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About My Clients
Have you tried "affirming" therapy and been disappointed? Get tired of hearing the "gifted child" speech where you need to "try harder" and blame yourself when you fail. How is your rejection sensitivity treating you, or the feeling of sharing a special interest and someone turning you away? That desire to connect but having social anxiety resulting from years of rejection for being different. Being a member of the LGBTQIA struggling to come out, scared to transition, just needing to be seen.
My Background and Approach
The tools I provide depend on the person. Many people need basic life skills that work with how their brain functions. Other people need to go back and explore the connection between early childhood rejection and rejection-sensitive dysphoria. I believe in a holistic approach. Environment, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, learned experiences, spirituality, and trauma all interact together. Sometimes, we work on one area at a time; other times, we look at the interconnectivity of these areas of life. We look at how to navigate these parts of self in a world that actively marginalizes these communities. Given in a space where you are allowed to be yourself. You can interrupt when something inspires a thought, you are encouraged to share your special interest, and we can embrace who you are while exploring the reasons why communication issues lead to others viewing things differently.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am non-binary, polyamorous, pansexual, with ADHD, and the parent of an Autistic kiddo. I believe many things we label as mental disorders are the mind trying to survive with a maladaptive social system. The ability of the mind to do what it needs to in order to survive is breathtaking. For others, their neurodivergence means they communicate in a different way (not a communication deficit, a difference), and we can work on making connectedness easier by learning how to translate how neurotypical people think and communicate. I also believe we can work on how to teach others way how to translate back in return. I don't believe in therapy, where I am a voice of authority. I may be the expert in psychology but the client is the expert in themself which means neither of us is more or less important to the process of working together.