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About My Clients
I specialize in working with people who identify as BIPOC, trans, enby and LGBTQIA+. There can be great joy and pride in identity, and our identities can also be met with oppression. I know what it’s like to feel othered, how it can effect self esteem, your ability to connect with others, and can lead to trauma, isolation, sadness, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, hopelessness and confusion. I am sex positive, kink positive, body positive, and support polyamorous and ENM relationships .
My Background and Approach
My mother died when I was 16 and my world shattered. Therapy was an important part of picking up the pieces and making sense of my identity. As someone who has both seen a therapist, and provided therapy to others, I know what it’s like to be vulnerable and how hard it can be to grow, stabilize, and change. I will provide gentle, honest, and non-judgmental support throughout our work together. I use the following tools in therapy: Anti-oppressive practices, Attachment-Based Therapy, Centering BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ experiences, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Critical Race Theory, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Feminist Theory, Grief processing, Healing from internalized oppression, Social Justice practices, Strength-based Therapy, Systems Theory, Trauma Informed Care, Unlearning white supremacist culture
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am committed to being anti-racist and anti-oppressive in my life and in my work as a therapist. I help clients heal from and identify shame and trauma and other symptoms of oppression. I make space to actively explore white privilege, economic privilege, gender privilege, passing privilege and additional forms of privilege in session and in my own life. I am a life long learner and will do my best to not ask you to “teach me” about your identities as part of our work together. I educate myself, and I know I’m not perfect. I am open to feedback, reflection, and admitting I’m wrong. We may not share the same identities, but I have a foundation of understanding my own “otherness” and hope you won’t feel you have to start at square one with me. Anti Oppressive Therapy also means trying to minimize the power dynamic between you and me in our sessions. I have specialized training, yes, but you are the expert in your own life.