An image of the Atlantic Ocean in gradients of greys and blues. Rocks are in the foreground and they slowly fade into ocean which fades into periwinkle sky.

Why Keeping Things Whole?

I named my business after a Mark Strand poem called Keeping Things Whole. As a writer, I believe that therapy and poetics are intertwined processes, often one and the same. Metaphor is so important for helping us understand and communicate internal, subjective experience. When I read this poem, I am reminded that we are part of the universe and the universe is part of us, constantly changing, shifting and growing. I am reminded that when the only constant is change, we must move with its flow, we must move to stay with all the joys and sorrows.

While we so often search outside ourselves for what is missing, in the end, we are what we find. Though, in my opinion, one of the best parts of poetry is that we can all be reading the same poem and each come up with entirely different interpretations. I leave you to yours.

Read the poem here

Keeping Things Whole Mission

My mission is to build a transparent, balanced, and socially just business that seeks to:

  • Contribute to larger societal changes by decreasing shame culture and empowering individuals who are neuro and gender divergent to advocate for themselves, heal from traumatic invalidation and masking to build confidence in themselves and their inner wisdom

  • Decrease stigma and challenge oppressive systems by providing coaching and therapy to support systems of neuro and gender divergent individuals

  • Build a business that is equitable, transparent, human, and balanced to role model work-life balance and ethical boundary setting in order to provide sustainable and ethical care to my clients and to myself as a business owner

  • Above all honor the humanity of all clients and clinicians trying to do this collaborative healing work in an oppressive capitalist, racist and ableist system

 

Why all the ocean pictures?

You may have noticed imagery of the ocean around my website. Water is an incredibly important element for me that symbolizes the ability to move with the surf, the vicissitudes of change. I have pictures of both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean to symbolize my bicoastal practice and the beautiful waters I call home.

Photography credit goes to Saskia Kahn.