When my clients come to me, they are all some version of exhausted. Maybe you can relate. In the morning, they wake up with an immediate sense of dread, overwhelm, or even panic.
As we work together, they start waking up feeling neutral on more days than not. Until eventually, waking up excited is their new normal. Sometimes, for the first time ever.
If it doesn’t look like it, then we are missing a piece of information about you, your brain, and your psychology. You are not crazy. You are not making excuses. You are a human with a brain. If life feels harder than it should, let’s figure out why.
This is the work. This is what I love to do.
This is different from talk therapy. It’s cell-shifting levels of recognition, understanding and action.
This is in-depth, personalized work, combined with timeless psychological principles for practical change. We take what we learn about you and test it where it matters: in your real life.
My clients are the most brilliant humans—but the demands of life and the years of pushing are becoming too difficult. They can still do it, but it’s hard as fuck and they just don’t want to live and/or work that way anymore.
I help them move from constant pressure, stress, and overwhelm to deep self-knowledge, calm productivity, and a life that feels spacious and full.
Do you see yourself here? I’d love to talk to you.
Back when I was 19, I looked at the adults around me. They seemed pretty miserable.
I refused to believe that being a grown-up meant settling for a life that didn’t make you particularly happy.
Since then, I’ve been fired up about one question: How do we build a life that makes us feel alive?
It got me into coaching, starting my own business, and eventually led me to become a psychologist.
Today, psychology is my favorite tool for change: Combining its timeless principles with tools to develop deep self-knowledge. The result? You’re able to build a life that is created for you.
In my practice, you won’t find rah-rah self-improvement talk, crystal-waving positivity, or “just do it” advice that ignores the complexity of your life and unique psychological makeup.
Instead, I deeply listen and get to know you, and together we develop effective strategies for transformational change that work in your real, beautiful, messy life.
My unique approach is science-based, neuro-affirmative, trauma-informed, and rooted in positive psychology.
In case this means anything to you—in psychologist terms—my client work is:
Humanist | Client-Centered | Solution-Oriented | Directive | Co-Constructive | Relational | Strength-Based
I draw on the therapeutic lineage of:
Positive Psychology | Narrative Therapy | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Trauma Therapy
If this speaks to you, have a look at how we can work together.
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Iris has the ability to develop relationships quickly and engenders trust and respect. I would recommend her without question.
—Jamie Meacham, Global Supply Chain Director
