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About My Clients
A lot of therapy starts with translation — explaining your relationships, your politics, your body, your community, before you can get to the actual work, and that can be exhausting. The people I work best with are building lives that don't follow the default script: organizers and helping professionals worn down by the work, people in poly and kink relationships, queer and trans folks, those coming out of fundamentalist religions, people who've chosen to live in community.
My Background and Approach
I bring careful thought and analysis to every level of the therapy process: the relational and power dynamics that shape our communication, the specifics of what actually matters to you rather than the generic assumption that "feeling better" will get you to a rich and meaningful life, and an approach that takes into account the nuance of who you are and the very complex world we live in. To help parse the complexity, I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based approach with several decades of research behind it - less about arguing with your thoughts, more about getting clear on what you want your life to be about and building the flexibility to move that way. Alongside it, I practice consent-based care: we won't work on something unless we've first discussed whether it's worth your time and effort, and gone over any discomfort that might come with it. My goal in therapy isn't to make you more normal. It's to help you live more fully as who you already are.