Hi, I’m Qayyum (pronounced “kai-yoom”)
I am a son, oldest of three brothers and husband to a contemplative artist, and raised by counterculture parents (now divorced). I’ve tried many pursuits, embodying different identities (video editor, organic farmer, Zen monk, prison and hospice volunteer, co-director of an arts community, carpenter, reading tutor, mailman) and what I’ve always been most interested in are the big questions about human life.
How can we experience love, harmony and beauty when there is so much confusion, stress and distraction? How can we be happy with ourselves when we have harsh inner critics? How do we navigate change: grief, conflict, sickness, aging and death?
I view psychotherapy as a relationship where I accompany you in exploring your life. I am deeply present with you in the landscape of inquiry as we feel what it’s like to be you in all your complexity.
I have been a Buddhist meditator for over 25 years and believe in the wisdom of the body as a site of healing and self-knowledge. I have an abiding faith in each person’s integrity, wholeness, and basic goodness.