B. Dodge Rea, Psy.D
It has been said that a good therapist is much more gardener than mechanic. I love this statement because it captures something too often missed by counselors and clients alike: We therapists are here not to “fix” you but to help you gently prune away the old parts of you that no longer serve your growth; for within you already is an innate capacity to heal and stretch upward if given safety, compassion, and unobstructed space to grow. Feel the difference? Beyond giving you tools for change, my job is to awaken the part of you that already knows how.
With eclectic style including metaphor, paradox, and humor, I help you to reclaim that knowing on many levels. The foundation is a sanctuary and relationship without pressure or judgment, whatever your background or history. Added to this are powerful techniques and information (eg., EMDR, Imago Relationship Therapy, & groups about relationships).
But the deepest work is a lovely reintroduction of sorts: a new understanding and reconnection to aspects of you long ago exiled – your strengths, feelings, and intuition; your family scripts; even your connection with body and Spirit – that you might awaken that organic process within and bloom again.