I've been doing clinical counseling work with individuals since 2009. Starting with my internship at the YWCA Counseling Center, and carrying on into my private practice. Most of my work is with LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples or folks in open or polyamorous relationships and within kink communities.
Individual therapy takes many different forms in my practice, from short term interventions for specific challenges to longer term open-ended exploration of personal growth.
I completed training in EMDR and Flash, two forms of trauma therapy that are less focused on talk therapy. Flash is a quick process that can fit within regular fifty-minute sessions, whereas EMDR often requires longer sessions to fully benefit from this modality.
My training was through TICTI: https://www.ticti.org/treatment/emdr-therapy/
Please contact me below if you are interested.
Relationships come in many forms. My practice focuses on the individuals in these relationships and how they come together to create new bonds, solidify existing connections, or release these interpersonal ties and separate with dignity and respect. Relationship configurations may include:
* Monogamous couples
* Ethical non-monogamous or poly relationships, including two or more partners in the work
* Familial bonds, including parent/child and siblings
Navigating the transition process can be complicated and scary. You don't have to do it alone.
In my clinical practice I have extensive experience supporting people through gender transition. I have strong working connections with providers of hormone replacement therapy as well as surgeons in town who perform a variety of gender related surgeries.
Whether you want ongoing counseling to explore your gender identity and presentation, or you just need a letter of recommendation for a particular intervention, I am happy to work with you through this process.
Adoption is always complicated; it is not an easy answer for anyone involved. I offer a safe, welcoming place to explore the complexities of adoption as they impact your life.
I support expectant parents with in-depth options counseling, drawing on my experience as a Talk Line Advocate for All Options. I also offer support and counseling around parenting, post-placement, and post-abortion.
Choosing to build a family through adoption creates the opportunity to deeply explore your beliefs about parenting, family and adoption itself. I look forward to accompanying adoptive parents through this process.
Adopted adults will benefit from having a place to speak freely about their emotions, their challenges, experiences and ideas about adoption and the ways it has informed their lives.
Siblings, grandparents, extended families and loved ones of people involved in adoption may have questions, concerns, and emotions about how adoption affects their lives. I welcome all members of the adoption constellation into my practice.
Much of my education and experience with adoption stems from being a white parent to a biracial child in a transracial, domestic, open adoption. I have participated in several workshops through Adoption Mosaic including classes on transracial parenting, a birth mother panel, and adult adoptee panels.