I center my work with Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) persons at their intersections, most often LGBTQA+, artists, activists, deep seekers, and other healers. Many have a strong spiritual connection to their current obstacles and are willing to integrate that into their treatment. Presenting concerns range from racial trauma to life transitions, grief to identity. There is an understanding that what is presenting is not a problem, where the goal is creating more space around struggles, creating more options, finding a different perspective, and Being more fully. Most important is my presence- to see others fully, cultivate acceptance for all parts of self, and possibility in each seeming impossibility. I work collaboratively, trust the innate wisdom of the humans, offering humor to inspire gentleness when facing difficulties, and practical skills to use and implement in daily life in simple, non-clinical manner. Each person has the capacity to heal, therefore, I look first to my clients to show me works best. Many have found the integration of mindfulness, body, spirit, and education of the stress response most helpful in making people feel more aware of self as a whole and integrated Being. Please visit my website to connect as emails get lost in the shuffle.
Qualifications: | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology |
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Academic Suffixes: | PsyD, SEP |
Expertise: | Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Coping Skills, Depression, Grief, Life Transitions, Other, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Self Esteem, Sex-Positive, Kink Allied, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Stress, Transgender, Trauma and PTSD, Veterans, Women |