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Working with me
I like to be myself with clients. I don’t do the blank-slate therapist thing very well - I mean, I can sit in silence if that’s what’s needed, but you’ll probably still know what I’m thinking by the look on my face. I believe therapy works best when both of us show up fully: me with my questions, curiosity, clinical chops, and occasional eyebrow raises - and you with whatever version of yourself is showing up that day.
I believe that therapists should do more than just listen and affirm. Having extensive training and understanding of the psychology and sociology of human behavior is vital to the therapeutic process. is having insight and experience with the real-world and messy, beautiful, complicated, contradictory ways we live, relate, and try to heal. I’m endlessly fascinated by what makes us tick, why we keep ending up in the same emotional loop-de-loops, and how we can get unstuck.
I bring that lens into every session, along with a deep understanding of how identity, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, systemic oppression, and microaggressions shape the way we experience ourselves and the world. Therapy doesn’t happen in a vacuum—we carry our full selves into the room, including the parts that have been misunderstood, excluded, or silenced. I think it’s essential to name those things out loud.
In my work with clients I present, I ask real questions (sometimes hard, sometimes weird), and I give honest feedback. I’m not into sugar-coating, but I’m also not here to make you feel bad—I’m here to help you figure out what’s going on underneath it all, and how to feel a little more free in your life.
At the end of the day, I want therapy to feel like a space where you can breathe, speak freely, and feel seen.