tem·pest | “a violent storm”
Your storm is not just chaos — it’s the current carrying you back to your authentic self.
The Power of Curiosity & Compassion
At Tempest Counseling, the goal isn’t to fix you—because you’re not broken. You’re a person who has been surviving, often in the best ways you knew how.
The parts of we’ve learned to hide or be ashamed of are often the ones that hold our deepest sources of meaning and authenticity. Rather than fight with your emotions and thoughts, we will focus on approaching with the curiosity and compassion so that we can discover what is truly happening underneath the problems you experience.
By compassionately experiencing and honoring the truth of what you’ve been holding, that is how healing truly begins.
This isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about becoming more fully yourself.
How I Work
I believe therapy is about more than solving problems and finding solutions. It's a space to slow down, explore what lies beneath the surface, and reconnect with yourself in a deeper, more authentic way.
My style of therapy can generally be described in three main ways…
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Relational
Relational therapy focuses on the healing power of authentic connection, exploring how past and present relationships shape the way you see yourself and others
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Experiential
Experiential therapy focuses on helping you connect with and process your emotions, body sensations, and present-moment experiences in a deeper and more authentic way.
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Existential
Existential therapy explores questions of meaning, identity, freedom, and purpose, helping you build a more authentic and fulfilling relationship with yourself and your life.
Theories & Approaches
For those that want to know the nitty gritty of what I do…
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Everyone gets a little crew of parts like inside out! IFS views the mind as made up of many parts—each with its own voice, emotion, or role. We’ll approach each of them with compassion, helping you develop a deeper sense of self-trust, balance, and internal harmony.
*Please note I am not officially certified as an IFS therapist.
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Healing happens in connection, not isolation. AEDP focused on using experiential techniques to unlock the wisdom and inherent capacity for growth in all of us.
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Existential therapy helps you explore the deeper questions of life—like purpose, identity, freedom, and mortality. Instead of offering quick fixes, we’ll reflect on what truly matters to you and what it means to live an authentic life.
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ACT supports you in making space for difficult emotions while committing to a life rooted in your values. Instead of trying to control or avoid your inner world, we’ll build acceptance, flexibility, and mindful action. It’s about living with intention, even when things feel hard.
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Our bodies can hold emotions or sensations that leave us feeling unsafe and disconnected. In therapy, we will work with reconnecting to the body in safe, controllable ways to revitalize your felt sense and bring you closer to yourself.
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Narrative therapy helps you explore and re-author the stories that have shaped your identity, especially those rooted in pain or shame. Together, we’ll make space for new, empowering narratives that align with who you really are.
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We all interpret the world through stories shaped by culture, upbringing, and experience. Constructive therapy invites you to examine those beliefs and rebuild them in a way that better supports your healing. It’s about finding new meaning that feels true and life-giving.
“I need the sea because it teaches me.
I don’t know if I learn music or awareness,
if it’s a single wave or its vast existence,
or only its harsh voice or its shining
suggestion of fishes and ships.
The fact is that until I fall asleep,
in some magnetic way I move in
the university of the waves.”
-Pablo Neruda, The Sea
