BOONE
Counseling Services
PLLC
"The loving mother teaches her child to walk alone. She is far enough from him that she cannot actually support him, but she holds out her arms to him. She imitates his movements and, if he totters, she swiftly bends as if to seize him, so that the child might believe that he is not walking alone...And yet, she does more. Her face beckons like a reward, an encouragement. Thus, the child walks alone with his eyes fixed on his mother's face, not on the difficulties in his way. He supports himself by the arms that do not hold him and constantly strives towards the refuge in his mother's embrace, little suspecting that in the very same moment that he is emphasizing his need for her, he is proving that he can do without her, because he is walking alone."
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Soren Kierkegaard
(1813-1855)
PHILOSOPHY
"The wound is where the light enters you"
(Rumi, 1207-1273)
Psychotherapy is something that happens between people…you and me. It is a process that I expertly and sensitively guide, but it is something that we experience together. Relationships, past and present, may be a source of pain, frustration, or fear…but they are also the key to unlocking your full potential.
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Together, we will work to alleviate your most pressing problems. Simultaneously, we will develop a fuller understanding of the deeper, underlying issues that may contribute to keeping you isolated and stuck in emotional and relational patterns that interfere with your capacity to more fully give and receive love.
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Extensive research on human development tells us that “successful dependency” (the capacity to rely on secure, consistent relationships) promotes autonomy. Individual autonomy allows us to stand alone when needed, and enhances our ability to enjoy our emotional life, intellect, artistic capacity, functions of the body, and personal identity. So that dependence and independence are not in conflict, rather, they happen together.
I strive to maintain a safe and secure atmosphere for you to fully express yourself…body, mind, and spirit…and to open yourself up to the multitude of possibilities for transformation.
