tHROUGH GRIEF AND TRAUMA TO EXPANSION

You are designed to thrive.

You want to live a deeply connected, joyously-expansive life...

but you live in an incredibly confusing civilization. Your mind is distracted by all the information available, and your life is so busy you don’t even know how to slow down and listen to your grief or your desires. You feel disconnected from others and disconnected from yourself. You long for a healthy, thriving planet, but the state and suffering of the Earth feel overwhelming. You know there must be a better way than how you live, but what is it, and how do you get there? Where do you even start?

Bringing together

Mind

Body

Spirit

Something sacred happens when we learn to slow down and pay attention. As we practice being present, we begin to notice that something in us is longing for a new way of being; we begin to feel the suffering that the World holds and how our life also exists within that suffering. As we slow down, we begin to notice how interconnected our symptoms of pain, avoidance, confusion, fear, and anger are. We start to see that we have work to do around grief and notice how much we long for profound renewal. Is it time for you to slow down, pay closer attention, and allow yourself to heal? Is it time for you to move through grief and trauma to a place of renewal?

A Few of the things i offer

Grief Work

Loss and death are excruciating; it’s the kind of pain that takes up so much energy in our lives, and we often lose our way. We live in a culture that doesn’t make space for the experience of loss, so we feel isolated and alone and never learn how to move through grief fully. You need a sacred space where you can work with your loss and allow it to transform you. Together, we will attune to and honor your grief so that you can expand around it and integrate your loss into your life.

Trauma Reprocessing

Trauma can surprise us in very challenging ways. It can diminish our trust in ourselves, make us feel isolated from those we love, turn us into hypervigilant people, and complicate our relationships. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You are designed for resilience; you have a deep capacity to heal. I use Accelerated Resolution Therapy to help people reprocess painful and traumatic experiences so that they can get back to the experience of living. If you want to reprocess trauma, reach out!

Climate Work

Climate Distress is real and it’s not going anywhere. We’re living on a rapidly changing planet, facing changes we’re not prepared for. Many people are working hard at changing the human world operates in the larger ecosystems of our plane, and many people are struggling to know what to do to help. If you’re experiencing grief, anxiety, hopelessness, you’re not alone. If you work on the front lines of climate research and activism, you bear an incredible burden.

Couple Intensives

You’re struggling. You’ve lost the High Dream of your relationship and can’t seem to find your way back to what you once had. Or perhaps you’ve experienced a rupture you don’t know how to repair. Maybe you’re stuck in patterns that aren’t working for either of you, but you can’t figure out how to shift the cycle. I offer intensives for couples that take place over one week. What if your connection could change course in just one week? What might be possible?

Why choose me

I bring years of experience in spiritual, psychological, and ecological healing.

I am a licensed therapist seeing clients in Oregon and Washington. With studies in psychology, counseling, spiritual traditions, Reiki, agroforestry, and trauma reprocessing, I look at the whole human experience. Engaging our relationship with our pain, our desires, our bodies, and our belonging to each other and the Earth offers us an incredible path for healing our wounds and expanding into our full selves.

Words from some clients

“Amanda is not afraid to talk about death; she holds the space around grief in a way that feels sacred and safe. I've been more able to enter the experience of loss and the transformation it brings because of my work with her.”

L.W.

"We love Amanda. Her guidance helped us let our guards down and communicate in a more thoughtful and loving way. During our most difficult times we found peace and support for our relationship. Her guidance will always be a part of our connection moving forward."

P&E

"Amanda's deep inner knowing and intuition make her an incredible therapist. Her relational attunement and connection to the work anchor the therapeutic process. Without hesitation, I would recommend her to anyone seeking transformative healing and growth."

A.J.