Dear One, You deserve to take up space.

The world puts forth a myth that there is only one right way of being. If you don’t fit the default, you should shrink, be silenced, disappear yourself OR face disapproval, rejection, and even violence.

This kind of oppression is debilitating and can show up like:

• Internalized oppression

• Working hard to blend in or “pass”

• Feeling foggy, tingly, or disconnected from self

• Negative self-talk or a loud inner critic

Therapy is taking up space.

A courageous act of defiance that says, “I am worthy of healing attention.” In therapy, we’ll co-create a space where you can:

EXPLORE who you are without fear of rejection.

LEARN to listen to your body and emotional experience and precisely identify what you’re feeling.

HEAL by responding to the needs that show up in those feelings.

RECLAIM your rightful space in an unjust world.

The magic sauce to my approach is using evidenced-based therapy approaches, with a relational feel, and through an intersectional, feminist lens. That’s a mouthful! Translation - I have seen clients:

• Connect with their truest self

• Unpack the impact of the “isms” and inequity in their lives

• Go from overwhelmed to skillfully managing their emotions

• Heal ancient or recent trauma

• Trade in harmful ways of coping for healthy, authentic self-care

• Build better relationships with healthy boundaries

Keep on reading or check out my LGBTQ+ and EMDR pages for more details on my specialties.

Approach

EMDR Trained

Interpersonal Neurobiology

Trauma Informed Therapy

Parts Work

Somatic (Body) Awareness

Mindfulness Practices

Values

Intersectional Feminism

Culturally Responsive

Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® (HAES)

Relational

LGBTQ+, Poly, and Kink Affirming

Sex Worker Positive