What if healing didn’t require a couch or a softly lit room—but instead unfolded in a meadow full of poppies and shasta daisies, where a girl named Wendy turned twelve in a world crafted entirely by imagination? When an inner child shows up inworld, the potential for virtual alchemy exists. Listen to a case study… [Read More]
Online Coaching and Therapy: Giving Rise to Numinous Moments
When participants in an online session connect—whether through video, voice, or even text—they encounter something quietly profound: presence. This isn’t just metaphorical—it’s a measurable, felt sense of being-with that digital theorists have long explored. Lombard and Ditton (2006), whose work informed much of the early thinking around presence in virtual spaces, help us understand this… [Read More]
Holding Space Across Distance: A Neo-Jungian View of Telepresence
While my academic and therapeutic interests have evolved over the years, from 2000 to 2020 I was deeply immersed in the development, teaching, and writing of best practices for online therapy. As co-founder of the Online Therapy Institute, I helped shape early global conversations around the ethics, techniques, and psychodynamics of digital delivery. So this… [Read More]
What is Aroma Writing?
I have been offering writing workshops for a few years. My writing workshops are a bit different than the norm because I pair essential oils with writing prompts. It’s called Aroma Writing. Sound cray? It isn’t. It is actually a very powerful experience. I’ve always been a “writer.” In high school and college I much… [Read More]
Mental Health and Technology- what’s that got to do with intuition?
For me, everything. Mental health and technology was my career focus for many years. And it grew me intuitively. Becoming an E-Patient About 15 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage IV Sarcoidosis. I was very ill for nearly a year and it took just as long to receive a proper diagnosis. In 2000 I… [Read More]
Peonies and distance healing
Do you have a favorite flower? I love peonies. When I lived on Lookout Mountain I had peony flowers that were outrageously beautiful growing in my yard. I did not plant them or cultivate them but I enjoyed their beauty. When I moved, I transplanted them to my parent’s yard where they still thrive. Flower… [Read More]
Flowers are a nice gesture! Even virtual flowers…
My efforts at the Online Therapy Institute once extended to Second Life. When we moved to a new location- from one island to another- we built a new office and virtual classroom complete with lovely landscaping. We shared an island with other people in the helping professions so we feel right at home. While I… [Read More]
Coming Full Circle as a Writer
When I was in High School I loved American and English Lit classes. In my senior year I enrolled in the local community college as an early entry student and took a writing class. People would casually comment on my writing, and I made decent grades in most subjects if I could use words. I… [Read More]
