heal parts and embody Self
The most valuable relationship is the one you have with your true, natural Self. In my Parts Work-informed counseling and expressive arts therapy, I help you form loving bonds of secure attachment with Self.
Getting to know your Self, you also learn to let Self love you - all parts of you. Self gives all parts within the affection, space, compassion, protection, freedom, nourishment, and care they need.
The goal of counseling in this way is to restore harmony and flourishing in your inner natural kingdom, so that whatever else you encounter in your external life, you know your insides to be a place of relating, playfulness, replenishment, and deep safety.
holistic counseling
I integrate Parts Work-based approaches and mindsets into my holistic counseling. My style is informed by Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Process Work, spiritual explorations, and the creative arts therapies.
If you’re longing to feel closer to your loving, real, playful, brilliant Self, I invite you to contact me about doing some sessions together.
My Parts Play counseling sessions are for people who want to heal through talk, light experiential somatic exercises, and active imagination primarily.
expressive arts therapy
Expressive Arts Therapy (EXA) is a playful, potent, and creative approach to healing. EXA interweaves creative arts therapies. Movement, music, visual arts, enacting, and writing may all be part of a session.
The purpose of EXA is not only to heal from what has hurt us, but to unify with the richness, depth and joy of life, through expanding our creative, capable nature.
Parts Work and EXA work beautifully together. Using EXA practices to make friends with our parts and to embody Self energy is life-changing!
If you want to connect more deeply with your creativity and/or your Self through arts play, I invite you to contact me about doing some sessions together.
My Arts Play sessions are for people who want to heal by getting deep into the arts, self-expression & creative play.
groups and playshops
I run groups for grown ups to experience healing co-creative play. My closed groups can be found on the Groups page. Drop in playshops open to the public can be found on the Open Playshops page.
booking
My fee for a 50-minute counseling or expressive arts therapy session is $120.
I offer sliding scale options, provided I have room in my practice.
Sessions are held remotely, online only at this time.
I work as a non-clinical practitioner, providing holistic counseling and expressive arts therapy. You can inform yourself of my scope of practice by reading here.
To initiate the booking process, send me an inquiry using the button below. Thank you!
DIY play prompts
In EXA sessions, experientials are unscripted, arising organically out of the work we’re doing together.
Self-facilitated EXA isn’t quite the same, because the aspect of relationship is central for healing. But solo EXA spelunking is healing too! I have placed many records of my own creative healing encounters with the Inner Wild in the Ideas section of this site, for anyone to use on their own authority.
Here are some explorations you may want to try to get your feet wet:
Places, Grandmothers, or True Size for honoring yourself and where you come from
Body Map, Grounding or Containment for somatic skills explorations
Disasterpieces, Awkward Collaboration, Dictionary Song and Group Musical Play for playfulness
Parts Work Comics and Parts Work Dialogues for working with Inner Parts
Sandplay and Make Your Own Deck for vivifying intuition
For many more prompts, explore the LionSong IDEAS page.
See me talk about using the arts to connect with Self and heal parts in the video below
lionSong influences
I have a Masters in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies.
I use an open, exploratory and collaborative approach influenced by Person Centered Expressive Arts Therapy, Internal Family Systems, nature therapy, somatics, Gestalt, Jung, 12 Step, trauma-informed practices, and Process Work.
I feel expanding our unique personal relationship to Self/Spirit/GodSelf/unity consciousness is the most reliable road to a good life.