Gabriel Boyer (they/he)

Relational 

I mix attachment theory with Relational Gestalt, Somatic, and Relational Psychoanalytic approaches. These converge on the restorative potential of relationships. These practices center on building a safe therapeutic relationship, unique to each person--more feeling, more silence, more sass. In relationships where we feel met, shame and anxiety diminish, a path opens to explore more deeply, to uproot core knots and create new ways to live and flourish.

Somatic Therapy (Body Centered)

Engaging the body often means slowing down to invite in subtle experiences. I invite in body expression, movement, and more space for core emotion to emerge more fully. I pay particular attention to open diminished affect and impulse. My background is eclectic in somatic therapy: primarily contemporary Reichian. I also use Hakomi, trauma informed tools from Somatic Experiencing, and pull from my experience in Yoga and Buddhist practice.

Gestalt

Gestalt means whole, holistic. The focus is on *your experience*: what you feel, sense, how you flow, your way of making meaning, and our unique way of meeting together. I attend to subtleties in your process, not just what you share but how: pacing, body expressions, breath, etc. This is woven together in a genuine, open hearted explorative therapy. Relational Gestalt is an updated and more attuned thread. It has an optimistic spirit, nurturing awareness, resilience, spontaneity and play.

Psychodynamic 

Relational Psychoanalysis incorporates attachment theory, feminist and queer theory. Coalescing with Stephen Mitchell (ancestor to Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik from Couple's Therapy), a mutually collaborative exploration of the interplay between your inner process and the world around you. This includes your attachment history, relationship patterns, and leveraging our relationship towards your growth.

Depth Therapy

Opposed to the medicalization of human experience, symptoms & sufferings are the call towards transformation. As they say "the way out is through." What unique supports are needed to courageously move towards deeper feelings, towards a fuller life?

Relationship / Marriage Issues

Whether it's one couple or several partners, I help you slow down the cycles that pull you apart. Using an embodied, attachment-based approach, we notice how stress and dysregulation disrupt connection, then practice ways to shift. The result is more empathy between you and a steadier foundation for honest conversation. I'm sex-positive and kink-friendly, I have particular experience with the challenges of open relationships, and I work in a nonjudgmental way with many monogamous people.

LGBTQ Issues

Love, desire, and attraction are some of the most meaningful parts of our lives, and in a culture that often punishes them, sanctuary matters. Whether you want a queer-affirming space to talk about anything at all, or to work directly through internalized homophobia or transphobia, we'll build toward the life of resilience, connection, and love you want.

Polyamorous and Open Relationships

Open relationships can work, and they thrive with good tools and support. I bring both professional training and personal experience. Whether you're just beginning to explore or are years in, I support people in all kinds of configurations.

Historical Trauma

Trauma work with me is built on consent, respect and attuned to the forces of shame. At a pace your body can handle, we turn toward what hurts and build resilience inside a trusted, supportive relationship.

Anxiety

Anxiety often lives in the body as tension, racing thoughts, or a constant sense of bracing. Rather than just managing symptoms, we get curious about what your anxiety is protecting you from and what it's asking for. Through body awareness and relational support, many people find they can feel steadier, less alone with it, and more at home in themselves.