About

I am a white, queer, disabled, non-binary femme. My pronouns are they/them/theirs. I have worked as a therapist in a variety of settings, including inpatient mental health facilities, outpatient community mental health services, womens' shelters, and university settings. I have worked with individuals dealing with a variety of concerns, including depression, anxiety, stress management, intimacy issues, self esteem issues and body dissatisfaction, eating disordered behaviors, complicated grief, and trauma-related stress. I am certified in treatment of trauma and have done specific trainings in understanding and treating sexual trauma. I am a queer and trans responsive therapist and I have significant experience with counseling LGBTQ+ individuals of all ages and backgrounds. I have had education and research experience with LGBTQ+ issues, as well as with issues of oppression and psychology/social work. I am a polyamory, kink, and sex work affirming therapist. I enjoy accompanying people on gender journeys, grief journeys, and body trust journeys. I also feel deeply drawn to supporting activist-minded people. I believe that no space is apolitical, therapy spaces included. In 2021, I completed my certification in Body Trust (created by Be Nourished, LLC), a weight-inclusive framework rooted in body liberation, intended to help individuals be in compassionate relationship to their body and heal their relationship with food. I have also been trained in EMDR, and Brainspotting, Phae 1. I have also attended an Embodied Leadership training with Staci Haines and the Strozzi Institute, Transformative Justice training with Spring Up Collective, and am currently engaged in Anti-Oppressive Mental Health training with Fireweed Collective. Other trainings I am enrolled in for this year are Foundations of Internal Family Systems, Generational Brainspotting, Brainspotting Phase 2, Somatic Experiencing, and an End of Life Doula training through INELDA.