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About My Clients
I hope to create a collaborative environment in which you feel attentively listened to and emotionally held. I always bring my authentic self to sessions— I can't help but infuse our time together with warmth and humor when appropriate, but also strive to tailor my approach to fit your unique context, needs, and goals. I intend to make the space feel nonjudgmental and as comfortable as possible, knowing that building trust takes time and that you determine where and how quickly the work goes.
My Background and Approach
My ultimate prerogative is to meet you where you are and to help guide you, in whatever way feels good for you, toward where you want to be. Working from a foundation of Relational Gestalt therapy, I am always seeking to help you increase your awareness— both of yourself and of the systems that impact you and how you experience the world. Our work together could be broad and all-encompassing or primarily focused on a specific issue with which you are dealing. My background has lent itself to a specialty in working with eating orders/disordered eating, body image struggles, sex and relationships, entertainment industry professionals, new parents, challenging family dynamics, and teens. Through prior work as a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project and as a sex educator, I consider the therapeutic space I hold to be LGBTQ+, kink, and non-traditional relationship structure affirming. I have previously worked in IOP/PHP eating disorder treatment and with middle and high school students.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I currently work at The Relational Center whose mission is, "to lead a shift to a culture that values empathy, diversity, and interdependence." I consider myself an advocate for social justice and feel strongly about utilizing my skills, training, and privilege to support marginalized and underserved communities. I strive to infuse my practice with antiracism and a tendency to look and think critically about systems of oppression, especially those pertinent to the intersecting identities of each client. I am working exclusively remotely via Zoom to maximize my availability while working part-time so that I can be my toddler's primary caregiver during the rest of the week. In my spare time, I love cooking and baking, strolling botanical gardens, and getting way too granular about the nuances of certain competition television shows. If you are curious about working with me, I would love to schedule a 15-minute Zoom or phone consultation to chat about whether we might be a good fit!