Taking the first step to begin therapy can be a challenging one, and finding the right therapist is an important piece. I take a supportive, non-judgmental approach to therapy and start off by creating a safe space to allow a strong therapeutic relationship to form. I give my clients the space to describe their challenges and hardships. Along the way, I help clients develop coping skills as well as awareness into their patterns and behaviors, and systemic factors, in order to create positive changes in their lives. I support all parts of clients’ histories, inviting honest exploration into the complexities of their experiences. I have experience working with individuals with traumatic experiences, life changes/transitions, challenges with boundary setting, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, psychosis, and substance use disorders. My clinical interests and experiences also include working with individuals with a history in the legal system. I utilize a relational, client-centered approach as the foundation to my therapy and pull on interventions from feminist, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, multicultural, and anti-racist/anti-oppressive theories and approaches. I’m LGBTQ+ affirming, sex positive, sex worker and kink allied. I encourage open conversations about race, gender and sexuality, & identity.
Academic Suffixes: | MA, LCPC, CADC |
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Expertise: | Addiction, ADHD, Adoption, Alcohol Use, Anger Management, Anxiety, Autism, Behavioral Issues, Body Positivity, Cancer, Child or Adolescent, Chronic Impulsivity, Chronic Pain, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Family Conflict, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Internet Addiction, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Men |