From Anxiety to
Excitement
Ease
Expansion
Equanimity
Enchanted
Therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area and online across California
About FATE Therapy
FATE is an acronym (From Anxiety to Excitement) and was designed to bring therapy, neuroscience, and spirituality together into a holistic, trauma-informed approach. FATE co-creates a safe space for you to overcome unhelpful patterns, heal from traumatic experiences, and learn anxiety remedies so that you can trust more, fear less.
FATE Therapy is led with an anti-racism, intersectional approach.
Hi, I’m Nathalie
I want your nervous system to know the safety and care it deserves. Collectively, we’re facing tumultuous and unsettling times. If you feel overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or trapped in your thoughts due to anxiety — whether for personal or collective reasons, FATE’s three pillars were created for you and will offer:
A safe container to unpack the sociopolitical stress you may be experiencing (especially if you’re from a marginalized background)
Support in unlearning who you were conditioned to be in the context of your family, culture, and society
Devotional practices that support nervous system regulation
Tools to trust yourself to face self-doubt, the fear of failure, or the belief you’re not enough
Exercises to help you realize how worthy you already are in spite of your perceived flaws and insecurities
The courage to take imperfect action towards creating the life you desire so that you can express yourself more authentically
FATE’s Three Pillars
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Comfort Zone
System Expansion
How are you grounding and nurturing your nervous system? This is the devotion to self that allows for expansion by committing to the habits and structure needed to do so. Ultimately, this pillar prepares you to step out of your comfort zone.
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Selective Attention
Perspective Lab
You’re already architecting your reality so why not make it the way you want to be by purposely selecting what you give your attention to? The perspective you choose to have in situations can be a self-fulfilling prophecy so learn to choose wisely.
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Life Purpose
Radical Agency
You don’t have one single purpose in this life so how are you—with all the potential you have—making your life meaningful today? Are you connected to your values and finding awe in life? You have agency, learn to claim it in a grounded, heart-centered way.
FATE’s Lore
FATE’s science-backed pillars prepare you to rebel against the forces* that benefit from you being dysregulated, distracted, and fragmented versions of yourself. Given the harsh reality we’re living through, where our attention is increasingly commoditized and we’re facing constant uncertainty, FATE supports you in cultivating the practices needed to feel grounded and capable to lead with the mindset and values-based behaviors to flourish and live purposely.
*Forces include social media, nihilism, oppressive systems, etc.
Why follow FATE’s pillars?
Spoiler warning: The pillars’ names are cheeky! This is an agenda on the cheat codes and paradoxes of life.
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The more nurtured our nervous systems are, the more tolerance we build for discomfort and prepared we are for expansion.
Stepping outside of our comfort zone is where the magic happens!
What this pillar covers:
Somatic/body-based approaches
DBT tools (distress tolerance, emotional regulation, etc)
More details coming soon!
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The more we are selective with our attention and apply the perspectives that align with our values, the more we rewire our minds for the breakthroughs we desire.
P.S. Attention is currency; it is a commodity and valued at trillions of dollars!
What this pillar covers:
Neuroscience facts đź§
CBT & CPT: techniques (core beliefs, unhelpful thinking styles, etc.)
ACT: observing > absorbing thoughts
More details coming soon!
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The more of our agency we radically reclaim, the more we’ll discern what’s fated for us and choose committed actions that align with a strong sense of purpose.
We give our lives meaning on the smallest and largest of scales every day!
What this pillar covers:
Intuition, vulnerability & self-expression
ACT: Values
IFS: Self energy & harmony with parts
DBT: Wise Mind
More details coming soon!
Services Offered In-Person & Online
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Talk Therapy
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Accelerated Resolution Therapy
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Coaching Intensives