I Am North.

And So Are You.

There is a direction inside you that has always known the way.

Brittany Purrington, LMHCA, LPC

Healing isn’t a destination that we arrive at.

It's a daily practice of returning to yourself - of attuning to your experience, feeling your emotions all the way through, and then taking action to get your needs & desires met.

Not in a selfish way.

But in an I-matter-too kind of way.

This is self-loyalty. Showing up in your truth.

This is what it means to orient toward your inner north and travel northbound.

This is my philosophy to therapy. If it resonates, I’d be honored to work with you.

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My Approach

Most people hear your words. I listen for what's underneath them.

As you tell me about your week or that argument you had last night with your partner, I listen for the emotions not being expressed and the thoughts not yet said. I name what I’m noticing under the surface.

This is where things begin to shift.

You stop analyzing & begin to come in contact with your inner truth. We slow down, and you start to actually feel how that fight impacted you. You notice it in your body too.

This is attunement, and it’s the foundation to our work together.

For deeper insight into the relational patterns that run your life, I also bring the therapeutic relationship itself into the conversation.

The patterns that show up in your personal life almost always show up between us too. Our relationship becomes a mirror — showing you not only how you relate to your partner, family, friends, and work — but how you relate to yourself.

When we can name what's happening between us honestly, you get to be fully yourself — without the relationship being threatened or the connection lost. If you are sensitive, you likely have never experienced this before.

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The Tools I Bring Into Session

Somatic Awareness

Emotions don't just live in your mind — they live in your body. Heaviness in your chest, the breath you're holding, the tightness in your throat. Part of our work together involves slowing down enough to notice what your body is already telling you, and learning to stay with it rather than move past it.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Most of us have a part that people-pleases, a part that's self-critical, a part that learned to hide. IFS is a framework for getting curious about those parts rather than fighting them — including the younger versions of yourself that are still carrying old wounds. This is where inner child and attachment work lives in our sessions.

Relational Psychodynamic Therapy

The patterns that shaped you didn't start with your partner. This approach looks at how early experiences and relationships live on in your present life — and how the relationship between us becomes its own window into those patterns. What happens in the room is real information.