My approach is warm, conversational, collaborative, honest, and solutions-focused.

I lead with wit, curiosity, humor, sass, compassion, and radical authenticity. I’ll keep it real with you, because I believe people who trust me with the most vulnerable parts of themselves deserve to sit across from a therapist who is genuine, present, and most important, human. I’m not a blank-slate therapist - you get the real me, with professional boundaries, of course.

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Therapy can be deep, meaningful, and transformational without being stiff, buttoned up, or painfully serious all the time.​

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As a 30-something millennial therapist, it is not uncommon for me to drop song lyrics,
pop-culture references, and irreverent dark humor into sessions. I don't care if you swear - you aren't going to scare me off by dropping the occasional F-bomb and I love to hear about my clients passions and latest special interests. When you're working with me, it's important to me to create a safe enviornment where you feel you can bravely unmask and fully express yourself in a way that feels true to you.

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The Types of Therapies I Use​​

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I draw from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, attachment-based and relational approaches, trauma-informed care, and parts work informed by Ego State Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Together, we’ll use what actually works for you to understand patterns, regulate your nervous system, build self-trust, process painful experiences, and create meaningful change.

 

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 My Values and How They Inform My Practice​

 

My work is relational, trauma-informed, feminist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, liberation-centered, and grounded in social justice. I am LGBTQ+ allied and neurodivergent-affirming, and I believe our differences are not deficits to overcome, but meaningful parts of who we are. I aim to create a space where you can feel fully human, celebrate what makes you uniquely you, and experience belonging without having to shrink, mask, or conform.

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I don’t believe our pain exists in a vacuum. Our mental health is shaped not only by our personal histories, relationships, and trauma, but also by culture, identity, power, oppression, racism, ableism, patriarchy, capitalism, and the systems we are trying to survive within.

We are living through deeply unsettling and exhausting times, and I don’t shy away from talking about what is happening in the world or how it affects you. Naming these realities matters—especially for people whose identities, rights, safety, and humanity are regularly questioned, threatened, or dismissed. You deserve a therapeutic space where you do not have to explain, minimize, or debate the impact of those experiences before you can receive support.

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Therapy with me will never reduce systemic harm to a mindset problem or ask you to simply cope better with circumstances that are genuinely unjust. You are not a failure for struggling to thrive in a system that was never built with you in mind. Together, we can name what is happening, understand how it affects your nervous system and sense of self, and develop practical ways to stay grounded, connected, empowered, and aligned with your values.

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I believe healing can be deeply personal while also being connected to community, freedom, and collective liberation.

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