Alisa offers an approach that is rooted in jungian psychology, narrative therapy, existential analysis and spiritual orientations of Dao and Buddism. Alisa welcomes clients of all traditions, religions and spiritual faiths.
Alisa works with trauma (generational, religious, acute, developmental, and systemic), disordered eating, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, addiction, relationship conflict, sexual and intimacy concerns, spiritual emergencies and life transitions.
Topics often discussed in therapy include ancestral trauma, psyche & soma connection, personal accountability, grieving versions of self, integration of aspects of self, expressing sadness/anger/joy, personal autonomy and explorations of lack of, fostering connection with body self, shame and resilience, courage and suffering, personal and collective myths, co-regulating with nature, meaning in loss, connecting to intuition, distinguishing wisdom from fear, collective and personal shadow, inner child healing, adolescent integration, personal archetypes, family dynamics, spiritual beliefs and foundational worldviews.