“How might your life have been different if there had been a place for you to go when your life was difficult and you felt utterly alone…a place of safety and comfort.”
—Judith Duerk
psychotherapy
Somatic · ATTUNED · InTegrated
We have entered into a time where we remember that we are not problems to be solved or fixed, but rather mysteries to be tenderly uncovered, nurtured, and explored. My work with clients draws on trainings in Somatic Experiencing. Internal Family Systems, Somatic IFS, Jungian Psychology, and more.
We may be a great fit to work together if you:
Consider yourself a highly sensitive person (HSP), creative, artist, neurodivergent, visionary and/or folks in positions of leadership
You want to become a student of your own life—to take time to observe and understand the patterns of how you show up in the world, so you can better attune to yourself and nurture a more authentic and life-giving way of being.
You feel the impact of unresolved past circumstances and need support in resolving the effect they have had on your life. This could be a stressful experience or situation that you weathered over time, or a single incident that left you feeling hurt, scared, angry, or disempowered, or you just are not feeling quite yourself.
Experience depression, anxiety, T/trauma and grief
Are navigating a major life transition
Seeking help with relationship and attachment challenges
Know you benefit from working with a therapist that holds a relational and holistic lens
Want to acknowledge and address the emotional aspects of physical issues
Want to find ways to identify, befriend, integrate fragmented parts of self and find the unique gifts hidden within each part
*Services offered online and in-person
Learn what you can expect in a session, book a free consultation today.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
― C.G. Jung”
1:1 COACHING
Embodied · Heart-Centered · wholeness
In coaching sessions I work with clients on living in alignment with their soul. This work is based on years of experience and training in: body-based work, depth and transpersonal work as well as nature-based work. Session are intended to assist clients in listening deeply to the wisdom of the body, dreams, rhythms of nature, and subtle messages that can help create a structure for their life that will best support them in find and nurturing wholeness. You might be a good fit for this work if:
You sense a deep, unmet longing for a life of greater meaning and purpose—a path that honors your spiritual maturation and connection to the natural world
You feel called to explore your relationship with the subtle realms of the soul, the living Earth, and the mystery that animates all things
You wish to recognize and consciously nurture your innate wholeness, embodied in the wisdom of your own being
You seek support in learning to trust the guidance that arises from your direct experience
You are a fellow practitioner drawn to serve from a sacred, mythic orientation—courting the soul through somatic awareness, the unconscious, and the natural world.
*Services offered online and in-person
“The living Earth is our mirror, the meeting place of spirit and matter. It speaks in sensation, rhythm, and pulse. Feeling is our doorway in. As nature ourselves, we awaken to our essence by sensing, listening, and answering the call that arises from the heart of being.”
Restorative Touch Sessions
Individually tailored Somatic Touch session. These sessions are informed by understanding the effects of the attachment system, developmental trauma, and pre-verbal trauma that left unattended to have lasting impacts into adulthood. By understanding the architecture of early trauma, and rebuilding developmental platforms through regulating touch and intentional presence, clients begin to move from a high-cost-of-doing-life system, aka BURNOUT, to a more easeful and less stress-oriented system.
Touch is a beautiful bridge that gently reconnects the mind and body to the longings of the soul.
Sessions are informed by Advanced Somatic Trainings, Touch Training for Developmental Trauma, Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy, as well as years of advanced massage and bodywork trainings.
*Services can be offered online or in-person. During online appointments, sessions are offer energetically through intent and presence. Please reach out if you would like resources or more information about virtual or “distant” touch sessions.
“how might your life be different, if there were a place for you to go, whenever you feel overwhelmed by the power of your feelings? If you could be received by women gathered in a circle and helped to witness your feelings…and to trust their truth
How might the lives of all of us be different?”
—Judith Duerk
MEET Leslie
Leslie
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (LMBT), Experienced Yoga Teacher (E-RYT)
My Approach
My work with clients is experiential, drawing on a deep understanding of Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Jungian Psychology, and the subtle emotional and energetic systems of the body. I integrate over twenty years of training and practice in mind-body-soul modalities to support healing and transformation.
I believe in treating the whole person—not just the mind or body alone. True healing comes from releasing stress and trauma across the entire system: physical, mental, and subtle energetic systems, including the nervous system and biofield.
My commitment to integrative work comes from a profound appreciation for the complexity and beauty of the embodied experience. I guide clients to reconnect with their wholeness, cultivating alignment of mind, body, and soul.