Moss Mercury (they/them or he/him)

I help clients untangle chronic worry, perfectionism, and self-criticism that come with anxiety, high achievement, neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD, OCD, etc.), and other stress. Whether you're a student, caregiver or provider, service-industry worker, company executive, marginalized individual, somewhere in between, or none of the above, we can identify root causes while building skills for calm, self-trust, and sustainable confidence to handle even life's toughest moments.

I support clients living with chronic illness or pain in navigating both physical limitations and the emotional weight of being misunderstood. My approach integrates body awareness, pacing, and grief work to honor your body’s truth without judgment. I also approach the body through a fat liberationist lens, helping clients unlearn shame and rebuild connection with their bodies. We challenge diet culture and internalized oppression while cultivating respect, pleasure, and embodied confidence.

I offer a grounded space where all LGBTQIA+ clients can explore relationships, identity, trauma, and joy without censorship in part because I understand how marginalization shapes mental health. I also explicitly provide affirming support for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive folks. My approach centers autonomy, safety, and self-definition to support your identity and relationship structure. (Kink/fetish or polyam/CNM may or may not be part of your experience too – we can talk about that!)

My approach is grounded in identity integration, cultural humility, and liberation psychology. I center your lived experiences of race, gender, sexuality, class, and ability; your identity is core to healing not an afterthought. Therapy becomes a space to unpack oppression, reclaim power, and redefine meaning. I combine feminist therapy to add social awareness and exploration of how systemic forces shape your mental health, working toward empowerment, boundary setting, and reclaiming agency.

ACT helps in noticing difficult thoughts & emotions without being controlled by them. I use it with folks to build flexibility, purpose, and values-based living. I combine ACT, CBT, and even DBT frequently to provide structure and help clients recognize and reframe patterns of thought that keep them stuck in shame, anxiety, or self-doubt. But it’s not just about “changing thoughts,” but understanding how those thoughts developed in the first place.

Somatic therapy focuses on how trauma, stress, and emotion live in the body. Techniques we use together may include grounding, breathwork, movement, or gentle awareness of physical sensations. Somatics allow us to integrate political awareness with nervous-system healing to be more holistic. I frequently combine somatic therapy with sex therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and artistic/creative therapies for full, holistic embodiment work.