MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Therapy Trainee in Practicum at Meridian University
Telehealth Only
510.859.8158
sknorr@axismunditherapy.org
www.tendingourwildroots.com
Supervised by Elysha Martinez, LMFT #93493
“You might say grief is the price you pay for loving something or someone, but it is also a privilege, because it is what allows authentic beauty, which isn't always pretty, but it is always truthful, to find its way through you. And this beauty medicine is what the world needs most to heal.” Toko-pa Turner, Belonging
In my practice I am here to help facilitate this deep inner knowing of your body and your soul, as we begin to build relationships with the parts of us that we may have been taught to neglect; the parts that dominant culture tells us to deny so that we can continue to be productive, and be a part of the larger machine at work. Over-culture puts value on the mind and the intellect, while shaming the animalistic and honestly the most human parts of who we are and what connects us to each other and the earth, leaving us with no paths to resource or connect.
In this denial, we may have accumulated shame, grief, loss, betrayal and suffering, as we have possibly played the parts that we have been taught to play, and thus denying who we truly are. We have become more and more divided not only as humans, but also within the ecosystems of our own beings. In order to survive we may have adapted behaviors and ways of relating that keep us in these same painful cycles, and to shift these, we must explore the depths of our unconscious, what it is we cannot see, what lies below our minds thinking, and into the depths of the bodies knowing. Making conscious what is unconscious, bringing to light, what may have been hiding beneath the surface, allowing the unseen to be fully seen. Learning to tend to these parts of ourselves that we may have forsaken, denied, shunned and hidden away, and not just learning to live with them and tolerate, but learning to love and accept them.
We are living processes, and we can learn to engage with ourselves on this path of healing, to find our inner truth and voice, the medicine that only we carry. This medicine is often the medicine that we ourselves need the most, and that we can also share and use in service to others. This medicine is often found deep within our wounds, within the hidden folds of our bodies deepest regrets, shames and suffering. To know thyself is to heal thyself.
We don’t control or dominate the wild, we build confidence and skills to navigate and hold the wildness. I support you so that you actually believe in your integrity and belonging that is yours to claim, to show up as yourself over and over again, cultivating and nurturing resilience and creative action. We begin with reclaiming ourselves, our bodies, our existence and our purpose.
Tending to the heart and to the soul, being enchanted with our own lives. We explore personal transformation through creativity, transforming grief into beauty, shame into liberation, fear into courage. Returning home to self, which ultimately is a part of all that is.
Approaches:
A Holistic and trauma informed approach using Somatic Therapy, Expressive Arts, Shadow and Dream work, Transpersonal Therapy, Internal Family Systems (parts therapy), Humanistic Therapy, Eco-Therapy, Hakomi, Therapeutic Yoga, Mindfulness (or Bodyfulness) and Depth Psychology. I use a holistic, body and soul centered approach.
Specialties:
Self Esteem and Worth
Trauma Healing
Body Image
Disordered Eating and Relationship to Body
Belonging
Transforming deep shame into courage and liberation
Body and ex shame
Relationships and boundaries
Anxiety, stress and Hyper-vigilance
Nervous System Imbalances
Life Transitions and Identity
Honoring grief, loss and death
Life threatening illnesses, cancer and auto-immune disease
Rites of Passage, aging and menopause
Women’s Empowerment
Highly sensitive people and empaths
People pleasers and appeasement as a trauma response
Intergenerational Trauma and Ancestral Healing
Mothering and the mother wound
Additional and Ongoing Training In:
Polyvagal theory
Psoas as a Muscle of the Soul
Body Centered Therapies
Expressive Arts
Dance, Movement and Somatic Healing Arts
Plant Spirit Medicine and Herbalism
Rites of Passage and Ritual Work
Deep Ecology
Hakomi
Dreamwork and Depth Psychology
Ancestral Healing
Trauma Recovery
Spiritual Psychology
Contact Us
Starting is easy! Use the form on the right to begin our conversation. We'll start with a free, 30 minute consultation to see if we're a good match. If we're not, for any reason, I'll provide you with other referrals that may be a better fit - my commitment is to your well-being first!