True Calling Project | Finding Purpose And Meaning In Life And Career

Welcome back to the True Calling Project. Today’s guest is Nicole Gordon, licensed marriage and family therapist, and she has a very unique way to approach couples and family work. Nicole sees clients in both a private practice and in their homes. She practices experiential therapy that uses cooking as a tool. It’s basically a platform to help clients understand themselves in situ and relate their emotions or thoughts to what has come up in traditional talk therapy. “By going through the process themselves, they’re able to observe more about themselves.” What does cooking therapy look like? It starts with an introduction to talk about the clients’ backgrounds and goals with therapy The activity might involve a couple or family creating something together, creating something for each other or creating something without knowing what the ingredients are The activity is geared towards the clients’ goals During the activity, Nicole will ask questions to help clients process along the way “People love it because