Whale Being Therapy, Ellie Wilde, Ph.D.
dive into aliveness
& reclaim your flow
Express. Discover. Play. Transform.
You have dreams. You hear them calling you through the noise and darkness.
You don't need some professional to tell you what's wrong with you while you sit under fluorescent lights.
You need to feel it -- your visceral belonging to the aliveness that runs through us all.
Maybe you seek permission to let go and follow the river of your own creative life force, to let it flow out of you as movement, as voice, as magic, adding your critical note to the Universe's song. Maybe you just need someone to walk beside you as you face your fears.
If this is ringing a bell, I'd love to connect with you.
You deserve to relax into spacious breath, stretch your wings wide and feel the breeze...
let your fins and flippers dance you down deep and back up into the light again, singing...
play in the waterfall and lay on the warm rock, listening to the sweet, steady hum of all that is...
This work helps us practice belonging, set boundaries, and let love in. Express our most essential selves and share our spark. Grieve, heal intergenerational wounds, and reconnect with ancestors. Find ease. Open our senses to more deeply taste pleasure, beauty, and joy.
I offer trauma-informed, creative, Nature-based somatic therapy rooted in Psychodrama, InterPlay, Expressive Arts, grief tending, and parts work. This blend of practices is the most potent, transformative, and liberatory I have found in decades of seeking.
I have affinity and expertise working with neurodivergent, queer and gender-expansive folks, immigrants, creatives, healers, and community leaders working towards collective liberation. Together we create a container in which you can explore what matters most through movement, stillness, voice, imagination, and expression. We move at your pace.
This work ignites hope, energy, and a sense of wonder. It empowers us to face darkness and light, tap into flow, practice creative new responses to old problems in real time, and bring our dreams to life. Read about how I work here or reach through the portal below to begin!
I hold deep respect for the courage this practice requires. Your consent and voice are always centered. As your nervous system reorients to safety and connection through stress release and grounding, you may discover deeper presence with your own life. Clients share feeling:
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Clarity, power & meaning far beyond cognitive insight
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Expansive, transcendent connection, life "regains color," pleasure, creativity
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Lightness, vitality, childlike joy & awe, a well of potential they call "limitless!"
relationships & COUPLEs
Relationships have always been my passion, from writing the Gottman Institute's blog at the beginning of my training, and shaping every step of my career since.
For decades, I have immersed myself in both the art and science of helping relationships thrive -- from publishing relationship research during my PhD to pursuing extensive advanced training beyond the classroom.
Today, I integrate elements of Gottman Method, Sue Johnson's Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), ecosomatic approaches, and Psychodrama to create a deeply transformative experience for each partnership.
I am rarely my clients' first couples therapist. But many tell me that my creative, direct approach is the first to help them make a meaningful difference: break old patterns, rediscover intimacy, and deepen into love.
I am also an experienced guide through the discernment process, helping partners explore whether the relationship is still mutually supportive, decide whether to deepen commitment, or navigate the transition of separation with care and clarity.
