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About My Clients
I work best with clients who are 12+, motivated for treatment, and who may experience depression, dissociation, perfectionism, anxiety, obsessions, suicidal ideation, engage in self-harming behaviors, compulsive behaviors, panic attacks, or disordered eating. I additionally enjoy working with those who are exploring their socio-cultural identity including gender and sexuality, race, culture, ethnicity, or ethically non-monogamous relationship structure.
My Background and Approach
The phrase 'bread and roses' comes from a 1912 textile strike. Rose Schneiderman yelled that "the worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too." This phrase has been used for over a century by feminists and activists, meaning that we want our sustenance but we also want beauty, and we want both without compromise. Therapy is the fight for autonomy over our decisions and connection in the aftermath. The universal social work tradition is to build practice based on reciprocity, continuity of care, consent, and affirmation. Therapists build supportive networks through community-based knowledge, connection and love. We labor for access to self determination. We take a holistic view of the self through a social context, and work to create open and dynamic spaces and roles for ourselves and each other. This must include confronting stigma, isolation and disconnection. This is the struggle of mental health. "Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too."