Spiritual & Existential Therapy for Midlife Women
Based in Oakland | Serving clients virtually across California
Spiritual and Existential Therapy May Be For You If …
You’ve Reached a Point in Life When You’re Asking the Big Questions
You move through your days like you always have. You’re responsible, successful and love the people in your life. But still, you can’t escape this feeling like there’s something more out there for you.
You long to feel connected and part of something greater. Especially these days. They days this crazy, beautiful world feels out of control.
It’s not the kind of connected that your family’s religion talked about when you were a kid, but the kind that feels authentic and nourishing to you now. Maybe even a spiritual practice that centers women.
At night, when everyone’s gone to bed, you find yourself scrolling Amazon and Instagram - though, honestly, you wish you had the energy to make it to the library. You find yourself drawn to content about feminist spirituality, mystic traditions, dreams, and tarot and intuition. Some days you’re learning about Buddhism or quantum physics and others about the Witch-Wound. You even dabble with the idea of buying your own tarot deck or maybe you have.
But then you shut your laptop. Suddenly it all feels like too much. Maybe you judge yourself for being "too woo." Maybe you worry what your partner, friends, or family would think.
And then there’s the imposter syndrome - Am I spiritual enough?
I get it. This is not the version of you that anyone would expect. But isn't that the point? You're evolving.
Questions of meaning, purpose, and spirit have moved to the forefront of your life. What you're experiencing is often called spiritual emergence. It can be overwhelming, but with the right support, unbelievably exciting.
Does any of this sound familiar?
You’re no longer satisfied with surface-level answers.
You’re seeking support, but talk therapy alone feels limited.
You’re highly-sensitive and feel like you absorb other’s energy.
You want to trust your intuition, but it’s hard to tell what’s intuition and what’s anxiety.
You’ve noticed your dreams have become off-the-charts vivid and you’re curious about what your unconscious is telling you.
You want practices to help you feel grounded.
You feel a connection to something/someone larger.
Welcome, you’re in the right place - Spiritual & Existential Therapy in California
I offer a thoughtful, grounded space to explore life's deeper questions. Here matters of the spirit are centered, rather than an afterthought.
Our work is collaborative and tailored to you. As we explore your inner world, we'll pay attention to the stories you've inherited, the beliefs you've outgrown, and the ones that genuinely resonate with who you're becoming.
Some sessions might focus on unpacking a dream that won't leave you alone.
Others may explore a tarot spread that surfaced something important and working toward behavior changes. Some clients explore recurring symbols they’ve been noticing, grief related to an aging parent, or the existential questions that seem to arrive in midlife.
We might use expressive arts, guided imagery, mindfulness, or ritual when those approaches deepen the work. We might also spend the entire session talking.
What Becomes Possible
Reclaiming your own intuition, questioning inherited beliefs, and creating a spiritual practice that reflects your values is an act of self-trust and self-definition. It's another way of becoming more fully yourself.
Over time, many women doing this work find themselves moving through the world dwith a greater sense of steadiness and ease.
You may begin to:
Trust your intuition without constantly second-guessing yourself.
Feel more connected to your inner wisdom and the world around you.
Develop spiritual practices that feel authentic rather than performative.
Experience more meaning, wonder, and moments of awe in everyday life.
Understand your dreams, symbols, and inner experiences with curiosity instead of fear.
Feel more grounded during uncertainty and major life transitions.
Release guilt or shame around exploring beliefs that differ from the ones you were raised with.
Move through midlife with a renewed sense of purpose, possibility, and connection.
Perhaps most importantly, you realize that your search wasn't about finding the perfect spiritual path. It was about knowing yourself in a new way.
My offerings were developed to support women in delving deep and cultivating the kind of personal insight and sovereignty that helps change their lives and ultimately, the world they live in.
Whether your journey leads you back to the faith you grew up with, toward a new spiritual tradition, or simply into a deeper relationship with yourself, I'll be honored to walk alongside you.
When you feel ready, I’d love to hear from you.
FAQ - Spiritual & Existential Psychotherapy
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Spiritual psychotherapy combines tools like dreamwork, tarot and ritual with talk therapy. We may also utilize altar-making and meditation. Through these practices, clients explore their belief system but they also unpack difficult emotions such as grief, worry, and anger, as well as limiting behaviors. Often, clients are then called to move from insight to action. It all depends on your individual goals.
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Tarot cards have long been associated with divination (i.e. prediction). However, they can also be used to cultivate intuition and gain personal insight. We do this by asking the right questions and exploring our own associations to the card imagery.
I offer prompts and guidance combing tarot and therapy. This help clients explore the cards they choose to work with. Therapeutic tarot practice may also be combined with expressive arts practices. This addresses issues or questions that arise. Clients may want to create an action plan based on material that emerges in their tarot session. Therapeutic tarot is suitable for those who have a long-standing tarot practice, as well as those who are brand new to the practice.
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Guided Imagery is not unlike daydreaming. Though like the name suggests it is guided by a therapist or practitioner. Using verbal prompts, I help clients to identify their needs and goals. We develop guided imagery sessions to help them reach a deep point of relaxation.
Clients may utilize guided imagery to increase feelings of confidence, resilience, and safety. As well as explore life issues in which they feel stuck and are seeking clarity.
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Are you someone who has impossibly vivid dreams and can’t seem to decode the messages you wake with? Or maybe you don’t remember the details of your dreams, but are left with lingering emotions the next day?
I work in close collaboration with clients to establish a dreamwork practice. This helps with a better understanding of the messages dreams are offering up. We'll also discuss practices you can incorporate outside the therapy space, so you can better track and understand your dreams.
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Altars can be used to create sacred space within your home or office. Altars externalize metaphors and images that enhance a feeling of well-being and support. In the altar-making process, I work with clients to determine their needs. Then we create an altar that will support that need.
Examples include: honoring grief and loss, identifying and honoring hopes and dreams, wellness/healing altars, ancestral/family altars. The creation of altars can range from simple to elaborate, functional to decorative.
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'Ritual' often gets conflated with solemn religious traditions or Woo-Woo gatherings, both of which can be hugely supportive. As a spiritually-oriented therapist, I have participated in both.
Ritual can really be any activity that is infused with intention and meaning. Working together, we individualize rituals based on client needs.
Examples: rituals for emotional/energetic cleansing; rites of passage; setting intentions for the day, leave-it-at-work rituals, honoring loss, and so on.