Anna Ayeroff (she/they)

It's not all in your head! In a culture that marginalizes and dismisses people’s pain based on body-specific experiences and identities, like disability, race, gender, sexuality, size, age, etc, many of us are left needing to feel heard. Here, your stories will be listened to, your experiences validated, and your pain believed. Pain can relegate us to the margins of our own stories. Whether it’s pain felt in your body, the pain of loss connected to infertility or painful sex, or the pain of being a highly sensitive person or artist, living in a culture that doesn’t value those strengths, pain can feel like it renders us powerless. Our bodies hold knowledge and stories; they can also hold pain, discomfort, and dis-ease. Our conversations in therapy will collaboratively and creatively give voice to the stories of pain that your body holds, while bringing you to the center of your story, finding places for, and moments of, empowerment, freedom, and authenticity, in the face of pain.

I take a non-pathologizing, anti-oppressive, collaborative, and empowering approach to therapy. My practice is built on my alignment with reproductive, disability, health, and racial justice movements, and rooted in my life as an artist. My lived experience navigating a lifetime of chronic pain, including chronic pelvic pain, and the dismissal that often comes with it, informs my passion for working with others navigating similar pains and gives me an acute understanding of the many ways this type of pain impacts our lives. Chronic pain is not just a physical experience, it's emotional and relational. Knowing that both physical and emotional pain can be held in our bodies, I am committed to ongoing learning in somatic approaches, aiming to better invite the stories our bodies hold to be told. I welcome you to visit my website for more information: www.annaayeroff.com