What We Do

We Each Do Just A Few Things

…So We Do Them Very Well

Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy And Psychoeducation

All the clinicians at The Sanctuary have been following their own spiritual path for years. While our enthusiasm has waxed and waned at different times, we always find our way back to our core spiritual practices. Our work is imbued with the principles and methods of mindfulness, meditation, and the Law of Attraction. QiGong, Reiki, DBT, EMDR, and somatic methods are all based on these core principles. Our clients can rest assured that we "practice what we preach" in our lives as well as our practice.

Eating Disorders (Vicky Kolasinski)

Eating disorders are best thought of as an abusive relationship between mind and body. Traditional treatment methods often work “from the outside in”, unwittingly re-enacting the driving relational wounds with authoritarian approaches that require rigid conformity to pre-determined rules and structures. Vicky has been helping women and girls make peace with their bodies for 25 years, using gentle “inside out” approaches (like yoga, mindful attunement, and other body-based methods) within the context of a personal healing relationship. When body, mind and soul are in harmony, you don’t need a diet plan or behavior checklist to tell you what to do. Your good health manifests in spontaneous, healthy choices.

PTSD And Dissociation (Dr. Heather Killian)

Are more common than society likes to admit, as are the abuses of power in relationship that cause them
Are often misdiagnosed as garden variety depression or anxiety disorders
Don’t respond well to “talk therapy”
Are caused by physical or relational trauma (It’s not your fault!)
Are best thought of as a glitch in the memory processing system
Can be healed!
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful way of helping your own brain move stuck mental contents to adaptive resolution. Heather took her EMDR training in 2007, and uses it extensively in her practice. Somatic approaches and mindfulness meditation also play an important role in healing: learn to ground, be present, re-inhabit your body, desensitize anxiety triggers, release “body memories” and strengthen containment and self-regulation skills

Spiritual Trauma (All of Us)

Many women feel confused, disconnected from Spirit and from their true nature, because they've experienced exploitation or marginalization based on the mere fact of their being women in a male-dominated, power-over world. Peggy feels a special calling to help women who've experienced neglect or abuse at the hands of religious patriarchs, or objectification in the sex trade. These kinds of experiences are best thought of as Spiritual Woundings. Healing means reconnecting with the Divine Feminine within and around you, reclaiming your true nature and embracing the Power-With way of being that is your birthright as a woman.

Depression & Anxiety (All of Us)

...are often weeds that take root in the toxic soil of physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect—as a child or in a current relationship. They almost always come as a package, and when they do it’s best thought of as a disorder of attachment. In a healing relationship with a caring therapist, a woman can experience what healthy relationship feels like and learn to require the respect and dignity she deserves.