About Shelley
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That is how the light gets in”- Anthem, Leonard Cohen
Along the tumultuous path of being human, we stumble along, experiencing fractures in our relationship with ourselves and others. Loss and trauma break us and can cause enormous suffering. Leonard Cohen in his song “Anthem” reaches us through his poetic lyrics to show how being broken is what it means to be living in this world.
Psychotherapy can be a powerful resource to grow and care for our fractured selves and relationships. Shelley Triggs sees falling apart as the occasion when there can be the most possibility for hope. When we confront our broken self and allow ourselves to be vulnerable - that is the moment we begin to mend our life.
Shelley’s therapeutic approach is to follow your lead and your clues within your personal narrative. She believes in the power of your personal story and the imagery of your dreams and symbols that live powerfully within your psyche. She is trained in depth psychology to work with dream imagery, fears, overwhelm, depression and insecurities to help you access what the poet Mary Oliver calls “your one wild and precious life.”
Education
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
M.A., Education, Pepperdine University
B.A., Art History, University California at Los Angeles
Experience
Divorce Coach, SLO Collaborative Divorce Group
Grief Counselor, Hospice of San Luis Obispo County
Adolescent Therapist, Leffingwell High School
Adolescent Therapist, Atascadero Unified School District
Child Therapist, San Luis Obispo Child Development Resource Center
Family Therapist, San Luis Coastal Unified School District
Additional Training
Being in the Time of Dying, Hospice
Trauma integrated with a Depth Psychological approach, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Narrative Therapy Escaping Blame
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce, Collaborative Practice California
Core Mediation, San Luis Obispo College of Law
Non Violent Communication
Restorative Yoga
Student of Meditation
