My therapeutic orientation:

I ground my therapeutic work in a relational psychodynamic framework, with strong influences from intersectional feminism and trauma-informed care practices. I believe good therapy is collaborative, so my hope is to co-create a space with you to do this good, hard work together. What this means is, my work is to gently explore the complexity of your identity and experiences with you. Yours is to bring as much of your whole self as you can bear to each session. As I pay attention to the emotions, thoughts, and sensations that come up for you, I also hold in mind the ways in which various phenomena such as family dynamics, individual temperament, culture, race, gender, sexuality, and systems of marginalization and oppression live within you and influence your relationship with yourself and others. I do so from a posture of curiosity and unconditional positive regard so that you have space to experience and express the multitudes within yourself, without judgment or shame. Here, we compassionately tend to the impacts of harm, grief, and shame as we explore together what it might look and feel like to flourish.