Your invitation to be held.
Welcome,
I'm Liza. I am a therapist with 7+ years of experience, guiding people toward healing through psychotherapy, somatic work and embodied practices.
My work is about creating compassionate spaces in which you’ll find safety, resilience and connection; things you already know and perhaps just need someone to help you remember.
Together we will create a gentle container for your truth and authenticity. We will give space to your own wisdom, experience and inner guidance.
In our sessions I will continuously encourage you to connect with your body and give space to what needs to be felt. A part of my role is to help you uncover any childhood / relational trauma that may unconsciously run your life and turn your beliefs about yourself and the world into more empowering ones.
Our work together can be a beautiful journey of coming home to your wholeness. Through mindful presence and somatic awareness, we'll explore what's holding you back and nurture what helps you thrive.
If you’re ready to take a first step - let's connect for a free discovery call to explore if this approach meets you where you are in this moment.
About my sessions
My sessions are warm, loving, deeply rooted in the body wisdom and supportive for navigating trauma and triggers, addiction, anxiety, grief, fear, depression, emotional pain, relationship and family challenges or simply difficult moments in life. I also offer plant medicine integration.
I am a certified practitioner of Compassionate Inquiry - a psychotherapy approach developed and taught by Dr. Gabor Maté. I use this powerful modality as a foundation for my sessions, blending in Somatic Experiencing (Dr. Peter A. Levine, level 1), Internal Family Systems (IFS-informed practitioner), and Trauma and Emotional Release.
Our work together can support you through:
Trauma healing and emotional regulation
Anxiety, fear, and depression
Relationship and family challenges
Grief and loss
Addiction recovery
Plant medicine integration
Life transitions and personal growth
At the heart of our work is a profound trust in your inner wisdom and natural capacity to heal. Through gentle exploration and supported presence, we'll help you reconnect with your body's intelligence and innate strength.
“Liza holds very beautiful safe sessions - I felt held and could simply give space to what I was experiencing in the moment. It was healing and nourishing, and allowed me to uncover some things from the past that I was not aware of that hold me back from fully being myself.”
— Jonathan F.
“I have never been held with so much love. I am so incredibly grateful.”
— Steve C.
“Each session has unpacked and released a lot of intense emotions which were stored in my body, which I did not even know were there, keeping me captive in reoccurring self sabotaging patterns and overall misery. Liza’s gentle and caring approach and capable guidance has been incredibly reassuring and deeply healing for my inner child and my nervous system overall. I now have a new life, free from fears and limiting beliefs and a new general sense of true belonging and serenity. I cannot recommend her enough!
— Desiree C.
My Journey & Approach
A personal letter to those seeking healing
We are all born pure and true. We may already carry past traumas from our ancestors, yet our newborn eyes look at the world with pure curiosity, our hearts believe in joy, and our minds know no judgement.
We expect the world to be a happy place that celebrates and supports us. We expect to be treated as someone special. We expect to be seen and accepted exactly as we are.
As we walk our Earth journey, we start learning things about ourselves and others. Some of them are true, and some are simply ways to adapt and to survive in a world that we quickly learn is not always as safe and open as we believed it to be.
Sometimes physically, sometimes emotionally - it starts to feel like not all expressions of ourselves are welcomed. We often have to compromise our authenticity to maintain some sense of attachment to the adults we depend on. We hide and push down some of who we are because there is simply no space for it all, and instead develop ways of being that get us through.
We keep adapting and adjusting, building layers of "knowing" until one day it starts to feel like we've gotten too far. Too far from our truth, too far from our heart, too far from our essence. On some level we still know it so well, but at times struggle to connect with it.
One day we may begin to meet people, come across places and practices that for a moment... take us home. We may suddenly find ourselves experiencing the space of deep rest and inner knowing, a certain sense of remembering - until life goes on and we get disconnected from it again.
How does this resonate with you?
This has certainly been my story.
It took me time to acknowledge the struggle and disconnect from my inner light that I was experiencing, and to build a support system that can slowly but consistently help me heal my wounds and walk me home.
What a relief it has been to sometimes drop myself into the presence of another human, who can:
Help me ground and find my safety
Allow space for my story and my truth
Hold my hand as I collect my own fragmented pieces
Support my journey of bringing them back into wholeness
Remind me that in myself I am safe
What a blessing it has been to experience this support from others, to be reminded of my own light and strength when I struggle to connect with them myself.
If this speaks to you - I invite you to allow your precious self to be held, too. To get the support you deserve. In the modern world it can be really hard to navigate life alone. And there is no need to - there is a reason we have each other.
With love for who you are,
Liza 🤍