With a social work and teaching (special education) background both in UK and New Zealand, she has extensive experience in the counseling field. Holistically focused she combines psychotherapy and self awareness training. She provides culturally sensitive psychotherapeutic services to a wide array of clients and considers the relationship between client and therapist to be one based on collaboration and trust. She encourages a mindful approach to a journey of self discovery that leads to personal growth & development. To facilitate meaningful & productive living she blends psychotherapy with modalities such as mind body awareness, somatic experiencing and mindful based cognitive therapy that are as unique as the challenges each client faces. Adrienne specializes in working with trauma, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and counseling those with complicated grief issues.