Gender Identity

I appreciate collaborating with MDs providing HRT and gender-affirming surgeries to best support my individual therapy clients. Additionally, my experience in working with the non-binary and gender expansive community includes delivering related trainings to a university as well as organizations in the DFW area, participating as a therapist on a Queers and Allies consultation and outreach team, and collaborating with a university LGBT Resource Center to develop outreach programs.

I have been part of the Transgender community for 15 years as a partner of a Transman. I made Transgender issues my focus in Grad school and continue to work hard on learning more. I have supported many clients on their gender journey.

Beginning to explore your gender identity can be a challenging and frightening prospect. I am passionate about working with members of the trans/non-binary community and continue my education regarding these issues through continuing education classes, reading scholarly documents, and connections with others within the community. Our work together can and will address many issues, however I will never assume that the issues that brought you to therapy are only rooted in your gender identity.

There are many hurdles for people who are trans*, such as exploring gender freely, without judgment, to seeking gender confirmation services. Beyond providing a safe space for trans folx, I am ready to write documentation after a single session to be used with other medical professionals to assert your readiness for any medical assistance with your transition that you might need.

In working on Gender Identity issues, one must remember you are the expert on your experience. As a gender therapist, I recognize my function is not to challenge who you are, but to help you be your authentic self and to assist you as you navigate systems with roadblocks others may have placed.

More than ever, our culture finds itself confronted with the simple fact that many people’s lived experience, relationships, and sense of self do not match the restrictive gender and sexuality boxes we have required people to live in. Gender non-conforming people are refusing to accept these restrictions any longer. And yet, we have so much farther to go. Discrimination, inequality, microaggressions, and hate crimes still impact so many lives. The threats of violence faced by transgender women of color in particular are staggering and unacceptable. You need a therapist who is not only open and affirming, but well informed. I offer both individual and couples therapy for adults and can provide referrals for gender non-conforming clients needing medical services or changes to documentation. I'm also experienced helping partnered people who are coming out or transitioning work through the process in relationship therapy with partners.

As a nonbinary therapist I have considerable personal experience with feeling uncertain and confused in one's body. Perhaps you experience outright dysphoria. Perhaps you're feeling more of a vague feeling that something is wrong. Perhaps you feel ecstatic imagining yourself looking difference or being perceived and treated different by others. Perhaps you feel torn in multiple directions and feel confused. Whatever your experience, I can help guide you to greater self understanding.

Forming understanding of gender, social transition, assessment and letter writing for transgender confirmation medical procedures, gender dysphoria.

We live in a culture with very rigid views about gender and it takes work to unravel the many internalized beliefs we acquire throughout our lifetime. In order to provide the best care I can to my clients, I regularly attend trainings on working with the LGBTQ+ community, and participate in ongoing consultation groups with gender diverse and transgender clinicians.

I welcome your authentic self! You don't have to separate who you are as both an autistic and trans+/non-binary client. I am LGBTQIA+, non-binary, and transgender affirming; disability informed; and aware of intersecting forms of discrimination. I strive to create a safe and inclusive space for all of my clients, and I understand the importance of addressing the unique challenges faced by marginalized communities.

“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

I am non-binary and GNC and work with clients with all gender identities. Be it exploring transitioning, working through relationship changes related to gender, or simply diversifying your understanding of yourself and your gender identities, my office is a space for exploration and experimentation.

My area of expertise and training is working with gender outlaws, outsiders, rebels, and pioneers. Wherever you are in our gender journey, and whatever space you take up on the gender spectrum I am here to support you. My approach is ICATH informed, I provide letters for pay-what-you-can without requiring ongoing treatment, and I also provide resources for ICATH providers as part of my complimentary 30 minute consultations.

A large proportion of my clients identify as trans, non-binary, or somewhere else on the gender spectrum (other than cisgender). I have done professional training and have published writing about providing supportive and gender-affirming mental health services, and I am committed to continuing my own education and development in this area. I identify as a cisgender ally, and I feel strongly that I can and should provide a strong voice as an advocate in the field and in my community.

At Syracuse University, I was on a special team of therapists and professors that provided therapy to transgender clients and their families--helping them explore their gender identity, transition, obtain hormone replacement therapy, name and gender changes, etc., as well as being a consistent source of support during what many describe as an isolating and challenging experience

Informed by my lived experience as a (non-binary) trans woman, I understand the vast nuances of the gender-expansive community -- good, bad, and ugly. Informed by many BIPOC educators, my approach is underpinned by a decolonial understanding of the gender binary being closely tied to White Supremacy, Capitalism, and Colonialism. While those systems of oppression may not frequently come up in your session, bringing their influence into conscious awareness is key to finding deep peace.

My office is an affirming place for all gender identities. Whether you are just beginning to explore your gender or are solid in your identity, I am ready and able to walk alongside you in that journey.

Using a strengths-based affirming approach informed by an education in Gender Identity Development, I help my clients to form their own conceptualization of gender and feel comfortable with its fluidity. No matter the age or stage of identity development, I create a space where clients feel safe to be their most authentic selves. I work with my clients to advocate for access to any necessary resources and help connect them to a larger community of love and support.