Hello, I'm Kristen!

While being human carries with it difficulties and pain, there is joy and goodness, healing and wisdom waiting for each of us. I love sitting with folks, supporting each person on their highly unique journey of self-discovery (oftentimes, a REdiscovery!). My intention is to hold a safe, grounded space where curiosity, gentleness, and courage might arise with more ease. Where learning how to know oneself authentically becomes an adventure of the soul. I am deeply interested in understanding how our history shapes us and the ways we show up in the world. I love nurturing folks' spiritual quests and find Nature a refuge and wise teacher.

 

I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in North Carolina, as well as a nurse and hypnotherapist. Born and raised in Louisville, KY, I have lived in Portland, OR, and now here in Asheville since 2015. I am also a writer, gardener, soup maker, cat mom, and seeker.

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As a therapist, I love holding space for folks moving through life transitions. 

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I spent many years helping women in their birthing process by guiding them through fertility hypnotherapy, teaching HypnoBirthing classes, attending their births as a nurse or doula, and when needed, assistance in processing and releasing birth trauma. I always focused on creating a sense of safety and empowerment for the person and their families in order to deepen their connection to themselves, their babies, and their birth support.

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While I am no longer working with birthing in the same way, I am still invested in helping humans learn about themselves in order to show up as their most amazing and incredible selves. Wherever one might be along the journey, birthing oneself is a deeply worthy, ongoing process.

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I utilize a combination of body-centered (somatic), Narrative, and expressive arts practices when working with clients, as well as collaborative hypnotherapy when appropriate. I received my Masters in Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2024 (Lic. #A20939), am a Certified Hypnotherapist through the National Guild of Hypnotists since 1998, and have been a Registered Nurse since 1994.