I have received extensive training in client-centered therapeutic interventions to help individuals find relief from grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, and other forms of emotional suffering. I am especially sensitive to the ways oppression (racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, ageism, heterosexism, monosexism, classism, anti-Semitism, ableism and others) and microaggressions impact emotional health, identity and well-being.
Although I enjoy working with a wide variety of people, I specialize in counseling those who experience themselves as outsiders to dominant culture: creative artists, performers, activists, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming folks and people who may feel "other" due to cultural or family bias. I believe that experiences of oppression can result in embodied trauma (often diagnosed at PTSD or C-PTSD) and have devoted many hours to learning how to support individuals to heal in the context of ongoing injustice and danger.
Areas of Deep Experience and Interest
Existential Issues: Meaning, Purpose & Mortality
Ageism and death denial are so entrenched in our culture that we often don't notice how they shape our experience. These invisible forces can make getting older feel like a tragedy or catastrophe rather than a natural, valuable phase of life.
Existential therapy creates space to explore profound questions that emerge in the second half of life. Who am I beyond the roles I've played? What gives my life meaning now? How do I face my mortality with dignity and grace?
Together, we'll examine your relationship with mortality, purpose, and meaning-making in a society that pathologizes aging and avoids essential conversations about death. Many clients discover that confronting these existential realities leads to more intentional choices, deeper connections, and a renewed sense of purpose aligned with their true values.
I provide a compassionate environment where you can develop a more authentic relationship with your finite, precious existence and resist the cultural narratives that diminish this important life stage.
Supporting Women, Femmes & Nonbinary Individuals 50+
Living in a deeply ageist, sexist, trans-misogynist and ableist culture actively undermines our transition to the second half of our lives. I'm passionate about creating a radical space where you can resist these forces—both external and internalized—and reclaim the depth, richness, and power this phase of life has to offer. Together, we'll challenge harmful narratives and embrace the revolutionary act of thriving in a society that often renders us invisible.
I specialize in supporting you through:
Peri and post-menopausal transitions, including experiences of sudden menopause due to medical procedures or health conditions
The unique journey of aging as a trans woman or femme, acknowledging that your path may differ from normative menopausal experiences—a reality that can cause feelings of isolation and erasure that deserve to be addressed
Late-life coming out and gender exploration – honoring both the joy of embracing your true identity and the legitimate grief for opportunities and experiences denied to you by oppressive social structures
Supporting the Unique Experiences of Bi and Pansexual People
As a queer and bi identified cisgender woman. I have a special interest in supporting bi, pan and other non-monosexual queer people to navigate biphobia and a sense of not being “queer enough.” I also train other therapists, and am available for consultation on this topic.
Disrupting White Supremacy
I have lifelong commitment to confronting internalized and externalized white supremacy and am continually striving to decolonize my therapy practice. I welcome work with white clients who are ready to unpack and disrupt white supremacy. My approach to work with BIPOC clients is one of accountability, cultural humility and transparency as well as an understanding that BIPOC clients often want to work with BIPOC therapists. I have a commitment to helping making those referrals and connections when requested.
Beating Screen Addiction
Since 2017, I have devoted many hours to learning how to support clients to beat screen addiction and right-size their relationships with technology. I believe that it’s important for all of us to understand how social media and other digital platforms intersect with capitalism and cause harm to our relationships, our world views, our independent thinking, our free will and our minds. I help clients to build nonjudgmental awareness of the personal impact of surveillance capitalism and to notice their thoughts, feelings, sensations and urges related to the media they consume. Together, we create a customized plan for you to use these powerful tools on your own terms.
Liberation from Controlling Relationships
I also have extensive experience working with those impacted by intimate partner violence, dynamics of power and control, and emotionally abusive relationships and offer supportive, nonjudgmental counseling to people who are still in abusive situations, trying to leave them, recovering from abuse, or feeling like something isn’t quite right about the power dynamic in their relationship.
I am currently only offering sessions for individuals and do not work with couples, relationships or families.
