My Approach

My style is warm and open. I customize treatment to the individual(s) that I am working with. I want to address the issues that you are struggling with. My approach is dynamic, drawing on the different modalities I have learned and practiced over the years. I take an active approach with a deep commitment to consent. Collaboration is central to the type of work I do, and I have extensive experience with creating and maintaining safe clinical boundaries to facilitate trust and help my clients progress. In addition, I am vigilantly committed to confidentiality.

In more clinical terms, I tend to draw from a variety of theories such as psychodynamic, control mastery, and feminist/anti-oppression theories.

If I am not educated or aware of a client’s culture(s), I am always grateful for the chance to learn by taking responsibility to educate myself and provide more appropriate help. That being said, I have more experience working with some folks than others. Below is a list of where my personal and career orientation has taken me.

Communities I specialize in:

• Queer, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, and people who are questioning

• Transgender, Genderqueer, Agender 

• Intersex 

• Kink 

• Polyamory / Non-Monogamy

• Therapists / Counselors seeking therapy

Some of my services are:

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

• Treatment of Trauma, Violence and Abuse (including Sexual Trauma, Incest, Physical Trauma, Emotional Trauma, Racial and Ethnic Trauma, and Spiritual Trauma)

• EMDR

• Narrative Exposure Therapy

• Sex and Sexuality Therapy

• LGBTQI+ Issues

• Gender Exploration

• Process Racial/Racism issues, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism and other forms of religious and ethnic oppression

• Couples Therapy

• Relationship Therapy for Polyamorous Families

• Family Therapy

• Infertility and Queer Family Planning

• Miscarriage and Infant Loss

• Medically Complicated/Immunocompromise issues

• Cognitive and Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

• Motivational Interviewing

• Substance Abuse Treatment

• Psychoeducation