…profound results
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“I chose to work with Kristen because she offers innovative methods that are not widely available. I’m so impressed with the elegant simplicity and profound results I get from Brainspotting with Kristen. The changes are surprisingly immediate and continue to last over time. Kristen’s gentle, attuned presence puts me at ease and allows me to sit back, relax and let the process take me to new places. I never would have believed it could be so easy to resolve core issues so efficiently. I highly recommend Kristen to anyone looking to liberate yourself from whatever is holding you back.”
…balance, ease and peace
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“Kristen showed me how to create space in my life for balance, ease and peace. This translates into better interactions and a better me.”
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…beyond my expectations
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“Kristen’s training went beyond my expectations. I gained a deeper understanding of my clients’ needs, a better ability to solve problems, and a stronger capacity to see other perspectives without judgment. I believe anyone would benefit from her trainings.”
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…healthy mind talk
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“With her fun presentation style and great modeling of healthy mind talk, Kristen makes mindfulness and meditation more accessible. In her workshops, I’ve learned how to honor my state of being and use my energy more effectively.”
…beautiful space
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“THANK YOU, Kristen! What an indescribably beautiful space you hold and facilitate access to.”
Passionate and inspiring
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“Kristen walks her talk, is passionate about helping people help themselves, and is an inspiring blend of heart and mind.”
…calm, confident and grounded
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“Thanks for the practices you showed me, Kristen. Now I know how to help myself. I feel calm, confident and grounded at a profound new level.”
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“Kristen, I am so grateful to you for revealing to me more of what it means to go within and feel where the story lives so that I can gently recognize and receive it. I am now living a new story, no longer in a race against time with fear as my guide. You are one of the sages I have been blessed by along the way. Thank you for being so connected, patient and wise so that I could learn.”
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“Thank you deeply and sincerely, Kristen. You are a miracle. I am really grateful to have you in my life and as part of my support team.”
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“My Hakomi session returned me to myself. It helped release my internal dynamic of being hard on myself and seeing the world through the same lens. I’ve been gentler with myself and with others, and enjoying my life a lot more.”
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“Thank you, Kristen. Reading your writing always puts me in a calm, empowered, compassionate frame of mind.”
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“Kristen has helped me so much in private sessions to learn how to practice mindfulness, recognize triggers and change unwanted behavior in my personal relationship with myself and my parenting. Our children’s well being is every motivation we need to keep on the learning and growing path!”
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“I recently had the great gift of having an hour session with Kristen. Her loving listening and inquiry made for such an open exploration that I was transported to a place of playful presence and knew it to be my true nature. She skillfully, tenderly created a safe playground where I felt truly met; it left me with specific tools–remembrances in my very cells–that will serve me well. Thank you, Kristen!”
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“Thank-you so much, Kristen! The Hakomi sessions with you were groundbreaking for me. Your strength and clarity and compassion facilitated the deep work that happened. I continue to bring the spirit of those sessions with me through the ups and downs of my daily life. It’s as if you showed me that I was holding the keys to my own inner peace all along — not just intellectually, but viscerally. I feel truly blessed.”
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“My sessions with Kristen are such gifts! In the moment, they offer the discovery of puzzle pieces. Afterwards, upon reflection comes the fit into the bigger picture. She is a skilled professional and very comfortable to work with.”
Informative and accessible
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“Kristen led an engaging talk for the Shasta Yoga Institute teacher training program. Her informative session made the science of mindfulness very accessible and helped the students see the bigger view of the benefits and applications of the meditation practices they had learned in their training. Kristen walks her talk, is passionate about helping people help themselves, and is an inspiring blend of heart and mind.”
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“Kristen, I am deeply grateful to you for the work we’ve done. Thank you for making it possible for me to afford to have this kind of therapy – it’s really been a blessing and has been changing me and my life.”
Kristen helped me find that voice inside me that says “I can do this.”
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“My past career and family obligations left me with overwhelming feelings of being overwhelmingly overwhelmed! I quit my job to reduce the stress, but found myself fearing that overwhelmed feeling whenever I was challenged, even by things I wanted to do. Kristen helped me find that voice inside me that says “I can do this.” Four incredibly liberating words. She reads my body language so well, and I am learning how to interpret it myself. I always leave my sessions with Kristen feeling lighter, released, liberated. I now believe there is a path to becoming the person I want to be. I feel a new adventure opening up before me!”
…kindness, encouragement, and compassionate support…
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“Kristen is a master of many things. Her kindness, encouragement, compassionate support, and methodical attention assisted me to resolve old trauma and discover my genius through writing. I found my voice and developed the confidence to understand and communicate the uniqueness of my work to clients in a meaningful and compelling manner. As a result, my business grew quickly in the areas of my gifts and talents. Thank you, Kristen.”
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“Kristen is my go-to therapist. In addition to having the skills and knowledge to lead powerful sessions, she has the emotional and spiritual maturity to create a truly safe, nurturing, gentle, loving space for deep healing. Kristen is a blessing for anyone wanting a sincere, masterful guide and ally on the journey to becoming your best self.”