Services
- Individual
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
“I don’t like how that made me feel.” It’s one thing to realize when someone makes us feel badly about ourselves. And yet, it’s so much more challenging to know what to do next. Maybe you don’t want to disrupt things with them too much. But you also know what happened wasn’t okay. And you don’t want them to keep treating you that way. Or feel the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that come up when they do. Your needs matter too. You have a right to feel affirmed, supported, and understood.
My Background and Approach
Helping clients achieve their goals for their personal and professional relationships is my passion. I strive to create safe, judgement-free spaces that promote healing, growth, and well-being. Together, we can explore your relationships, including thoughts, feelings, and emotions they evoke, and what “affirmed,” “supported,” and “understood” mean for you. I believe treatment should adapt to meet clients where they are at all times. I work to create safe spaces for clients to explore, heal, and grow that incorporate their own sociocultural realities into the therapy process. It’s important to me to collaborate with my clients as much as possible to adjust treatment in ways that best fit unique needs, preferences, and life experiences. To do this, I may make use of different therapy treatment styles and theoretical orientations. These may include, though are not limited to, psychodynamic therapy, Family Systems therapy, and LGBTQ+ Affirmative interventions.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I earned my Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles specializing in LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychotherapy and incorporate my lived experience as a queer and trans person into my work as a therapist. I have also been a client myself for more than ten years and I am inspired by the power of therapy as an opportunity to discover one’s inner resilience, voice, and capacity for change. I believe it can make a big difference when others resonate with thoughts, feelings, and experiences similar to those we’ve had ourselves. The people in our lives matter for our mental health. And so do our connections with them. Communicating emotional needs, managing boundaries, and navigating conflicts can be highly-intimidating challenges. But finding the right balance is possible. And you’ve already taken the first step. Keep going. I’m here to help.