“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just
as i am, then i can change.” -carl Rogers
You Are Your Medicine
We all have the capacity to move toward wholeness. It is our innate healing intelligence that guides us there. Sometimes we just need a little help in learning how to listen, sense, and (re)connect with it. As your psychotherapist I am here to help you access your inner healing intelligence so you can move toward your goals to a more fulfilling life. I believe the therapy process begins with curiosity, and is a process of being open to discovery. Being curious about yourself in your present moment experience leads to discovering more about who you are at your deepest, most truest level. As your psychotherapist i am honored to assist you in moving through and processing pain, grief and unresolved traumas to help you in your discovery process, in the re-covery of your deepest and most authentic self. As a Certified Integrative Body Psychotherapist I support you in doing this by helping you to recognize your body as a map of your psyche, by integrating mindfulness and somatic awareness, and by tracking and tending to your nervous system state and needs.
Additionally In my work with individuals I am very relationally oriented in an empowering, kind, and authentic way. As my individual client, not only will I offer you a safe space to explore and address what brought you to therapy, I invite and support additional emotional development through the specific lens of acknowledging the client-therapist relationship. As our therapeutic alliance builds, thoughts and feelings about our interactions will inevitably arise. Processing feelings related to the therapeutic relationship can be an opportunity to gain more insight into yourself, and deepen your sense of safety and trust in our work together. This can support you in your therapy journey as you move towards your goals.
My Approach
I am a certified Integrative Body psychotherapist and a Certified Sex Therapist (CST). I work with adults and elders and my treatment approach includes:
- Somatic Processing
- Attachment/relational focus
- Gottman Method
- Trauma informed/Polyvagal Informed
- Breathwork
- Sandplay
- Mindfulness and Experiential embodiment practices
- Sex Positive
My Areas of Expertise
- PTSD/Trauma reprocessing and integration
- Healing regarding Relationships, intimacy, and attachment
- Sexual health and sexual functioning, sexual pleasure
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
- Emotional Dysregulation (Depression and Anxiety)
- Navigating Life Transitions
- Psycho-Spiritual Growth
- Mind-Body Connection
- Grief/Loss, including Ambiguous Grief
- Pre and post integration work around psychedelic and spiritual explorations
- Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
- Developing the freedom to embody and express your authentic self
- Those who identify as a sexual or gender minority. I am an LGBTQAI+ ally
- Kink, BDSM, fetish
- Therapy for other therapists
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” -RUMI
Gina Searle
Embodiment . Presence . Connection
801-209-6243 - 2225 E. Murray-Holladay Road #108, Holladay, UT 84117