About Me
Hi, I’m Peyton Kline
Hopefully this page will help you to begin to get to know me and my approach as a therapist. I began my career more than 30 years ago.
Over the years, I have worked with individuals and couples to feel more connected in their relationship and with themselves. I also work with men who have a history of sexual abuse as well as adults in mid-life and beyond, seeking a meaningful life that aligns with your values.
Working in these areas has given me great satisfaction.
MyJourney to Become a Therapist
I know the challenges of relationships. I struggled with fear of intimacy. My coping was avoidance. My own healing continues to drive my passion to work with others on the healing journey.
Being a therapist is rewarding. I love helping people move beyond their fears in order to live a more authentic life.
I bring an Open Nonjudgmental Presence to Sessions
The Therapy Process is Focused on You.
Our sessions will provide you with the space to know clearly your intention, to listen deeply and connect with your intuition.
It is important to me to provide a nonjudgemental space where you can be yourself and ensure that the process is collaborative.
My Purpose is to Help You Find a Clear Vision Forward
I believe that change is possible when you allow yourself the space to do the work
I believe that therapy should address the whole person, Mind, Body, Spirit
I believe that Brene Brown was right when she said, “Owning your own story is the bravest thing you will ever do.”
You can bring more balance to your inner and outer worlds. The outer world can have many demands on our lives. Navigating a life only from an outer perspective can leave us feeling unfulfilled, without meaning.
My theories, models and experience
In the earlier years of my practice, I focused on addictions, youth and families. I provided clinical supervision for 4 years in an adolescent addiction clinic. While I no longer work with people struggling with addictions, I continue to benefit from the training and experience.
My own therapy significantly influenced my direction as a therapist. I spent 2 years in Jungian-based psychotherapy, including dream work. A short time later, I completed a year long study in Jungian psychology.
This provided the theoretical framework for my approach as a therapist. The focus of this work is based on the concept of individuation, or becoming who you are meant to be. The process involves bringing unconscious material to consciousness through dream work or active imagination.
I discovered 20 years ago a therapy model, IFS, that is in part influenced by the concepts of Carl Jung. The model helps clients identify parts of themselves that impede awareness and personal growth. The founder of this model, Richard Schwartz, discovered in his clients over the years an inner family system, mostly out of our awareness. As the parts of ourselves become revealed or conscious, we can more easily live in the Self.
My personal meditation and yoga practice have influenced my therapy practice. I began my meditation practice in my late teens. I spend 10 months in India deepening my practice of both.