Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
- Group
About My Clients
My passion and experience are in trauma healing, and specifically those who are survivors of religious trauma, immigration injustice, female disempowerment, chronic health conditions, and the cumulative traumatic stress that can come from navigating this world as queer and/or trans. I provide individual (youth and adult) and couples counseling for the LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, kinky and sex positive communities.
My Background and Approach
The systems in place – the white supremacist, colonial capitalist patriarchy – have marred, exploited, shamed and erased so many of us. I believe you have an immense power inside of you to rise and to heal. My hope is to provide a space where you can tell the truth for as long as you need to. The truth about the way your body and spirit carry the pain, the truth about who you are when you feel totally free and what you need to thrive. It may involve creativity, story, psychoeducation and trauma reprocessing, always at a pace that feels right for you. You deserve safe companions, spaces that celebrate your becoming and see your strength. Modalities: Art Therapy, Narrative therapy, Internal Family Systems (Parts work), Psychoeducation and Trauma reprocessing (EMDR). I root my work in attachment theory, womanism, mind-body connection and systems perspectives.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
It took me years to identify who and what had hurt me, and even more years to stand by the truth that my body knew. I grew up collar bone deep in conservative evangelical Christian worlds, and I could not flourish, or even find safety, within the psychological cage I was raised in. I was eventually exiled, and it hurt like hell, but it gave me space. Space to scream in my journals about how much it all hurt. How angry I was. How wrong it all was. For once, I began to listen to my body. My aching, exhausted body that was battling Chronic Lyme disease, an autoimmune disease, and other chronic conditions. I made thousands of small, tiny choices to give her rest, to take her seriously, to trust the intuition that lived inside her. I was never made for the small, grey box they tried to mangle me into. I was made for so much more, and so are you. I seek to embody intersectional justice, and stand with all solidarity movements that seek safety, dignity and self-determination for all.