As a trans woman and queer-identified clinician, I am passionate about serving the LGBTQ+ community to heal from trauma, high-demand religion, grief, and to manage their substance use through a harm reduction perspective. My professional experience has been primarily with queer and gender-diverse adults working on these concerns. Other concerns that I have experience working with depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship concerns, and life transitions. My goal is to provide a warm, non-judgmental, and person-centered space to make that healing possible.

As a white woman, I recognize the privilege I hold in the therapy space. I find it critically important to understand how race shows up in the therapeutic dynamic and am committed to fostering and continually developing an anti-racist and decolonial practice. Rather than pathologizing the individual that sits before me, it’s far more important to consider pathologizing the racist, capitalist, colonial systems that we are currently living in that contribute to collective trauma and harm. I believe that much of the mental health concerns that people bring to the therapy room are the result of oppressive systems. For this reason, my practice is steeped in a framework of Systems Theory.

Aside from Systems theory, I have an eclectic approach to therapy, primarily drawing upon psychodynamic approaches, third-wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, somatic approaches, narrative therapy. I tailor therapy to each client—prioritizing connection, safety, awareness, and relational healing within their unique context. Every individual that sits in front of me has a different experience, and I believe that the therapy experience should be tailored to the needs of the people I work with, not a specific modality of therapy.

Sometimes starting therapy and the healing process can be intimidating, and I understand the importance of having a non-judgmental space to feel seen and understood. It would be an honor to work with you, and I hope to hear from you. I wish you warmth in your healing journey!