Ancestral Healing
When we consider our patterns, the time comes when we must consider their origins and recognize both the blessings and wounds that our lineage holds. This work is about helping you explore & get to the root of patterns that have been carried through time, for generations, into your current experience.
The beauty of combining this work with psychotherapy is that we get to process the deeply imaginal nature of an ancestral journey with your current experience. Together, the two modalities allow you to access the timeless and rich material of your lineage while maintaining a clear path towards integrating and completing those patterns in real time. You get to see how your personal experience is held in relationship to a larger story.
There is so much potential in this work and its gravity is not to be underestimated. If you are called, there is a reason.
For some it’s a nudge. For others it is a clear knowing. The influence that our ancestors can have in our lives is profound and so is the growth that can come when we begin looking beyond ourselves. This way of working helps us see the aspects of ourselves that are unconsciously identifying with patterns, stories, neurosis, and/or illnesses that have been passed down to us. I intimately understand the ways our physical, mental, emotional, spiritual bodies & psyche, carry the stories of our ancestors and those that have come before us. For some, the influence of these stories is a matter of life or death.
Holding space for an individual’s process is one thing. Holding space for you and your lineage is an art and a practice that I hold deep reverence for. I am fiercely confident in the protocol I have developed and the experience I have with this work in my own life. I started formally offering this work at a time that was in truest alignment with my own ancestry. It is said in the Kaballah, (The Jewish Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings that forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism. -Wikipedia) that when a Woman’s bleed begins to come to an end she is only then ready to hold this type of mystical space for others. I have spent many years doing this work and received formal training with Tirzah Firestone in 2022.
"The imaginal realm is a meeting ground, a place of active exchange between two bandwidths of reality."
- Cynthia Bourgeault
Our therapeutic models thrive when they include “all our relations” & remind us that we are part of the unseen and the unseen a part of us.
These sessions will help you learn to recognize the patterns that you carry through the epigenetic transfer of generational trauma, they will help you confidently identify the ancestors who are your allies. They will allow you to weave your relationship with the sacred and receive a web of resources that are unique to your lineage. This may look like ritual, ceremony, and or journeys. There are gifts your ancestors are waiting to pass down to you and their whispers are calling you back in time, so that you may heal the echoes of the past.
It is recommended that you plan for at least 3 sessions in order to move fully through the journey.
A session offers you the fullness of 90 minutes to explore your genealogy and get clear on how it can be integrated in present time. It’s important to mention that when we create relationship with our ancestors we create relationships that become part of our web of support. You are not alone, and this work can greatly serve our sense of belonging in the world. The ripple effect of this work is hard to put into words. It holds the capacity to heal trauma that may go back many generations. When we heal our relationship with our ancestry, it is not only a contribution to ourselves, it is a contribution to our cultural wounds as well.
To start, we will create a genogram together, which can take more than a single session to create. This process helps us organize the information that otherwise may not feel linear. It allows us to identify patterns and sometimes I will receive clear messages for you as we piece things together. Think of it as a map you get to fill in with your own research as you dig deeper into the story of your lineage. I will help guide you along. From there, we typically move into a journey where you have the opportunity to connect with the well and wise ancestors that desire to support you on your path. As a psychotherapist my intention is to always help you create coherent relationship with the information you receive from the unconscious and imaginal realms.
Hear me when I say, I know how challenging this work can be. It is a profound and important undertaking.
I deeply honor you stepping into this and will hold impeccable space for you and your ancestors.