SPECIALTIES
Holding Space for Your Full Story
Everyone’s experience is shaped by a mix of identity, history, environment, and circumstance. In therapy, there’s no single path to healing…and no expectation to have it all figured out.
These are some of the areas I frequently support. You might see yourself in one, many, or somewhere in between. However you show up, we’ll work together to create a space that honors your full story.
Anxiety
Anxiety can take many forms - - racing thoughts, spiraling worries, trouble sleeping, feeling like your brain just won’t turn off. Sometimes it’s tied to something specific, and sometimes it shows up out of nowhere. Either way, it can make it hard to be present in your life, connect with others, or just feel at ease in your own body.
I work with people navigating all kinds of anxious patterns, from chronic worry and social anxiety to rumination, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive behaviors. I’m ERP-informed (exposure and response prevention), and I also bring an existential lens…looking at the deeper questions anxiety can raise about identity, meaning, safety, and control.
My approach is collaborative and compassionate, grounded in helping you build a more supportive relationship with your mind. Together, we’ll explore what your anxiety is trying to protect you from, and what it might need in order to soften. This isn’t about getting rid of anxiety altogether, but about loosening its grip so you can move through life with more ease, clarity, and choice.
Living as a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world can be both exhausting and alienating. Whether you’ve had a formal diagnosis (like ADHD or autism) or are exploring your neurodivergence on your own terms, therapy can be a space to unmask, unlearn internalized ableism, and reconnect with the way your brain and body move through the world.
ADHD & AUSTISM
I don’t pathologize your way of being. Together, we’ll explore what it means to honor your sensory needs, communication style, energy rhythms, and relationships. You deserve support that’s flexible, affirming, and centered around who you are…not who you’ve been told you should be.
OCD
Over time, I’ve found that many of my clients who were initially seeking support for trauma, autism, ADHD, or sexual health…were also experiencing intrusive thoughts, rumination, and compulsive behaviors. OCD can often show up alongside trauma and autism, sometimes in ways that are missed or misunderstood. While I’m not an OCD specialist, I’m ERP-informed and continue to deepen my understanding through training, consultation, and close attention to my clients’ lived experiences.
ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) is a well-researched approach that helps people gradually face fears and reduce compulsive patterns without reinforcing them. My work with OCD is collaborative, gentle, and rooted in helping people build a more compassionate, less fear-driven relationship with their mind.
SYSTEMIC TRAuMA
Systemic trauma doesn’t just live in individual experiences, it lives in our bodies, communities, and the systems we move through every day. It can come from racism, ableism, poverty, homophobia, transphobia, medical neglect, and other forms of structural violence. These aren’t just “stressors”…they shape how safe we feel in the world, how we relate to others, and how we view ourselves.
In therapy, we won’t treat these experiences as personal pathology. Instead, we’ll name them for what they are: real, valid, and often ongoing. We’ll make space for your anger, grief, exhaustion, and resilience. Healing from systemic trauma is about reclaiming your story, reconnecting with your power, and finding ways to move through the world that honor your truth.
You don’t have to carry it alone.
Grief & End of Life Support
Grief is not something to “get over.” It’s something we carry and learn to live alongside, something that changes shape over time. Whether you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, facing your own mortality, or supporting someone at the end of life, you deserve space to feel what’s real, without pressure to move on or be “okay.”
As a trained death doula and therapist, I offer compassionate, nonjudgmental support around death, dying, and grief. I hold space for the sadness, anger, relief, love - all of the complex feelings that can come with grief, and honor the deeply personal nature of how we mourn and make meaning.
Grief doesn’t always follow a death. Many of my clients are processing losses tied to chronic illness, identity shifts, disability, or the long arc of anticipatory grief. These experiences are real and deserving of care.
This work is rooted in presence and relationship. Whether you’re grieving a person, a future you imagined, or a part of yourself that’s changed, I’m here to walk with you.
Gender Identity
Gender identity is deeply personal and can evolve over time. I offer a supportive, affirming space for individuals exploring or navigating their gender. Whether you're questioning, transitioning, or seeking a place where your identity is seen and respected, I work collaboratively with you to honor your experience and help you build a more authentic, empowered life.
I work with people across the gender spectrum, including trans, nonbinary, gender-expansive, and questioning individuals. My role isn’t to define your identity for you...it’s to hold space while you define (or undefine) it for yourself. Together, we can explore the intersections of gender with other parts of your life, and gently untangle any internalized oppression and messages that can make it harder to fully inhabit who you are.
You don’t have to have all the answers to start. This is a space where you get to be fully human while figuring it out on your own terms.
Working with Sexual Minorities
I aim to make my practice a welcoming space for people across the spectrum of sexual identity, orientation, and experience. I value working with sexual minorities - including queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, kinky, and non-monogamous folks. Here you will find affirming and knowledgeable support.
Whether you’re exploring identity, navigating relationship dynamics, healing from shame, or just wanting a space where you don’t have to over-explain, I’m here to meet you with care, curiosity, and respect. I approach this work with a deep understanding of how systems of oppression, like homophobia, transphobia, and ableism, can impact sexual well-being, and I hold that context in everything I do.
Caregiver Stress & Support
Caregiving can be a profound expression of love, but it can also be exhausting, isolating, and overwhelming. Whether you’re caring for a child, partner, parent, or someone else in your life, the emotional weight of showing up day after day can be heavy. And too often, caregivers are expected to keep going without support.
I come to this work not only as a therapist, but as someone with lived experience as a long-term caregiver. I understand what it means to hold responsibility for another person’s well-being while trying to maintain your own. I know how grief, guilt, and burnout can sneak in…alongside moments of deep connection and meaning.
In our work together, there’s space for all of it. I support caregivers in making room for their own needs, processing complex emotions, and reconnecting with themselves outside of their caregiving role. You are not alone in this.
