Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
I have a deep love for working with the LGBTQIA+ community especially gay and queer men navigating identity, belonging, minority stress, and relational healing. This community is close to my heart, and I bring both clinical training and lived understanding into that work. I often work with men queer or straight who are ready to let their guard down: thoughtful, self-aware people who sense something needs to shift and are willing to be vulnerable, even when it's scary.
My Background and Approach
I draw from several approaches depending on what fits you best: Internal Family Systems (IFS) Getting curious about the different "parts" of you (the protectors, the wounded parts, the reactive parts) and helping you reconnect with your calm, confident core Self. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Especially useful alongside other methods for trauma, substance use, and major life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Practical distress tolerance skills, paired with room for spiritual (not religious) meaning-making when it's helpful. Person-Centered (Rogerian) Unconditional positive regard, full stop. Many people have never had someone fully in their corner I start there. Solution-Focused Brief Treatment We'll set a roadmap early on, without rushing the work.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I'm part of the LGBTQ+ community myself, a trauma survivor, and someone who knows firsthand what it's like to navigate the world feeling fundamentally different. I'm not working from a textbook understanding of masking or minority stress I know it from the inside, and that changes the kind of space I can offer you. I've been told I have a calm presence and that I can be direct in a kind way and I think real therapy needs both. I won't just reflect your words back at you. I'll gently challenge you when it serves you, always from a place of genuine care. I also bring humor into the room, because life is hard enough, and sometimes laughter is the work it can be the moment the armor comes off.