Eric Geweniger (he/him)

I have extensive experience working with LGBTQ+/queer folks regarding identity related concerns, conflicts with family/work/community, and working through internalized shame and internalized homophobia/transphobia.

I have experience working with the kink, BDSM, and leather communities, especially regarding relationship conflicts and shame related to innate and natural sexual experience.

Men face unique issues related to socially- and developmentally-reinforced suppression of emotions, exposure to toxic forms of masculinity, and challenges integrating masculine identity with other identities such as queerness.

I have experience working with men and masculine-identified folx who are navigating socially- and developmentally-reinforced suppression of emotions, exposure to toxic forms of masculinity, and challenges integrating masculine identity with other identities such as queerness.

I operate from a perspective of client-centered work; in session, I center the autonomy and intention of the client so that we go where you wish to go. Sessions with me are typically unstructured and flexible to approach whatever issues feel most pressing today.

Relational-cultural theory views each person as inseparable from their social context, and considers our anxieties and experiences of pain and tension as coming from disconnection. My work focuses on how to foster stronger connections with others that help us feel valued, authentic, and loved. At times, attachment dynamics present between the client and therapist will be explored to help foster those strong connections outside of the therapy room.

I take a trauma-informed approach to therapy work, considering the ways that each of us has painful elements from our past that we carry forward with us and that impact how we live our lives in the present. For me, trauma therapy looks like building more compassion for the parts of us that were wounded in the past so that our present selves can live with more intention and a sense of wholeness.