“Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people can not tell the difference”
David Augsberger
“I could never be the parent I wished I could be without working with Guinnivere. I learned how to make peace with my own childhood that was preventing me from being a true companion to my children. Parenting is so much more enjoyable and joyous now. I wish every parent had the chance to work with Guinnivere.”
“Guinnivere has this unique way of being both warm and welcoming, yet direct and forward at the same time. I feel so respected in going at my pace. I’ve never been able to be so open, honest, and accepted for who I am and who I’m becoming.”
“As a therapist myself, it’s been hard to find a seasoned therapist for my own work until I started sessions with Guinnivere. I immediately felt I could put down my ‘therapist’s hat’ and just relax into being a client. Our work has forever changed me, personally and professionally, in the most profound ways.”
psychoanalytic
Contemporary psychoanalysis allows us to bring the subconscious into consciousness, uncovering the influences that have shaped our experience.
relational
Utilizing the therapeutic relationship to restore our ability to connect to ourselves and others. Being fully heard, seen, sensed and welcomed is transformational and restorative of our humanity.
somatic
Emotion is physical energy in motion. Attending to and listening to our body experience can deepen our work outside of intellectualization.
constructivist
Exploring the stories and personas we construct to emotionally survive our experiences presents an opportunity to create a new narrative that better serves our desires for ourselves.
influences, education & training
m.a. somatic psychology
California Institute of Integral Studies
A three year Master’s program that provided a foundation in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on Somatic Psychology, which recognizes the interdependent relationship between emotions and physical experience.
N.A.R.M. Master therapist
Neuroaffective Relational Modeling
A three year training program developed by Laurence Heller, author of “Healing Developmental Trauma” focusing on a therapeutic model specifically designed to address Complex/Developmental Trauma.
internal family systems
IFS Institute
A training program and therapeutic model that emphasizes working with the various parts of ourselves that have developed to manage safety, triggers, and survival.
psychoanalytic couples therapy
William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY
A contemporary year long training for relationship therapists that focuses on identifying systemic factors that underlie and create relationship dynamics.
BE NOURISHED / HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE
Challenging diet culture, patriarchy, and colonizer mindset through body trust/body wisdom in order to create new ways of relating to ourselves, our bodies, and the food that nourishes us.
OTHER INFLUENCES
In order to inform my therapeutic work, I attend trainings and read books and articles on cultural competency, transgender experience, indigenous/BIPOC teachings, decolonization, and much more.