With a mix of warmth, openness, and structure, I support clients to find their way to life balance. My approach is experiential - meaning we focus on the here and now and what is happening experientially as we explore a topic or issue that you bring. This might include attention to the breath, taking hints from the body, or noticing our patterns with each other.
Together we will be curious about your deepest intentions for your life. This involves both listening well to your ways of knowing and drawing on models, resources and processes that support that. I am very interactive in style and unafraid to get in there and offer insights, ideas, questions and reflections that might be of use to you.
Like most therapists, I believe that relationship is a site for incredible joy, transformation and discovery. The safety and honesty of our relationship will be foundational and we will check in throughout to see how the work is feeling for you.
In relationship therapy, I'll meet you where you're at. Together, we’ll establish a sense of where you want most for your relationship. I tend to weave in family of origin and early attachment experience, processes that support deeper communication, awareness of defense mechanisms and tools for how lean into the softer underbelly of intimate conversation.
I see individual adults and relationships and bring an anti-oppression, equity oriented lens and prioritize cultural awareness and sensitivity. I am a trainer on Leticia Nieto’s Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment diversity curriculum and co-author of her book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: Strategic Interventions to Liberate Everyone (2010).
lizkgoodwin@gmail.com