“As a counselor serving the 2SLGBTQPIA+ community, my practice is rooted in trauma-informed, culturally-competent care that honors the complexity of each client’s identity and lived experience. I provide sliding scale services to help reduce barriers that keep people from competent mental healthcare. Healing should be accessible for all, not just the privileged few.

In both my personal and professional life, my identity informs my counseling. I recognize the intersectionality between systemic oppression, marginalization, and identity-based trauma. These lived experiences shape our inner worlds, and I strive to create a safe space where clients can feel seen, heard, and accepted. I want to empower my clients to share their stories, while I listen without any form of judgement. In each session, I approach my clients with humility, curiosity, and a commitment to social justice.

My clients can expect a collaborative, affirming, and warm space where they can feel safe to share their lived experiences. My practice is informed by intersectional, strengths-based, and relational frameworks that integrate CBT, DBT, trauma-focused therapy, narrative therapy and more. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of psychotherapy that investigates the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, which can be beneficial for various mental health concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy is a type of counseling that helps clients practice mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Additionally, trauma-focused therapy is a form of counseling that addresses the mental/physical/emotional distress caused by trauma. Another form of therapy that I frequently practice is narrative therapy. This type of therapy helps clients to tell their life experiences as stories. Clients are viewed as separate from their problems and are encouraged to create empowering narrative instead. This form of therapy is non-pathologizing and contextual. I also incorporate other forms of therapy, including person-centered and somatic therapy. Our sessions are tailored to your needs and what form of therapy fits best for what you are experiencing.”