Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
- Group
About My Clients
Maybe you and your partner are considering opening your relationship to others, or you already practice polyamory or ethical nonmonogamy (ENM). Let’s work together to discover how you, as the individual or as partners, want that to look & feel. Overarchingly, I value helping my clients examine their own boundaries & needs, while learning to manage difficulties created by anxiety & fear. These feelings are natural responses, but they can sometimes feel overwhelming and upsetting. Let’s talk!
My Background and Approach
In addition to being a trauma-informed Licensed Professional Counselor, I am also a Certified Sex Therapy-Informed Professional and Mental Health Consultant (MHC). I love helping humans discover their agency, healthy communication strategies, and needs & desires in nuanced and constructive ways. Specialities include shame & sexuality, emotional abuse, boundary-work during/after relationship endings, and ethical polyamory & CNM. In a comfortable and safe space, you will be able to work through the pieces of your life which might feel too challenging to do alone. I find that my strengths as a therapist exist in connecting various aspects of self & experience in order to grasp the complex picture of one’s life. I work with my clients to develop realistic and actionable ways to integrate experience. I come from a place of compassion, empowerment, and curiosity (and some humor!) and know that you, yourself, can orchestrate profound change.
My Values as a Therapist
I believe that we are here on this earth to learn & evolve, alone and with others. Important growth is never easy, and in fact it can feel straight-up awful. As a queer, neurodivergent, cis woman, I feel called to help others lay bare their authentic selves, and in the process, discover courage & hope. I believe that our experiences shape us, that trauma looks and feel different for everyone, that meaning is important, and that diagnoses and labels, while sometimes helpful in conceptualizing one’s experience, are certainly not the whole story and do not determine who we are. I feel strongly about advocating for women, LGBTQ+ folks, BIPOC, & the Earth, while remaining humble and honest about my own growth edges and what I don’t know. I am never finished learning. With regard to relationships, I believe we can shape them to work however we want them to, and that it takes honesty, curiosity, bravery & empathy to make them work well and feel good for all involved.