Aspen Bialer (she/her)

My Approach to Helping

**Relational** I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to be in an authentic and collaborative connection with you in support of your therapeutic goals. Just as so much of our wounding happens in relationship, our healing happens in relationship. I use what I notice playing out in our relationship to guide our work together. **Systems-oriented** I recognize that we’re deeply shaped by the systems we’re navigating in the present as well as the histories that have brought us to this moment. I practice locating both you and myself in the systems that have shaped us. I know both that healing is possible exactly where we are and also that our healing requires systemic change. **Somatic** Talking about our problems only gets us so far. I believe that connecting to our bodies can offer us opportunities for transformation that talk therapy alone cannot. Healing needs to be felt in our tissues. And transformation often requires us to notice our embodied habits and choose to practice something new.