Sue Lee

I utilize a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and/or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to address your specific treatment goals, which we will discuss and plan together accordingly.

The human body has an inherent capacity to communicate its needs: to inform, cry out, adapt, combat, numb and/or restore itself. What might our emotional distress, physical symptoms or ingrained habits be showing us? What if we listened closely to what our body is currently expressing? What if we took the time to really hear and then feel into our innate wisdom, to address pain, to courageously cultivate new ways of being and continually nourish that growth?

I believe in the therapy process…In discovering new ways to regulate our nervous systems, in exploring and repairing stuck patterns. And especially, in the transforming power of attending-to our feelings, thoughts, actions and values from a place of compassionate curiosity. This work requires courage and vulnerability. When we can be open, honest and kind to ourselves, hope abounds, and we have unlimited access to our internal resourcing, influencing the rest of our days, and impacting the world around us.

Our first step (15 min FREE consultation via telephone) is to consider what it is You would like to accomplish in our work together (are you seeking therapy with a particular goal in mind?), agree on a reasonable time frame to meet, and lastly there will be a bit of “paperwork” in the way of online intake forms and a few assessments to complete before our first meeting.

Our time together will be framed and held within a polyvagal-informed (think of the benefits of accessing the “safe enough” awareness in your body), mindful and in-the-moment approach, while also holding a compassionate understanding of how our attachment experiences and connections with others profoundly affect us. Therapy starts with recognition of our circumstances, often reflecting on the past ~ context which informs and offers up challenging thoughts, beliefs and feelings to interact with presently, transforming our current and future selves.

I am grateful for the opportunity to work in this vibrant community, surrounded by natural beauty and awe-inspiring vistas. And I too, seek to live, play, and process this beautiful life in the good company of enquiring companions, preferably outside as often as possible, with integrity, curiosity, compassion and a shared sense of community.