaning to our experiences and the relationships that create them. Our personal narratives are the stories we have about what those experiences mean. Often, and particularly throughout our early lives, the acceptable cultural and familial mores we internalize emphasize only certain socially acceptable parts while ignoring other potentially positive aspects. We work to broaden perspectives so more affirmative aspects can be validated and incorporated into a more empowered narrative. With insight gained from this alternate perspective, your strengths can be accessed and leveraged to further your goals.

Our coaching is largely informed by Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry. Positive Psychology is a flourishing branch of humanistic psychology, founded by Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center. It is based in the scientific study of how our character strengths and positive emotions help us thrive. Cutting edge research by Dr. Seligman and other thought leaders in the field continues to confirm that a focus on happiness generates not only mental but also physical health. Appreciative Inquiry, is both a theory and practice for approaching change, which promotes concentrating on solutions. Our coaching helps you cultivate both strengths and solutions. We facilitate your thinking to stay sharply focused on what is possible, and not on what is wrong, as you translate new insights into actionable steps. Further, our partnership also empowers you to establish the appropriate relationships and resources critical to sustaining the personal accountability essential to achieving the results you seek.