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About My Clients
I provide individual therapy for concerns such as depression, anxiety, existential issues, and trauma, with specialized experience in supporting people through grief, traumatic loss, and with substance use. My clients have expressed appreciation for my ability to be with them in their suffering when they have felt most alone.
My Background and Approach
People of all ages struggle with the human universal of suffering and sometimes you need someone to sit with you in that, whether it be something you wish to change, or something that you cannot. The systems we live within often teach us to feel alone in our suffering. I'm here to show you that this does not have to be the case. While I prefer to work from a Trauma-Informed Gestalt therapy perspective (viewing things as interconnected and contextual), I also draw upon ACT and CBT depending on each individual person with whom I'm working. At the beginning, we'll work to identify how directive or non-directive you wish therapy to be and whether you desire to learn skills, or focus on deeper exploration. I am currently a psychologist resident in the state of Oregon, supervised by a licensed psychologist, Dr. Carrie McMullin (OR #2963).
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I approach all of my work using a liberation psychology-based lens and strongly believe that much of the suffering people experience happens within the context of oppressive systems such as Capitalism, systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. I avoid using gendered pronouns (unless asked to do so by my clients) within my documentation so as to protect the confidentiality of those with which I work. I believe in affirming all held identities of my clients.