Services
About My Clients
Most of my clients are LGBT2SQ+ and had negative experiences with health care providers in the past. We work carefully and collaboratively to build trust and create space to nurture healing. I tend to work best with people who want an equitable therapeutic relationship and do not want traditional psychotherapy (ie: blank slate therapist, talk therapy only, interventions that don’t hold space for the impact of environment and systems.)
My Background and Approach
Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker #112629 Supervised by Beverly Ellison Licensed Clinical Social Worker #75361, Certified Sex Therapist and Elysha Martinez Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #93493
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I love rummaging through paradox and live strongly from a “both/and” way of being. I’m committed to being transparent about who I am and as someone who has worked to defy strict categorization I don’t want to be defined by a list of checked boxes. With that being said, I understand the importance of using identity categories to communicate our experiences and find our people. I identify as neurodivergent, white (Irish/German descent), small fat/”plus sized", and queer (bi, nonbinary, fluid, femme), among other things. I love working with people who share these identities and people who don't. I value diverse and varied perspectives. In my spare time you might find me strolling through dense redwood forests, organizing events and publishing zines with the queer art community, or reading a book in a cozy chair.