Accepting New Clients. Are you tired of carrying the burden of being the only person of color or LGBTQ+ person at your job? Burned out? Feel like others are expecting you to mess up? Feeling pressure to compromise your values to get ahead? Others have unfair expectations of you? Beating yourself up for small mistakes? Feeling like an imposter? Is the stress of being the first one to “make it” in your family creating tension with your relatives? Does it seem like your partner or friends don't understand how much stress you are under? Do you have the career and title but still feel unfulfilled? I help professionals tackling life. As a Black same-gender-loving male psychologist who is also the first in his family to become a doctor, I personally know the unique pressures of being a high-achieving minoritized person. I have 10+ years of experience helping Black, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people heal and thrive in their careers, relationships, and, within themselves. I use a combination of culturally-informed cognitive, emotion-focused, and somatic techniques to help you (1) better understand and effectively communicate your emotions, values, and needs; (2) develop tools to cope with prejudice, discrimination, and oppression in the world and at work and (3) improve your mental health and relationships.
Qualifications: | California School of Professional Psychology |
---|---|
Academic Suffixes: | PhD |
Expertise: | Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Coping Skills, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, Life Coaching, Marital and Premarital, Men |