present sensing psychotherapy
Hi, I’m Alison (she/her).
I’m glad you’re here.
Finally finding the courage and the freedom to be fully yourself can be liberating and life-affirming. It can also be uncomfortable. How long have you been waiting? Maybe you’ve been carrying this on your own for a long time.
“Becoming ourselves is a collective journey.” (Alok Vaid-Menon) There’s often something that you’re not seeing clearly on your own. Feeling lost and disoriented is an important part of the experience of coming back to yourself.
I want you to know that you make sense. You are a part of nature. If the brilliance of adaptation and evolution exists in nature, how could you be wrong?
We are never truly alone in our experience. We can normalize conversations around anxiety, loss, and disconnection.
It is possible to find joy, belonging, and community even in the darkest of times.
Connect with me if you'd like to explore the freedom that comes from being yourself, moving through the world with more possibilities.
personal therapy
I offer individual therapy for adults. Working at a pace that’s right for you, together we will explore what brings you to therapy, as well as exploring the historical contexts that create the backdrop for what you’re experiencing today.
The human experience includes a broad range of feelings in therapy, including: suffering, joy, wonder, anxiety, grief, loneliness, and connection. Therapy with me is a collaborative process involving two humans, sitting together with our humanity.
outdoor therapy
Being With Nature: Outdoor Therapy offers local in-person therapy while we are outdoors in nature. These sessions happen in Toronto, ON.
We will meet in person at a pre-determined location, i.e.: a park or local trail.
Our session could include walking and talking, and/or sitting and resting. Both options invite us to experience the benefits of nature, while exploring what you’re experiencing in your life in an expanded therapeutic environment.
These sessions are offered as an alternative to virtual and office sessions.
working together
Paying attention to your thoughts, perceptions, and body sensations, I’m here to sit beside you as you begin to feel. My focus is on wholeness and integration. This means that we will explore being present with what is, rather than focussing on something about you that needs to be fixed. Together we can ask questions that might illuminate a new way to look at your situation. Sometimes you can find relief from something right away just in the sharing of it, and then allow it to continue to unravel gradually and at a pace that works for you.
To our work I bring 20 years of training and experience as a singer and voice and Alexander Technique teacher, so I appreciate the wisdom of your body. I bring empathy, collaboration, and creativity to our partnership so that you are always a part of the process.
