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About My Clients
I tend to attract sensitive souls. Maybe they know they have experienced trauma, or maybe they just have a sense that something's not right and want relief. Sometimes they have tried traditional talk therapy and realized that they didn't feel much different at the end of it. Other times they just have a sense that they're avoiding their feelings and yearn for some kind support as they explore their inner life. Please note: *I currently work only with adults over age 25.*
My Background and Approach
I believe in inclusive care and liberatory frameworks, and I practice from a fat liberation, Health At Every Size-informed lens. My approach is rooted in warmth, kindness, and empathy. I care deeply about my clients and I’m told it shows through my kind eyes, my gentle words, and my keen attentiveness. I want you to feel seen and known. I believe my role as your counselor is to accompany and collaborate. I primarily draw from a type of psychotherapy known as Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), which you can learn more about below.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am a white, cis woman who is "mid-fat" (in the middle of the fatness spectrum), chronically ill, and dynamically disabled (meaning my level of disability changes day-to-day). I am also a Canadian immigrant to the United States. I practice from an intersectional feminist lens and I believe that experiences of oppression and ostracism can be profoundly traumatic. I am fat positive, Health At Every Size®-informed, anti-racist, LGBTQIA2S+ affirming, neurodiversity affirming, sex positive, and kink/poly affirming. I welcome all clients to my practice, whatever their race, ethnicity, religion, size, gender, sexuality, dis/abilities, citizenship, or social class. I obviously can't know everything there is to know about every identity but I come to my work with humility and a keen desire to keep learning how to better support those whose identities and social locations are different than my own.