Before coming to the field of psychology, my life and work were focused on holistic healing and integration. From explorations of diet and exercise to yoga teacher training and practice, I spent the better half of my life focused on understanding how physical health and maintenance played a role in my own mental health. As a therapist, much of the work that I have spent my focus on with clients has revolved around their experiences of being disconnected. Disconnected from relationships, disconnected from their bodies, and especially disconnected from their emotional experiences. Utilizing what I already knew from my previous experiences, and what I have learned about the brain-body connection as a psychologist, I work with clients to understand how to reconnect first with themselves. To understand why they became disconnected in the first place, and what habits and behaviors maintain that disconnection so that they can learn to change those processes, and become reintegrated with their own mind and heart. This process naturally leads to better experiences of connection in relationships via a better understanding of themselves and their own needs first.