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About My Clients
The hardest part is recognizing there's a problem; the next hardest part is DOING something about said problem. I love to work with folks who know it is time for a change and are ready to do the work...but maybe need a guide to get there. Whether that change is recovering from trauma, exploring gender and sexuality, or breaking out of unhelpful loops in your relationship, my goal is to offer the backup needed to face the hard stuff and make consequential change possible.
My Background and Approach
As a core value, I am a passionate learner, and I have been lucky enough to earn a few licenses along the way (LMFT, LPC, LAC). I have specialty training in trauma work (EMDR, CPT), and I am a highly experienced provider for survivors of sexual/relational trauma, active duty/veterans, and emergency-responders. I also totally love supporting clients who are working through gender and sexuality issues. My third therapeutic delight is couples therapy and helping couples who have lost their way find the road back to each other. Stylistically, I am tender and hopeful and also frank and direct. I believe one of a therapist's most important jobs is speaking from a place of empathetic honesty and respecting people enough to tell them the truth; without reality, no real change is possible. My approach is both lovingly strength-based and clear-cut; I work best with folks who value the same
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe in staying curious, radicalized kindness, and being in on the joke about the absurdity of life. I am a seeker, with ongoing inquisitiveness about creating the best version of myself I can. I strive to be a person who, at the end of my journey, gave more than she took. Aside from therapizing and learning stuff, I like to spend my time engaged in good banter, growing flowers, being a schmedium-talent artist, and anthropomorphizing my rescue mutts. A client once described me as a "pragmatic hippie," which is probably a pretty solid description.