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About My Clients
I work with individuals and couples experiencing bumps on the road to wholeness. My clients are often folks navigating life at the intersections of race, religion, and sexuality. Often, life transitions and changes in family dynamics bring them to therapy - either for the very first time or they may be giving it one more shot. My training and experience has prepared me to work with folks who are struggling with: perfectionism, shame, disordered eating, and trauma.
My Background and Approach
I believe that every individual is an expert in their own experiences and holds the keys to their own healing. As a therapist, I do not operate as an instructor but instead hope to help you dial into your inner voice, your truth. In every session, we'll explore the stories you believe about the world, and yourself, and discover the meaning behind your emotions. Why do we feel what we feel? What are emotions trying to teach us? And of course, how can you bring about the change and healing you want to see in your life? My goal is to expand your capacity to extend to yourself compassion. Often that's what we need in order to really start living the life we are ready to live.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I approach my work with compassion, empathy, and understanding, knowing that many of the challenges we all face begin with circumstances outside of our control. That includes childhood trauma but runs the gamut of systems of oppression, including capitalism, racism, religious oppression, and more. Our pain points often can be traced to wounds in the systems we belong to -- family systems as well as larger societal systems. And so, too, our healing will require changes in us and our relationships to and within these same systems. In this way, personal healing can be liberating and transformative. I myself am a Black, queer cis woman from a first gen immigrant family. I am open with talking about politics and religion in session if you want to! The world around us has a way of interrupting our day to day lives, so I welcome you to bring all of YOU into our therapy room.