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About My Clients
I have worked with people of all backgrounds but I generally work with LGBT folks and POC. I work with clients on self-esteem, body positivity, anxiety management, trauma symptoms, and relational issues. As a human and a provider, I am feminist, anti-racist, fat positive, sex positive, pro-science, pro-vaccine, and pro-LGBT. I also offer relationship therapy including therapy for polyamormous individuals.
My Background and Approach
The therapy I offer is always tailored to the client's needs. Sometimes client's want to focus on present day issues such as anxiety management. In that case, we would focus on psychoeducation and cognitive behavioral therapy. Other times, client's prefer insight oriented therapy with a more relational approach. I am not a "Listen and Nod" therapist. I will actively listen, provide you with feedback and analysis, and be open with you about your diagnosis, prognosis, and any treatments indicated. With full transparency, I say that I am not a validation-only therapist. Some folks want a therapist who will listen and validate without providing feedback or analysis. That is not my style. I will, however, work with you to figure out exactly how you can benefit from therapy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
It is important that you feel comfortable with whoever you work with for therapy. One of the values that I think is important as a practioner is transparency. I will hold appropriate boundaries with self disclosure but also feel that you deserve to understand who you are talking to. I am a cisgender woman with Latina and Caucasian heritage. Just in the way that your identities affect the way that you are perceived by the world, they also impact the way you view the world. I am a proud feminist, anti-racist, and pro-science. I am agnostic and do not offer any sort of religious based counseling. I do not feel that I am the best fit for folks from religious backgrounds unless you're looking to process religious trauma or folks who are conservative politically. We simply see the world very differently.