Transformational Consultant:

     As a "transformational consultant," I specialize in helping people push open the door to change and self-growth. Often we are ready to change, we know we don’t like the lives we are leading, or we realize particular habits are getting in our way, but we just can’t seem to get the motivation going to actually take that step. I have successfully worked with many individuals and couples on a variety of issues, including body image/eating, career transition, relationship/intimacy issues, sexual concerns, self-esteem, addictions, spiritual issues, grieving/loss, and depression. As I like to say, 'Shift Happens!' I am also an expert at working with trauma and abuse; in most cases my techniques enable clients to completely heal and achieve closure. Having the privilege of witnessing such transformations is both humbling and awe-inspiring. 

If it sounds like I am doing therapy, you’re close, because I do have degrees in educational psychology–a Masters in counseling psychology, and a Ph.D. in psychological foundations.  I am also licensed as a professional counselor in the state of Minnesota (LPC #102). And I still consider many of my techniques to be psychological in origin. However, I eventually realized my practice was not exactly counseling for the majority of my clients. I focus on transformation and reaching one’s potential. As a therapist, I began to realize that I worked best with people who had a strong desire to change. And therapy isn’t necessarily about that. In fact, for many therapists, the goal is not so much change, as it is examining and working through one’s past issues. I certainly encourage people to admit and work through their old limiting beliefs and preconceptions about the world; I call them "sentences" that we’ve come to see as reality – such as, "I will never be good enough," or "People will always leave me," or "I can’t afford to take any risks." However, once we have uncovered these hidden messages, I quickly help the client shift the focus of their attention/energy to moving forward; the techniques I use enable a much faster healing process than some therapeutic approaches. Some of the main techniques I utilize include EMDR, NLP, TFT, and  Reparenting. You can read more about these on the techniques page or call me. As of 2007, I received a Masters in Ministry from the University of Sufism and Spiritual Healing.

I don’t expect or want my clients to dig around in the muck and pain of their past or current lives for months and months. Rather, I am there to help liberate them from their negative ways of looking at the world; I like to say I ‘hold the space’ for their highest evolvement. I am there to encourage, coach, provide support and suggestions, and introduce means of getting on with their dream lives. If a client comes to me week after week, not having tried any of the techniques I gave them, not having done any of the ‘homework,’ and seems to be complaining that their life is still the same, I will try to point out that they haven’t done much to change it. While I’m pretty good at my job, I’m not a miracle worker. Changing takes tremendous courage and persistence on the part of the client–nobody else can do it for them, but I will do anything I can to enable that process for my clients. That’s what being a transformational consultant is to me!