Services

I work with teen through adult individual clients. My approach to therapy is relational, collaborative, and reflective. We will work together to find what’s working, re-imagine what isn’t, and develop your strengths.

My current practice interests include LGBTQIA+ issues, depression and anxiety, stress, mindfulness, gender identity and expression, individual and collective trauma, and relationship issues.

Regular individual and peer supervision is crucial to my development, where I meet with other therapists to discuss cases, ethics, and practice issues.

RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS

It’s common that relationships will be challenged at some point, possibly facing what feels like an impasse that won’t budge. New dynamics, whether practicing monogamy or ethical non-monogamy, finances, jealousy, family systems, unpredictable life changes, anxiety, depression, addiction—any of these can be stressors on a relationship. I collaborate with partner(s) to better communicate, creating an environment that supports open communication and a felt sense of safety.

COMMUNICATION IN OPEN RELATIONSHIPS

Good communication is necessary in a functioning relationship. This holds true when navigating monogamous or ethical non-monogamous relationships. Meeting your partner(s) where they are while still feeling good about setting boundaries is key. Negotiating the conditions that work for YOUR relationship, requires vulnerability that many aren’t prepared for.

POLY & KINK-AFFIRMING THERAPY

Finding a therapist that understands the dynamics of kinky and polyamorous relationships can be challenging. When therapists are truly informed about kink and ethical non-monogamy, they have histories of expertise around those particular dynamics. If a therapist isn’t aware of the nuances of a particular community and its practices, they may misinform the client or even cause harm. Because kink, particularly, is often based on power dynamics, you want a therapist who won’t pathologize. I have counseled clients who identify with each of these communities, come from a history of personal experience, and continue to learn and educate myself on a regular basis to identify and bring into therapy the most recent information.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal.

EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound. If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.

EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering.

Once the block is removed, healing resumes. Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.