Vanessa Beth Tate

I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist which means I have specific training in relationships of all types. I received my education from the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. My specific training was in Somatic Psychotherapy which means I hugely value the importance of the physical and energetic body and it's connection to our emotions, behaviors, and relationship to self and other. I believe we must explore the whole person, especially the young one inside and where s/he is in life - physiologically, psychically, behaviorally, and spiritually - before we can decide where we're going. I do this by observing, tracking and interacting with your physical and energetic subtle being. When using the body (soma) and spirit in the present moment, self awareness develops, regulation is experienced and truths are often revealed more readily than just via our verbal mind. Where traditional talk therapy can sometimes only get us so far, my approach attempts to repair the preverbal, the wiring in the brain and nervous system that didn't get to develop to their fullest potential early on.