About Debra

Helping you discover what feels true for you.

I believe that beneath the beliefs, expectations and protective patterns we acquire through life, there is a deeper part of us that already knows who we are.

My work is about creating space for that knowing to become clearer. Through mindful awareness, EFT Tapping and compassionate exploration, I help people recognize what has been shaping their responses, release the emotional charge connected to old experiences and discover choices that feel more authentic.

I bring warmth, honesty and curiosity to this process. You do not need to arrive with everything understood. We begin with what you are experiencing now and allow the work to unfold from there.

WHAT I BELIEVE

Long before we are able to decide what feels true for us, we absorb messages about who we should be, what is expected of us and what we must do to feel safe, accepted or loved.

These early experiences shape beliefs and protective responses that may gradually begin to feel like our identity. Yet what we learned to believe about ourselves is not necessarily who we are.

I believe awareness allows us to meet these patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. We do not need to reject the past or force ourselves to change. We can understand why a response developed, release the emotional charge that has kept it in place and discover what feels true now.

Healing is not becoming someone new. It is returning to what has always been true within you.

You Are More Than What You Learned to Be

THE PATH THAT BROUGHT ME HERE

A Lifelong Exploration of Healing and Truth

My path to this work has unfolded through a lifelong curiosity about why we respond as we do and what allows meaningful change to occur. I have been continually drawn to the place where mind, body, emotions and spirit meet.

My training and studies have included mindfulness meditation and the Law of Attraction through the College of Metaphysical Theology, Buddhist mindfulness, A Course in Miracles, spiritual philosophy and a year-long experiential study of Universal Kabbalah and the Tree of Life. Each offered a different way of exploring awareness, personal transformation, the release of old patterns and a deeper connection with what feels true.

EFT Tapping gave me a practical way to bring these understandings into lived experience. Through training connected to the lineage of EFT founder Gary Craig, I learned how mindful attention and tapping can work together to help emotional charge release and new understanding emerge.

As a mindfulness teacher, spiritual life coach, speaker and practitioner, I continue to learn through every person I have the privilege of working with. Again and again, I have witnessed that when an old response is no longer needed, something more authentic can arise naturally in its place.

Awareness reveals the pattern. Compassion allows us to meet it. Release makes a new choice possible.

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WORK WITH ME

Honest, Compassionate and Led by What Emerges

I LISTEN CLOSELY

I listen not only to your words, but also to patterns, changes in energy and what may be difficult to articulate. Sometimes what is beneath the immediate concern reveals itself gradually. We allow it to become visible in its own time.

I ASK HONEST QUESTIONS

I may gently ask a direct question or invite you to consider something from a different perspective. My role is not to tell you what to believe, but to help you recognize what may have gone unnoticed and discover what feels true for you.

WE MOVE AT YOUR PACE

There is no predetermined script. You may pause, slow down or change direction at any time. We follow what is present without forcing an outcome, allowing the process to unfold at a pace that respects where you are.

I will be honest with you, gentle with what is tender and respectful of what feels true for you.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Study That Became Practice

My work is grounded in formal EFT training, mindfulness education, spiritual study and years of teaching and working with clients.

I continue to approach this work as both practitioner and student, allowing what I learn, practice and witness to deepen how I support each person.

EFT TRAINING

Certified EFT Practitioner – AAMET, now known as EFT International

Accredited EFT Advanced Practitioner and EFT Master Trainer – EFT & Mindfulness Centre, founded by a former president of AAMET

EFT Student Supervisor – mentoring developing practitioners in client work and professional development

MINDFULNESS AND SPIRITUAL STUDY

Mindfulness Meditation and Law of Attraction training – College of Metaphysical Theology

Spiritual Life Coaching and Holistic Ministry Certification – International Holistic Ministry (IHM), under the guidance of Dr. James Grant

Year-long experiential study of Universal Kabbalah and the Tree of Life

Ongoing personal study of Buddhist mindfulness, A Course in Miracles and spiritual philosophy

TEACHING AND PRACTICE

Partner at The Tree of Health Center since 2013

EFT practitioner, mindfulness teacher, spiritual life coach, speaker and educator

AN INVITATION

Begin With a Conversation

If something you have read here resonates with you, you are welcome to reach out. You do not need to know which approach you need or have everything clearly understood before we speak.

A consultation gives us an opportunity to talk about what you are experiencing, what you would like to change and whether working together feels right for you.

All sessions are offered virtually, allowing you to receive support from the privacy and comfort of your own space.

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