Therapy Approach
Remember Your True Self: Heart-Centered Therapy for Connected and Authentic Living
Are you finding yourself in a season of uncertainty? Maybe you are longing to feel like yourself again; to feel good enough; to feel less anxious, stressed, and worried; or maybe you have gone through a traumatic or stressful experience and long to feel more connected, confident, and secure.
My approach is compassionate, caring, and collaborative. With a psychodynamic embrace, I also invite dreamwork, mindfulness, EMDR, HeartMath, meditation, and visualizations. If you are interested in listening more closely to your dreams, I help guide you through inner explorations with Jungian-informed dream exploration. If you wish to invite spirituality, I create space for you to embrace your faith.
I am here with you as you walk the path of remembering that you are enough, whole, and worthy—and that you matter. I specialize in helping individuals who are navigating periods of uncertainty, not feeling good enough, anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief cultivate deeper inner connection, inner trust, and self-worth.
I help support you through patches of feeling overwhelmed, anxious, uninspired, stuck, not feeling good enough, or feeling disconnected from your higher purpose. Our sessions unfold in a warm, heart-centered space where we gently explore unconscious patterns that may be holding you back while helping you build tools for nervous system regulation, deepen self-awareness, improve inner trust, cultivate healthier ways of thinking, and respond to challenges with greater clarity and intention.
I invite you to gently embrace a more heart-centered life grounded in self-compassion, authenticity, and inner balance.
As your therapist, I listen to you. I listen carefully to who you are, what you feel—and most importantly, how you'd like to feel. With greater self-awareness, you begin to view life experiences from new perspectives and learn to gracefully respond and make decisions with clear intention rather than automatically reacting from old patterns. With higher clarity, you move towards a deeper sense of inner trust, creativity, and joy.
I specialize in working with executives, creatives, and mothers ages 18–64.
Inviting Humanistic Compassion, Depth-Oriented Psychodynamic Therapy, Jungian-Informed Dreamwork, EMDR Reprocessing, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion
I specialize in supporting individuals through periods of low self-worth, stress, burnout, career changes, family tension, grief, and difficult experiences—with impacts from both major and minor trauma. In our sessions, I help you listen compassionately to your caring voice and inner wisdom, guiding you to remember your authentic self.
I help people navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and low self-worth cultivate a deeper inner connection with inner peace, inner trust, self-worth, and authenticity within a peaceful, warm, and compassionate space for self-reflection.
I meet you where you are. I believe healing unfolds when we feel fully seen, heard, and understood.
Healing can come from many places, including your own heart. In our work together, my wish is for you to deepen your inner connection, cultivate inner trust, and remember your authentic self.
A Heart-Centered Approach
I meet with clients in my office on Fashion Island in Newport Beach, and also see clients virtually throughout California.
Our sessions may include:
Identifying and embracing limiting beliefs and unconscious programming that may be hindering you from blossoming into your true self
Adaptive Reprocessing of stressful and painful memories, and embracing negative cognitions and perceptions with EMDR and dream work
Balancing the nervous system with vagus nerve practices, deep breathing, HeartMath, and self-compassion
Self-compassion practices
Exploring your intrinsic and external values, and your inner soul gifts
Practices for cultivating authenticity and self-worth
Reframing negative thinking to more positive and productive thinking
Listening to your feelings with somatic awareness
Exploring your dreams for improved self-awareness, graceful guidance, and inner connection - you may feel inspired to keep a dream journal! Learn more about Dream Therapy
Deep reflections and illuminating insights
Meditation and breathing exercises
Heart-centered communication practices for healthy relationships
Loving reflections around faith and spirituality
Visualizations, prayers, and affirmations
You may recognize some of these feelings or experiences:
“I’d like to feel less anxious and more confident. I’d like to feel good about who I am, no matter who I’m speaking to.”
“I want to feel more comfortable in my body and leave pain in the past”
“I want to feel like myself again. I’d like to move past limiting beliefs and stop being so critical of myself. I’d like to be more creative and blossom into my full potential”
“I want to feel more connected”
“I’d like to have authentic friendships”
“I want to wake up and feel motivated and clear again. I want to feel more focused, and be able to concentrate and get things done”
“I want to understand why I do what I do, and learn how to improve my relationships”
“I want to feel less stressed and not so overwhelmed. I would like to feel I can handle whatever comes my way, and be more content, peaceful, and relaxed”
Reflections
I invite you to reflect on the questions below. If you answer yes to any of them, my approach may be helpful to you.
Do you struggle with not feeling good enough?
Have you told yourself recently, “I don’t feel like myself anymore”
Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed?
Do you worry excessively and think about things going wrong?
Do you find yourself stuck in negative patterns and held back by limiting beliefs?
Do you relive traumatic and charged memories?
Are you experiencing loss, grief, or going through a life transition?
Are you overly critical of yourself?
Are you curious about bringing unconscious patterns to light and listening closely to your dreams?
Are you experiencing brain fog and have a hard time concentrating?
Are you experiencing burnout?
Do you struggle with perfectionism?
Do you feel tired and uninspired?
Do you feel like you lost your inner connection?
Do you feel like you steered away from your true path and purpose?
Welcome to schedule an introductory phone consultation for a heart-centered conversation and to explore if therapy feels right for you.
With Love & Grace, Anna-Karin
Specialty Areas
Anxiety
Stress
Trauma
Self-Worth
Depression
Burnout
Grief
Perfectionism
Creativity
Limiting Beliefs
Inner Connection
Authenticity
Confidence
Spirituality / Faith
Purpose
Dream Explorations
