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About My Clients
I work with adults and teens ages 15 & up. Many of my clients come to therapy to address concerns around gender identity, sexual orientation, the body, relationships and physical intimacy. These are areas where it's all too normal to feel anxious, stuck or lost, and where so many of us would like to find more clarity and freedom. I help my clients get to know themselves better, so that they can recognize and trust their own strengths.
My Background and Approach
Therapy is a place to make sense of our circumstances, our thoughts and our emotions. I help my clients tune into what's happening inside themselves. My approach to therapy combines mindfulness, person-centered humanistic and existential theory, somatic and Internal Family Systems approaches. I like to incorporate cognitive behavioral techniques when it's helpful for my clients, especially when they're looking for practical tools and skills. A lot of my work as a clinician is informed by my years of experience as a sex educator and my academic background in gender, sexuality and cultural studies.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My values are informed in part by my lived experiences as a queer, trans and non-binary person. I work from a trauma-informed perspective that centers client consent and autonomy. That means I partner with my clients to determine the course of our work, I explain what I'm doing and I'm always happy to answer questions with transparency. I have a background in fat liberation activism and I work from a place of body neutrality -- there's no wrong way to have a body. I think therapy can be a powerful space to combat oppression and contribute to the healing of intergenerational wounds.