FAQs

This isn't therapy and it isn't wellness coaching. It's something that doesn't fit neatly into one category — which is exactly the point.

The foundation is transpersonal counseling — a legitimate academic and clinical discipline rooted in the work of William James, Abraham Maslow, and Carl Jung. Transpersonal means beyond the personal. It's the branch of psychology that takes seriously the full human experience — including the spiritual, the energetic, and the dimensions of consciousness that conventional psychology has historically left out.

But transpersonal counseling is one piece of what I do. I blend it with integrative medicine, Ayurveda, neuroscience, somatic therapy, and the spiritual traditions that Western medicine spent centuries dismissing. Together those disciplines let me do something that no single one of them can do alone — look at the whole system. The gut. The nervous system. The emotional patterns. The energetic body. The deeper questions of meaning and identity that most clinical models never touch.

We don't suppress symptoms. We follow them back to where they actually started.

If you've tried the conventional answers and still feel off — this is probably why.

Traditional talk therapy has its place — and a good therapist can be genuinely life-changing when the timing is right. I know because I've been in therapy myself. The work I do now exists because of that foundation, not in spite of it. But therapy was never designed to address the physiology, the nervous system, the gut, or the deeper questions of meaning and identity that often sit at the root of why someone is struggling. Most therapy models also operate within a system built around diagnosis codes and symptom management — which means the focus is often on coping rather than resolving.

When I zoom out and look at the whole picture — the body, the nervous system, the emotional patterns, the energetic field, the spiritual dimension — I see things that a single discipline simply can't see on its own. That's not a criticism of therapy. It's an argument for expanding what's possible.

If you're in therapy and it's working, keep going. This work sits alongside it beautifully. But if you've been in therapy for years and still feel fundamentally stuck — that's worth paying attention to.

I'm not a licensed therapist or medical doctor and I don't claim to be — and that's a deliberate choice, not an oversight. Licensure in therapy primarily exists to allow diagnosis, insurance billing, and state-regulated scope of practice. All three of those things would constrain this work in ways I'm not willing to accept.

I don't diagnose. I don't bill insurance. And I don't believe the state should dictate what kind of healing is possible between a practitioner and a client who are both committed to looking at the whole picture.

Part of this work includes psychedelic preparation and integration — an area that exists in a grey zone between state and federal law and one that licensed practitioners often cannot touch without significant legal and professional risk. Operating outside of licensure allows me to hold this work ethically and responsibly without those constraints.

That said — operating outside licensure does not mean operating without accountability. I adhere to ethical standards of practice, maintain clear boundaries of scope, and use a HIPAA-compliant EMR system for all telehealth and client records. Your privacy and safety are protected at every level of this work.

What I do hold: a Master of Science in Metaphysical Science, a PhD candidacy in Transpersonal Counseling, a Master's in progress in Integrative Medicine and Ayurveda, NLP certification, and training in somatic and nervous system regulation. This work is academically rigorous, clinically informed, and grounded in both lived experience and formal training.

I don't diagnose and I don't prescribe. What I do is look at the whole picture — map the patterns, connect the dots across systems, and support the kind of deep root-cause work that helps people actually move.

Only if you think cellular healing, nervous system repair, and emotional repatterning is woo. This work blends science, ancient wisdom, and clinical rigor — not because they're in conflict but because they were never supposed to be separate. The researchers are catching up. The indigenous traditions knew it all along. We just bring it together.

Yes. Deeply. We work with the body, not just the story. Nervous system regulation comes first. Insight follows. We never go faster than your system can integrate — and we never pathologize what your body did to survive.

Not only is it safe — it's some of the most powerful work available for people in recovery. Addiction isn't a moral failure. It's what happens when the nervous system, the emotional body, and the spirit don't have better tools. Recovery is about building those tools — and that's exactly what this work does.

Conventional treatment programs do important work. They address the acute crisis — detox, stabilization, behavioral modification. But relapse rates remain high because most programs don't address what was driving the substance use in the first place. The nervous system dysregulation. The unprocessed trauma. The gut dysfunction. The identity collapse. The spiritual void. Without better tools for all of that, the pattern has nowhere to go.

This work picks up where conventional treatment stops.

I'm in long-term recovery myself. I know this territory from the inside.

Sliding scale rates are available for people in recovery — particularly those transitioning out of inpatient treatment, IOP, or institutional settings where financial resources are limited. This work should be accessible to the people who need it most. If cost is a barrier, reach out before you assume it's a no. It might not be.

Absolutely. This work complements conventional care — it doesn't compete with it. If you're on SSRIs, working with a psychiatrist, or seeing a therapist you love, this work sits alongside all of that. I offer context, not contradiction. A different lens on the same system.

If you're on medication, nothing we do together will interfere with your prescriptions — and I'll never tell you what to do about your medication. You are the expert on your own body. If you ever have questions about your medication or want to explore your options, that conversation belongs with your prescribing doctor. And if you ever decide to make changes, please never stop cold turkey — tapering under medical supervision is essential for your safety.

Yes. I work with functional medicine doctors and can order labs directly — focusing on inflammatory markers, gut health indicators, hormonal panels, and other biomarkers that connect to mood, energy, and nervous system function. Standard labs often miss what we're looking for because they're not asking the right questions. We are.

I also work within a referral network of integrative and functional medicine practitioners — so if something comes up that requires a different kind of support, I know exactly who to send you to.

This is part of what makes the Foundation Session different. We're not guessing. We're looking at your actual data alongside everything else your system is communicating.

Not a generic one. Ayurveda, food energetics, and lifestyle medicine are part of this work — but everything is personalized to your actual constitution and current terrain. You won't get a list from the internet dressed up as guidance. You'll get something that's actually yours.

No. This work lives outside the insurance model — and honestly that's not an accident. Insurance-driven care is designed to manage symptoms, not resolve them. It wasn't built for this kind of work and I'm not willing to let it dictate what's possible in a session.

Insurance billing also requires licensure and diagnosis codes — two things I've deliberately chosen to work without. The moment you accept insurance, you accept the framework that comes with it. Diagnosis-driven, symptom-managed, and constrained by what a state board and an insurance company are willing to authorize. That's not this.

That said — I believe this work should be accessible. Sliding scale rates are available for people in recovery or financial hardship. Group sessions are also coming.

If cost is a barrier, reach out before you assume it's a no. It might not be.

Yes. Every session type is available as a standalone. Packages are available through Malla after your first session for people who want to go deeper — but there's no obligation and no pressure. Come for one session. See how it feels. That's enough to know if this is right for you.

Anyone looking to be fixed, rescued, or validated without doing the work. If you want a diagnosis, a bypass, or a spiritual vending machine, this isn’t for you. If you’re ready to get honest, let’s go.