Therapy, with me, is not about fixing you, because you are not broken. My work is rooted in the belief that the things we are struggling with began as intelligent ways we adapted to traumatic relationships and oppressive environments that required us to think, feel, and behave in specific ways in order to survive.

Trauma means that even in the present, our range of responses is narrowed to those rigid and inflexible strategies we learned in the past. From my perspective, healing includes slowing down enough to understand what has happened, tending to the original wounds, developing the capacity to be with the intensity of our emotional experiences, and practicing new responses that are based on our values and goals, rather than continuing to be trapped in patterns of reactions that are no longer serving us.

Empowerment through trauma healing doesn’t mean we don’t have difficult experiences, but it includes expanding our sense of choice and agency to build a life beyond our wounds, focused on our strength, our joy and our liberation.

My approach is trauma-informed, neurodiversity affirming, culturally responsive and firmly grounded in liberation-centered and decolonizing practices that remind us that healing is deeply relational, communal and embodied. We aren’t meant to do this alone.

The way I support people has also been deeply shaped by organizers and activists from the anti-psychiatry, intersectional feminism, disability justice, and Black liberation movements. Traditional models of therapy locate problems within people and perpetuate harm by focusing on “fixing” individuals by managing emotions, correcting thoughts, or reducing symptoms without fully acknowledging the larger contexts people are living in.

My approach is different. I see my role as supporting you in understanding how your life experiences, including experiences of oppression, marginalization, and trauma, have shaped how you relate to yourself and others without. In our work together, we may explore how these experiences live in the body and show up in your relationships, your sense of self, and the ways you move through the world.

Rather than trying to change who you are, our work is about creating space for curiosity, compassion, and new ways of relating to the parts of you that have always been worthy of care and belonging. By supporting people to reconnect with their inherent worth that systems of oppression attempt to disconnect us from, and loosening the grip of trauma-based responses, therapy can become an act of resistance: supporting people to move beyond survival and into lives rooted in agency, connection, and collective liberation.

Therapeutic Approaches: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); Internal Family Systems (Informed) Parts Work; Somatic Therapy; Narrative Therapy; Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT); Dialectival Behavioral Therapy (DBT); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Mindfulness; Solution Focused Brief (SFBT); Motivational Interviewing; --- Guiding Principles: Trauma-Informed; Decolonial and Anti-Oppressive; Liberation-Focused; Culturally-Responsive; Neurodiversity Affirming; LGBTQIA2S+ Affirming

Queer, trans and gender expansive folks, neurodivergent folks especially ADHD-ers, Autistic folks, and AuDHD-ers; BIPOC, multi-racial and diasporic folks; former gifted kids and burnt out perfectionists; eldest daughters of BIPOC families; healers, therapists and care providers; athletes and ex-athletes, cross-neurotype couples and constellations; anyone with big feels who were ever told they were too much, too sensitive or too emotional; group therapy for neurodivergent QTBIPOC adults to develop a more compassionate understanding of themselves and connect with others having similar experiences.

I especially love working with folks who are looking for more than coping strategies, and are seeking to heal from the harm of childhood wounding and living within systems of oppression so they can interrupt patterns that are no longer serving them and can access a greater sense of agency in their lives.

Trauma:
- CPTSD/PTSD
- Childhood trauma: abuse, neglect, parental substance use, parental mental illness
- Intergenerational and historical
- Systemic and identity-based trauma
- Interpersonal violence and relational harm
- Sexual assault/sexual abuse

Emotional & Mental Health
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Perfectionism, unrelenting standards and burnout
- Eating disorders/body dysmorphia
- Susbstance use/recovery

Relational & Social Experiences
- Family Conflict and Boundary Setting
- Codependency
- Grief and loss
- Life Transitions & navigating change
- Intersectional Identity Exploration