Add nature-informed counseling portfolio site

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+export default function Philosophy() {
+  return (
+    <section
+      id="philosophy"
+      className="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-4 py-12 md:py-16"
+    >
+      <div className="rounded-3xl border border-amber-100/70 bg-amber-50/40 p-7 md:p-10">
+        <h2 className="font-serif text-2xl font-semibold text-slate-900 md:text-3xl">
+          Statement of Theoretical Orientation and Philosophy
+        </h2>
+
+        <div className="mt-6 space-y-4 text-slate-700 leading-relaxed">
+          <p>
+            My theoretical orientation is grounded in an integrative framework that grows from Narrative
+            Therapy and Nature-Informed Therapy. This integrative framework is watered by trauma-responsive,
+            multicultural, and systems orientated perspectives.
+            Clients are not conceptualized as problems to be fixed but as people in relationship with the
+            stories we tell ourselves which have become internalized, the systems we journey, and the habitats
+            that shape our lived experience.
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            While using Narrative Therapy, I view problems as separate from my client. Utilizing externalization,
+            reauthoring, and meaning-making, I provide a safe space for clients while they process their stories
+            influenced by trauma, culture, and oppression. Narrative Therapy allows the space to create an
+            alternative narrative rooted in resilience, autonomy, and identity reconstruction.
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            Nature-Informed Therapy allows me to use nature as my co-therapist. I incorporate nature metaphors,
+            grounding and earthing, and nature-based interventions to improve nervous system regulation,
+            emotional regulation, and connection. Nature gives us a nonjudgmental space where clients can freely
+            explore their identities, grief, emotions, and healing that are often less accessible thought traditional
+            talk therapy in an office setting which sometimes can be seen as “too clinical.”
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            The integrative approach of Narrative and Nature-Informed therapies creates an understanding of healing
+            which is nonlinear. Utilizing both approaches allows me to flow between structured processes that hold
+            space for both evidence-based interventions and the natural unfolding of the client’s insight. My work is
+            deeply rooted in trauma-responsive care with an emphasis put on safety, autonomy, collaboration, and
+            empowerment.
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            Cultural humility is an important part of my clinical practice. Practicing cultural humility allows me to be
+            intentional in my engagement with clients of different races, genders, sexual orientations, oppression and
+            how these things influence the client’s narratives along with their access to care. My goal as a professional
+            counselor is to create a space that is affirming, inclusive, and responsive to the realities of my clients.
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            As a master counselor, my goal is not to just facilitate change but to co-construct meaning, to support
+            identity creation, and foster sustainable healing that grows beyond the therapy room. My work reflects my
+            commitment to clinical excellence, ethical integrity, and the ongoing evolution of my professional counselor
+            identity.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}