about kath
My Journey Back to Myself—& A Path to Guide You
Back to Yours
True insight is born from pressure.
OK, for years…decades actually, I believed I wasn’t enough, or that worse, I was too much. Food sensitivities increased. Sleep was never easy. I see-sawed between anger and sadness. I felt really messy but I also felt helpless.
About 8 years ago, I found a new kind of support. Slowly, I learned to listen and connect differently to my body and to myself. I tended to fear. I placed a hand on the tightness. Then I practiced noticing where there was something else too, softness or less tightness. I can make more peace with the parts that are messy and confusing. I don’t take things as personally as I used to.
I sleep better.
The Path to Trauma Healing is Within You.
with one added important detail: support.
I am a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I am about to earn my Integral Somatic Psychology title in the fall of 2026. I work in person as well as via video conferencing. I am passionate about helping you find the tools to reclaim your own path forward.
Being seen and heard is scary for those of us in bodies that associate threat with either. I work with people who seek authenticity in the way they speak, sing, emote, write, and act. I teach, lead workshops and facilitate small groups. I’m a 14 year voice actor veteran and am reworking my craft , so I get how scary it is to live in liminal creative spaces where outcomes aren’t guaranteed. I also know success and failure don’t define me or you, and have tools to thrive in the uncertainty of new possibilities.
I can help you find where safety already lives in you, teaching you how to expand it into situations that have historically not felt safe & living from that place more often.
I love helping people discover their best self is the one that is right under the surface waiting to be valued.
I am lit up by this work as it continues to heal stubborn patterns in my life and helping those who are drawn to it. The awakening of greater vitality and capacity is such a joy to experience and witness. This is why I offer free 30 minute consultations. This consult is risk free so you can meet me, ask questions, share some of what you want to work with, experience what it’s like to work together and discern next steps.
We start a 75 minute coaching session by getting curious and noticing what you want to work with. We notice patterns that might be stuck. We listen for sensations here now (tightness, openness, warmth, cold, jittery, relaxed, numbness, etc). These feelings help us get to know your nervous system better. Paying attention to those and finding where support is helps attune to your body’s wisdom and next steps forward.
I earned my B.A. in Social Science, my Somatic Experiencing Practitioner title, and in 2026 will complete my Integral Somatic Psychology training from Raja Selvam. Each modality supports the body, mind and spirit in nuanced ways to help expand at a pace that is exactly right for you. Both modes offer subtle and complimentary techniques. I regularly seek out counsel through consults from mentors and other professionals in our field.
Decades of being living outside my body kept me from my truest self. I understand the impact these broken bridges create with our connections to our self, loved ones and purpose. There’s no time like now to find your way to greater peace and serenity. Reconnect and learn to trust what’s most true in you.
My Experience Matters
Here's what decades of disconnection taught me so profoundly:
I know what it feels like to exist in survival mode while everyone thinks you're doing fine. I know the exhaustion of coping mechanisms that work just well enough to get you through another day.
And here's what my journey back
is still teaching me:
Healing isn't about becoming someone new—it's about seeing what strengths are already here, trusting them and learning to apply that wisdom to your daily life, creating genuine tools for lasting change.
This lived experience, combined with my formal training as both a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), gives me something unique to offer.
I still work with places in me that are resistant. The difference is, now, I have better tools. I have more awareness. both give me greater choice.
What Makes My Work Different
As both a practitioner and fellow traveler, I offer something unique: the ability to guide you from a place humility, while providing the skilled support you need to find your own way forward.
Outdoor Sessions Available
Sometimes the best healing happens walking in nature, letting your nervous system naturally regulate among trees and open sky. Indoor or online sessions are still available, too.
Community & Group Mastery
I specialize in creating containers where people heal in community, from intimate 12-person cohorts to larger workshops.
Creative-Focused Understanding
Decades in the creative industry taught me the unique challenges artists face—the vulnerability, uncertainty, and how criticism can feel like a threat to your being.
Real-World
Application
Everything we explore is designed for your actual life—creative projects, relationships, daily challenges—with more ease and authenticity.
Why Work With Me
Because I've walked some dark roads, too.
When I was lonely and stuck, it felt endless. I adopted all sorts of coping mechanisms to help dull the total suckiness. It took a lot of suffering before I found some gentle voices pointing to light hiding in the shadows & clues to unlock the powerful wisdom in my very being.
Because I believe in your exquisite beauty & wholeness.
You don't need fixing. You are invited to remember who you've always been and develop tools to live and celebrate from that knowing and create a new awareness of being.
Because I understand the creative path.
If you're an artist or creative entrepreneur, we have that in common. Putting creativity into the world is fraught with vulnerability and deep inner critics. It doesn’t have to be the only voice or lens.
Because I'm still on the journey, too.
I don't work from some enlightened mountaintop (though that sounds amazing), I'm a fellow traveler with useful tools.
My work is about meeting you with curiosity and compassion. It’s my goal to listen deeply, and share tools tested in real life. I can't do the work for you, I don’t have the answers. But I CAN light the path and help you feel what’s true for YOU. This inner sense illuminates your strengths & gifts so needed in our world.
