Uses
What I actually use
The tools, books, and rituals behind the practice. Honest list — the ones I'd still use if nobody were watching.
Clinical practice
A paper notebook
One per client per year. I take notes during the session by hand and type them up after. The hand-to-page slowness is part of the practice.
A timer with a soft chime
15-minute warning, 5-minute warning, time. Holding time is part of holding the relationship.
Plain, HIPAA-compliant, no app to download. The lowest-friction telehealth surface I've found.
A consultation group
Three peers, every other week, ninety minutes. Not optional.
Reading
On Becoming a Person — Carl Rogers
Re-read every couple of years. Holds up.
The Body Keeps the Score — van der Kolk
For trauma context. Read with care.
Maps of Narrative Practice — Michael White
For the framing — the externalization stuff is genuinely useful in the room.
The Heart and Soul of Change — Hubble, Duncan, Miller
For an honest read on what actually works in therapy. Common factors, alliance, client agency.
Building Noesis Dynamics
The IDE. Almost everything in the codebase passes through here.
Next.js + Supabase + Render
The boring technology stack. We don't want excitement at the infrastructure layer.
Catalyst, Spotlight, Compass, Syntax — design systems we lean on instead of inventing our own from scratch.
For tracking the work. Calmer than Jira, more structured than a Notion doc.
Daily
A long walk before clients
Forty-five minutes if I can get it. Resets the nervous system before someone else needs me to be regulated for theirs.
No screens for the first hour
Coffee. Notebook. Whatever showed up overnight in my head goes on the page first, before the inbox does.
Lunch with my dog
Non-negotiable.