I am careful in documentation & navigation of the current political climate. I do not use AI for any kind of note-taking or clinical work. I do not document information about disabilities, neurodivergence, gender, sexuality, or specific traumas.

I also do not document a diagnosis unless there is an agreement between us that you’d like me to for insurance superbill purposes. We will decide together what diagnosis fits what is happening for you.

Yes, I work with folks who have a history of medical and psychiatric trauma. Those who are Disabled and Neurodivergent often have long histories of their experiences being minimized or being institutionalized.

Fatphobia, ableism, racism, xenophobia, transphobia, and homophobia can all often co-conspire with medical and psychiatric harm.

Yes, I work with people who are experiencing psychosis or altered states. Psychosis is a set of symptoms that are often related to traumatic stress and too much happening all at once.

When we think about psychosis, we are thinking about a collection of experiences that seem disorienting, confusing, or other-wordly to the person experiencing them. Sometimes symptoms can be scary, frightening, or defeating. Other times, they can be bothersome or annoying. Many times people do not seek treatment for what clinicans label as “psychosis” because they experience these symptoms as helpful, ancestral, connecting, or beautiful. Mad Liberation leaders have described “psychosis” as a clinical descriptor that can be othering, whereas “altered states” encapsulates all the experiences of people with these gifts and connections.

We will work together to build stability and safety, while working towards your goals. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp), which can help us break down the beliefs and thought patterns that keep you up at night, and trauma-focused work such as Prolonged Exposure or Narrative Exposure therapies. I also practice Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which are two important modalities to help in times of crisis and reconnection to your values.

Yes, grief is a common reason clients come to work with me. I make space for processing traumatic loss of a loved one or community member. I also am well versed in ambiguous grief - the grief that often is overlooked, such as when a loved one is no longer emotionally present but still alive or when relationships are estranged, and disenfranchised grief - the grief that is not well understood by society, such as the loss of a pet or assimilation of cultural knowledge.

Grief does not always fit into the box we place death of loved ones into. Grief due to changes in health, in employment, in purpose, in meaning-making, in what could have been - all are welcome in sessions.

Yes, I work with S/survivors of trauma, violence, harm, neglect, abuse, suicide, and grief.

Folks who experience relational harm often develop methods trying to prevent more harm which can lead to isolation and fear of trust. Together we can establish new relational patterns and learn what relational safety feels like.

Yes, I work with anyone who is navigating religious or philosophical trauma. Many people come to therapy with beliefs about morality, faith, and punishment. Those beliefs can guide us towards a life we find worth living, but they can also sometimes trap us in a dichotomy of good and bad, right and wrong, and stop us from being able to make any steps forward. Sometimes the leaders or caregivers in a faith can use their power for abuse.

*I have personal experience with scrupulosity (morality) OCD and was raised in Southern Baptist Evangelical Christian churches, so I have lived experience in this area. I am a nonreligious secular therapist, but please note that this does not mean that I dislike working with religious or spiritual clients. I love hearing about the joy, comfort, and perspective a spiritual practice provides for my clients. I continually seek out education around spirituality to provide competent care to anyone no matter their belief system.

We’ll work together to understand it - if that’s your goal. If not, know that it’s okay to not know everything. It’s okay to simply sit with the fact that you are feeling pain, and to notice how it might be getting in the way of you living the life you find meaningful.

Therapy can provide a safe space for reclaiming, retelling, and re-authoring your story. Rage, silence, panic, and overwhelm are all welcome in sessions. We will move through your emotional experience and welcome sensations, memories, and thoughts as they come.

We will blend a trauma treatment with body-awareness, DBT mindfulness skills, and ACT value identification skills so that you can feel supported as a whole person. Just because you’ve experienced trauma doesn’t mean I automatically become your Trauma Only Therapist™

We can work on what comes up for you, even if you might think it’s “a lot.” My job is to hold that space for you.

As a provider who has lived experience with CPTSD, BPD, and PTSD, I learned first hand just how important trauma treatment is.

We will work collaboratively while implementing real tangible skills to keep your head above water.

As we get closer to the life you find worth living, we’ll reconnect with the person you have always been, untangling the shame and guilt you have been living with for too long.