Mentorships

If you are interested in working with Andrea in a one-on-one capacity, you're in the right place. There are three mentorship options for which you can apply: The Single 1:1 Session, The Inner Alchemy Four Month Container, or career/creative guidance sessions for independent artists. To learn more, explore each option below.

Single 1:1 Session

75 minute mentorship session. Custom pdf summary.

Inner Alchemy: Four Month Container

Eight, 90 minute 1:1 sessions. Custom pdf guidance summary.

Career Guidance Session for Artists

One 60 minute session for independent artists and other creatives. Topics covered can include: career guidance, financial planning, artist development, creative process and blocks.

The path of mentorship is for you if you are…

  • At a threshold or transition in life

  • Wanting to connect to deeper purpose and meaning

  • A leader, entrepreneur, or visionary who is expanding into new territory

  • An independent artist needing career guidance and support

  • Afraid of being seen in your full authenticity and hesitant to step out into more visibility

  • In the midst of a “dark night” or liminal period, and need new ways to navigate

If private mentorship isn’t accessible to you right now, you are welcome to join the waitlist for group mentoring here.

Mentorship is a space of renewal.
A space of return.
A space where both light and dark are welcome.

The way of mentorship is a spiral path, and often takes time, patience, and devotion. Through working together in an intentional container, we will help you to bring insight into embodiment. Whether you're navigating a threshold, clarifying purpose, shedding an old identity, or in the beginning stages of a long descent, we will walk alongside each other as you deepen into self trust.

When we learn to hold all aspects of our experience in the light of our consciousness, we reclaim our innate wholeness. Through shedding old adaptations and stories, we give ourselves the gift of cyclical renewal.

Mentorship: The Art of Renewal and Reconnection

During my time as an independent artist, I have learned first hand the necessity of the death/rebirth cycle when it comes to creative and self renewal. I have come to understand that this process doesn’t just apply to creativity, but to every aspect of life. Whether you’re going through a career transition, personal threshold moment, or have simply arrived at a place in life where “something feels off,” there is an invitation into the unknown.

Something has to fall away in order to make room for the new. All of us, at some point, will be asked to go through at least one major threshold moment during our lives. But many of us shut down in the face of true liminality and unknown. As an artist and mentor, it is this particular territory of “liminality” that I have devoted myself to understanding.

I am interested in fostering and encouraging deep self trust, authenticity, and creative devotion - regardless of whether or not you’re a working artist.

As a mentor, I use approaches that are depth oriented, embodied, and soul led, pulling from influences such as Jungian psychology, psychological alchemy, and somatic based therapies. I encourage tangible, somatic experiences that lead to an increased sense of aliveness, authenticity, and reconnection with the ground of one’s own being. What I have seen in my own work, as well as in my work with others, is that as we consciously release and dissolve old adaptations, we make space for what is truly authentic to us. Often this is a process of shedding, dissolving, and composting old stories and somatic patterns that keep us bound and restricted. As we learn novel ways to let go of the old, we create space for the birth of something new. In alchemy, this is known as “Solve et Coagula” (dissolve and coagulate). This is the art of cyclical renewal.

This particular path of mentorship is not traditional talk therapy or coaching. In my view, it is more akin to the tradition of alchemy. Which is to say that mentoring - from my perspective - is a process of soul tending. As your mentor, I become both a companion and a witness to this process. I become a mirror which reflects what needs to be seen. Along the way, I encourage a quality of listening that creates a deeper connection with your innate instinct and intuition.

As a mentee, your ability to self reflect and hold internal tension is crucial. Our sessions will be somatically focused and involve periods of deep embodied listening. The goal with this process is to provide a container where you can build resilience, embodiment, and ultimately, reconnection to your innate wisdom.

Please continue to the FAQs below to learn more.

1:1 Single Session

4 Month Container

1:1 career guidance for artists

FAQs

  • I work with people who have a strong capacity for self reflection, inner work, and who are ready for an immersive and committed process.

    There is a specific kind of readiness that I am looking for in a mentee, which is why the application process is so in depth. I expect a high degree of engagement, both within our sessions and throughout each week if you are participating in the 4 month container.

    Many therapeutic models encourage dependence, rather than facilitating an experience where internal guidance systems can be brought back online. In this way, the mentorship process is meant to encourage reconnection to your innate, intuitive intelligence. We will spend less time rehearsing old stories, and more time focusing on aligned action. I will hold a strong mirror of accountability and expect a high degree of embodied participation.

    While we will touch on behaviour patterns that stem back to developmental years, it will be assumed that you have a basic understanding of your personal story and belief systems, as well as the ways in which these have influenced you.

    If you are applying for the 4 month container, it is required that you are able to set aside a minimum of 1-2 hours a day for activities that are related to the mentorship.

    Again, it’s important to state that this is not talk therapy. Your work continues after our sessions together and it will be assumed that you are interested in devotional daily practices and somatic exploration.

  • Depending on the mentorship option you choose, we will either work together once, or eight times over four months (via zoom).

    If you choose the 4 month container, we will check in via email once every other week in the event that questions arise.

    At the end of our final session, you will receive a handwritten pdf summary of reflections, insights, and further direction to continue forward with.

    I also offer the option to extend the mentorship if you decide that you want to go deeper with ongoing support (on a month-to-month basis).

  • Somatic shadow work, embodied listening, IFS and parts work, depth psychology, psychological alchemy, nervous system education, dreamwork, and deep inquiry via journalling and/or expressive art therapy.

    Other modalities can include: wilderness immersions, in person weekend intensives. (If interested, please contact us for more details)

  • If 1:1 mentorship isn’t possible for you right now, you are welcome tojoin the waitlist (click to join) for group mentoring. This is a good option if you aren’t ready to invest in a private container. You can also join the upcoming masterclass series if you want to sample what a mentorship or group experience could feel like at a lower investment.

    If you are an independent artist or creative, the career guidance session is the best option for you as it’s the most accessible mentorship path. There are also a limited number of partial scholarships available, so please note this in the application form when you apply or contact us directly.

  • If you have any questions before completing our application, please contact us here.