Services
- Individual
- Child
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Communities I work with: children, teens, individual adults, other helping professionals, organizations. I'm a queer-affirming, neuro-affirming, culturally-humble counselor.
My Background and Approach
There are many approaches to therapy. Mine is one that integrates multiple ways of communicating - through talking, play, movement, art - in order to meet you exactly where you're at and move us towards your goals. Everyone has a different way that they access their thoughts and emotions, and trauma will often interrupt these pathways, making it necessary to use creative ways to get to the heart of what we are feeling. I will spend our first sessions establishing that shared understanding of how you feel and think so that we can build trust that we will need in order to move towards growth. I can't wait to meet you. Methods: I integrate multiple frameworks and modalities of therapy into our sessions, based on your comfortability and goals. Depending on what you need, our sessions together may weave together conversation, mindfulness, art, movement, play, CBT and DBT skills, or narrative work. Currently accepting new virtual clients for therapy, supervision and consultation.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I identify as a queer, neurodiverse, able-bodied, white-presenting person of Hawaiian lineage. I am dedicated to neuro-affirming, trauma-informed, liberation practices in our work together. I have always been drawn to working with folks who are having their first experience working with a counselor, and may need a non-traditional approach to the counseling session. Everyone's journey to a counseling session is different. Whether you are new to therapy or are continuing that journey, choosing the people who will support you on that path is an honoring experience. In order to get the most out of therapy, it's important that you find someone who creates a space that feels safe for you to explore and take emotional risks. My primary goal as your therapist is to create that space for you.