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About My Clients
Have you felt the affect of life's cumulative moments, including exposure to trauma, start to feel overwhelming to maneuver in your adult life? Are relationships and positive growth feeling less available to you? Are you feeling ready for a compassion-based therapy relationship to help guide the waters of finding new meanings through difficult experiences, past and present? Together we'll work to understand the dynamic you, and seek a more sustainable path within the ecosystem of life.
My Background and Approach
I entered the social work field 13 years ago as a crisis counselor for adolescents and families who were struggling with interpersonal violence and family trauma. I then expanded my work with clients in individual therapy to help them maneuver life with addiction and severe mental health issues. I later specialized in therapeutic support services for youth and adults who have survived human trafficking experiences. I try to integrate a trauma-informed and collaborative approach as my clients, both individuals and couples, explore ways to improve overall emotional, physical, spiritual and existential wellness. I believe every individual follows their own path toward healing and I work to keep the therapeutic experience eclectic; drawing on a combination of techniques related to Insight-Oriented Therapy, Relational Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, and Post Traumatic Growth.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My therapy work and experience as a social worker have always gone hand in hand. Though specializing in clinical services, my work has always involved the privilege of supporting programs geared to groups and causes made more vulnerable to trauma and victimization by the structure of our society. I have been fortunate to specialize in working with survivors of human trafficking which has informed a human rights-based perspective with my clients. I consider myself sex-worker aligned, engaged and supportive of the broader labor movement, and an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.