An Experienced Therapist in Asheville
My practice is rooted in ethics, depth, and care. Here you’ll find my core values, counseling philosophy, and answers to common questions – so you can decide if this is the right therapeutic relationship for you.
depth oriented • integrative • relational
Holistic Healing with a Seasoned Therapist in Asheville, NC
As a compassionate and experienced therapist in Asheville NC, and virtually throughout North Carolina and Florida, I provide personalized counseling to help individuals navigate life’s challenges and find balance.
With twenty years’ experience, I specialize in helping people make sense of the lifelong patterns they sometimes feel stuck in. At other times, I provide support so that you can find a path forward that’s right for you.
Working together, we can make important connections that shed light on your current life situation. By looking at your beliefs and personality, as well as your values and what you want to call into your life in the future, we can create a shared understanding of where you might be struggling and why.
It’s my passion and honor to help individuals clarify and refine who they are as they come to a deeper understanding of their innermost selves.
Taking real care of your whole self by doing the meaningful work of depth psychotherapy is one of the greatest investments you’ll ever make in your overall sense of well-being.
In my Asheville therapy practice, all are welcome regardless of race, religion, political belief, religion, sexual preference, or gender identity.
Whole Self Therapy’s Counseling Philospohy & Beliefs
- Trauma is stored in the physical and emotional body
- We often use the same coping skills as adults that worked when we young
- Self-awareness is a key to changing patterns of behavior
- Self-compassion is more effective at creating change than self criticism
- It’s the therapeutic relationship that heals, beyond any one specific technique
- Insight, followed by action, then endurance, are what create lasting change
- Growth-mindset: life is about making mistakes and evolving over time
- Attachment theory: our earliest relationships shape how we connect to others
- Parts work: there are many different aspects to each individual
- Creativity and imagination are powerful agents of change and healing
- Buddhist philosophy
- Sex-positivity
- Therapy is about making the unconscious conscious
- It takes courage to heal
Core Values from an Asheville Therapist
Wholeness Over Fixing
You are not broken. You are complex, adaptive, and wise. You’ve been shaped by experiences that required you to be strong, capable, and self-reliant. My work focuses on integration, not correction: helping you reclaim disowned parts of yourself so you can live more fully, not perform better.
Depth Over Quick Fixes
I do not offer surface-level tools without meaning. Lasting change comes from understanding the emotional, relational, and nervous system patterns that shape your life. We go beneath coping into coherence.
Agency Over Approval
I help you move from external validation to internal authority so your decisions, boundaries, and desires come from your truth rather than fear, guilt, or obligation.
Compassion with Accountability
You will be met with warmth, attunement, and respect. I will also invite you into honest reflection, responsibility, and growth. Both are necessary for real transformation.
Ethics and Relational Integrity
Therapy is a sacred relationship. I work with clarity, transparency, and deep respect for your autonomy, consent, and pace.
As you heal and grow you may experience some of the following:
- More self-awareness and internal space
- Greater self-trust
- Better relationships and communication skills
- Insight about your life-patterns
- Restored intuition
- A greater sense of ease in your own body
- Glimmers: healthy new ways to deal with your triggers
- A solid self-care routine
- Increased confidence
- Clarity about what you want
- Self-love and self-compassion
Common Therapy Questions
What is you availability like for scheduling?
My availability is on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. My office hours are 9 – 5 on most days. I do not offer evening or weekend appointments. My office days are Tuesday and Thursday and I am available online on Mondays and Wednesdays.
How do I get started?
We begin our work together with your first call or email me, I then set up a time with you to talk via phone for about 10-15 minutes.
This first conversation is an opportunity for me to get to know you a bit and to better understand why you’re seeking out therapy. It’s also a time for you to ask any questions you might have.
If it sounds like we are a good fit to work together based on this conversation, we’ll schedule a time to meet for your first session.
How often should I plan to come to therapy?
The type of therapy I provide is intensive and in-depth. It’s an exploration of your life’s journey and current way of being in the world, in relationship to yourself and others. This therapy is experiential and transformative.
As such, I strongly suggest weekly sessions, especially at the outset of our work, with a minimum of 6-8 weeks to dedicate to consistent weekly meetings.
For how long should I plan to come to therapy?
We meet for weekly sessions for as long as needed.
As a therapist in Asheville NC, I’ve worked with some people for as little as one month, and others over periods of several years.
How long do sessions last?
Sessions are either 50 or 75 minutes in duration.
What does a first session with you look like?
In our first meeting, I really like to get a sense of what’s brought you into therapy, and what you’re hoping to get out of it.
The session is organic and I follow your lead, aiming to clarify what has been happening for you in a way that allows us to get on the same page.
I've had some really bad experiences with other therapists, what makes you different?
I’ve been a therapist in Asheville, NC over the past fifteen years. During that time, I’ve worked with many people who have come to me after negative experiences with other therapists.
One important factor that I bring into the therapy room is experience. I’ve been doing this work well over a decade and I’m experienced with lots of different types of people and the diverse issues they’re contending with.
Another key factor is that I’m not a one-trick pony. I’ve got lots of tools in my toolkit to share, and I am a provider who believes in the importance of being flexible and collaborating in our work together.
Lastly, I want us to make sure that you are getting what you want out of your experience of therapy. To ensure that, I will check in with you often about how you feel things are going. We can modify our approach together at any point.
Do you just do "traditional talk therapy?"
Nope! I use an eclectic mix of both talking and experiential exercises. These include meditation, guided imagery, active imagination, dreamwork, EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing), writing exercises, parts-work and more.
How much experience do you have as a therapist in Asheville NC?
I created Whole Self Therapy in 2012, and before that, I worked in the field of mental health for over five years.
Working in agency settings I provided case management, assertive community care, and therapy for individuals and groups with severe and persistent mental illness.
As a therapist in Asheville NC, I have come to understand the unique needs of our mountain community over close to fifteen years. With deep appreciation with the individuals that make up our city, I aim to serve anyone seeking support on their healing path.
Explore Working Together
If my values resonate for you and you’re looking for a therapist in Asheville who offers depth, integrity, and whole-person care, I invite you to reach out.
Whole Self Therapy® PLLC
Serving individuals in Asheville, across North Carolina, and in Florida via online therapy.