About Me
My Story
From my early life I was both fascinated with the world and had the sense that there was something about me that hindered me from fully participating in life the way I wanted. In young adulthood I started a cycle of beginning creative pursuits, working on them until they showed promise, and then abandoning them. I also began to experience recurring episodes of Major Depressive Disorder and debilitating panic attacks. I embarked on a tireless search that lasted over two decades to find a “cure.” By my late 30s I had gone through dozens of approaches and modalities, from mainstream to esoteric, and while some of them did help, nothing moved the needle on my deepest problems. I deepened my commitment to traditional meditative practices and through that came across attachment theory and the work of Dr. Daniel P. Brown and George Haas, who started to facilitate me in the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol. I saw changes immediately and in just a few years I moved from a complexly disorganized attachment style to earned security. Now I am able to engage in meaningful pursuits and relationships with a sense of freedom I never thought possible – and every day I work with clients who experience the same.
My Training and the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol
I was authorized to teach on meditation and attachment by George Haas, founder of Mettagroup, with whom I maintain an active mentoring relationship. I also had the fortune to study under the late Dr. Daniel P. Brown for nearly two years in the Ideal Parent Figure Masterclass. I have maintained a daily meditation practice for fifteen years and sat dozens of retreats, dividing my practice equally between Theravadin and Vajrayana traditions. After thousands of hours of developing the Jhanas and working in Mahasi Sayadaw’s Progress of Insight model, I now mainly practice in various Buddhist and Bön Dzogchen lineages.
I specialize in attachment repair using the IPF Protocol and the comprehensive Three Pillars Model developed by Dr. Brown et al. at Harvard University. This approach has been shown to move people from even the most complex attachment styles to earned secure attachment in 50 to 150 sessions. I work with clients at all stages of the healing process, helping them come into security, resolve old wounds and traumas, and experience a deeper sense of meaning in individual pursuits and interpersonal relationships. I am a native English speaker and also fluent in Spanish, French, and Portuguese, though I only provide facilitation in English.
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