When people contact me, they're usually looking for understanding. They want their experience to make sense. They're looking for a collaborative process where someone takes them seriously.
What Actually Happens in Sessions
There are no rules about what must or can't be discussed. You tell me what's on your mind—whatever feels most alive for you. I listen at multiple levels simultaneously: to the content of what you're saying, but also to tone, body language, facial expression. I pay attention to what emerges between us.
I think about how you relate to me, and how I'm responding to you—because those responses contain information about what's happening in the room.
At appropriate moments, I offer what I think will help you fill in gaps in your self-understanding. We're both inside the process, and the process itself becomes something we can examine together.
The Theoretical Foundation
My approach is based on an information processing model. The mind's basic work is to contextualize experience—to name what something is, to know when and where and with whom it occurred, to understand its place in your life.
My function is as an adjunct mind that helps you think through your own experience. Over time, you internalize this capacity and learn to do this processing on your own.
What This Work Requires
The core requirement is a willingness to move toward truth. This doesn't mean you need to arrive ready and open—most people aren't, and that's fine. It means being curious about yourself and interested in understanding your own experience more fully.
This is deep work. It's about addressing things at their source, so that genuine clarity becomes possible.
Why I Do This
It's the only context I know where you can interact with another person with complete honesty. I find that kind of directness energizing.
Before You Contact Me
You don't need prerequisites beyond time, interest, and ideally a stance of open-minded curiosity. If you've read this and it resonates, that's probably enough.