Frequently Asked Questions

Therapy is structured very differently at Rising Embers Therapy & Wellness and community is built into the process from the first day. I take my client’s care and desire for change seriously, and you are a good fit for me if you are 1) ready to really dive in and work towards these goals together with intention and 2) willing to explore a different approach to your healing that includes community. This is therapy that challenges the typical 1:1 clinical space as the primary means for change. I believe we do not have to heal in isolation, and it can look different:

–Longer Sessions (70-75 minutes): designed to do deeper work, set intentions, and create a plan before ending each session. Longer sessions also support busy professionals looking to maximize their therapy time. Also, when working with mind-body based interventions, longer sessions can be helpful for integration of shifts and connections made during the session. 

–Tending Circles offered weekly for therapy clients (30 minutes each). This is included in your cost for sessions and is a service to supplement therapy. These spaces are held virtually, and to support choice around confidentiality you are welcome to keep your camera on or off, change your name, or drop in for whatever amount of time you are able to attend. 

You can keep your camera on or off, drop in as you are able to to make this work for what you need. This is a space to tend to your flame internally with whatever is being sparked in therapy, or tending your nervous system garden. In 1:1 therapy we are pulling the weeds, and in the Tending Circle we are watering (or paying attention) to what also is true about your lived experience and well-being. 

In the Tending Circle we practice neuroscience-backed somatic skills, self-compassion practices, guided parts work through methods of ecotherapy, art, writing. Why? Because deep neurobiological change happens with consistency, accountability through community AND immigrant women/cycle breakers are often looking for a place to belong while they find their own voice. This is a space to land between 1:1 sessions as an extension of the therapeutic work you are doing, moving away from a traditional model to one that supports collective healing spaces.

—Option to bring in a trusted family member, partner or best friend for sessions to support what you are learning to create community and include the natural support in your environment. As a therapist, I am with you for such a small fraction of time throughout your week/month. Having a trusted person that is in your corner to attend a few sessions with you to support your practice at the right time is part of decolonizing therapeutic care. We are responsible for our own healing, and we do not have to do it alone.

—Option to integrate home and community visits to your care. For folks living in the Chandler or surrounding areas who have access needs and would benefit from in-person therapy versus virtual we can incorporate home visits into your care. This is also helpful for certain family sessions and also community visits that may support folks navigating a trauma response such as car accident or medical trauma that may benefit from sessions that are outside of the office. 

–Somatic (body-based) and experiential approaches to care. I incorporate somatic approaches that go beyond talk therapy or conventional modalities like CBT that you may have used in other therapy approaches. Therapy with me is experiential, so we are consistently checking in and working with the sensations and experiences of the body in real-time to support deeper shifts and creating reflection, insight and awareness on multiple levels: mind, body and spirit. Another key difference is the opportunity to do this in individual sessions and within the Tending Circle group spaces to continue reinforcing the shifts towards well-being.