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About My Clients
Whether you arrive at therapy solo, with your partner(s), or other important people in your life – my work is about connection. We struggle to connect, with ourselves or others. For my individual clients, our struggle is with ourselves. Our emotions are a network of painful roots: buried, interconnected, popping up everywhere, and overwhelming. For relational clients, we often arrive feeling disconnected, unheard, or stuck: how can we change course when we can’t seem to agree where to go?
My Background and Approach
I believe that authenticity is the gateway to wellness, -and- that being overtly oneself can be a frightening process. As your individual therapist, I aim to gently guide your journey inward, towards your true needs and experiences. Together we will shine a light on the dark, avoided spaces within you and tend to them with care. As your relational therapist, we can work to understand your patterns, their motivators, and how to free yourselves from unhelpful cycles. With compassion and openness, you can create relationships with greater intimacy, support, and understanding. We will learn skills to relate more effectively and safely. I support this process through a trauma-informed, nonjudgmental acceptance of the people with whom I work. I am known for my compassion, humor, and gentle honesty. We will build upon your strengths to improve the quality of your relationships with yourself, others, and the world. Together, we can cultivate this shift towards wellness one step at a time.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that ultimately, many of the concerns that are brought into my office cannot be separated from greater systemic issues of partriarchy, racism, and capitalism. While a sense of powerlessness in the face of these systems is understandable - I trust that our collective power can create a greater sense of sustainability, both emotionally and practically. This is why I believe that the importance of one's relationships cannot be overstated. I believe therapy is only one tool for healing - one that I have used before, but one that usually comes second to being outside, laughter, and music. I believe joy and play is necessary medicine. I believe rest is resistence. I believe the healing path for you is within you and led by you. I believe that my personal experiences - of growing up queer in a small town, of grappling with attachment anxiety, of unpacking my privilege again and again - are often more important to clients than my credentials.