Services
About My Clients
Do you struggle with your identities and/or belonging? Are you wrestling with embodying your strengths and values? Are you interested in cultivating a more nourishing relationship with yourself? Many of us who exist at the margins (e.g. BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, chronically ill, immigrant, women) are not afforded play, exploration, and not-having-the-answers. I am here to wade with you through your complex reality and help facilitate movement towards liberation, as you define it.
My Background and Approach
I would describe my therapeutic style as relational, flexible, person-centered, and humorous. I believe in your inherent strength, capacity, and resilience and see my task as working alongside you as you manifest the life that you want to lead. I aspire to practice through an anti-oppressive lens and to be radically present with you. This will at times involve flexibly applying evidence-based tools and techniques that I have cultivated over years of training across a range of medical and mental health settings. For those of you who love the jargon – I have training in and integrate aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. While I value what I have learned, none of this outweighs the expertise you have on your own experience.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My journey in becoming a therapist is inextricably bound to my journey in understanding what social justice means to me. I found myself returning again and again to the idea (which later became a belief) that change happens in relationship, whether that’s on an individual level or as a society. My professional stance is driven by my values of anti-oppression, feminism, community, and respect. I work most often with queer and trans folks, Black Indigenous and People of Color, and folks exploring their identities (including people on personal journeys with unlearning white supremacy, transphobia, ableism, homophobia, etc.).