Therapy that is compassionate and client-led creates conditions for meaning to be harvested from disaster or tragedy.
If life has unfolded for you in a way that no longer feels manageable, and the cracks are becoming noticeable, therapy can be transformative. Using a progressive theological lens along with psychological modalities can lead to changes in our beliefs about ourselves and the world. Additionally, attachment and polyvagal theories, coupled with mindfulness and art media, help us slow down and become curious about our unconscious patterns. In that way we can release the old and welcome the new at times through self-created rituals of homecoming and belonging.
Hi, I’m LeAnn. I’m a feminist, interfaith ally of marginalized groups as well as an ordained clergyperson in the United Church of Christ. I work best with adults of all ages who seek to bring spirituality (religiously informed or not) to their healing. Underneath the covert and overt traumas we all carry—and the anxiety, depression, and “stuckness” that can be symptoms of it—there is often unacknowledged grief from the many losses in life. We may have never been able to name the experience of loss, let alone help it metabolize. When given the space to do so, we have the opportunity to carve newness into our souls.
The symptoms we bring to therapy are very reasonable responses to often unreasonable life circumstances. Even favorable changes require us to say goodbye to the simpler freedoms or hopeful dreams found in the way life once was. When my clients are resourced with tools to soothe and ground their nervous systems, they often discover a healing perspective.
To reach me for a consultation, email LeAnn.seto@arborwellnesscenter.com or text 734.887.6045 (receives texts only).