Psychotherapy. What it can be:
a space and time set apart, to speak and listen freely to your body, speech and heart/mind
a trusted relationship where it’s safe to travel to “the places that scare you”
an opportunity to learn about parts of yourself, honor their roles in your life, and relieve them of burdens they no longer need to carry
safety to explore and release trauma from your own life and what you may be holding from your family lineages
a chance to practice inhabiting yourself in new ways
a sounding board, a place to share what you normally would not
Greetings! I’m Callan.
I've practiced psychotherapy since 2005, I’m obsessed with Buddhism, love to read, and am a proud dog mom and garden waterer.
Kudos to you for looking for a therapist – let’s do this.
My Approach
I’m a geek who wants to share the awesomeness of therapy with you. I’m studying psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. I’m certified in Healing Ground (Judith Blackstone PhD) and highly experienced in EMDR.
“ When it comes to primary human emotions like love and anger, fear and joy, grief and gratitude, despair and hope -- what is, is. We all want to sit at the happiness banquet and feast on the bread of contentment, the wine of joy. We'd rather skip the emotional food that doesn't go down so well. In life's many meals, not everything is equally palatable; but it all needs to be digested. We can't laugh heartily unless we know how to cry. We can't be fearless unless we know the taste of fear. We can't be happy if we're afraid to feel sad. Our faith is not faith until it's tested. To be at peace, we have to be at home with all of our emotions, to get comfortable with vulnerability."
-Miriam Greenspan, "Healing Through the Dark Emotions"
