My mission is to provide a safe environment in which you can grow, come to know yourself more deeply, and find ways to move closer to your goals. Theoretical orientations and bodies of study that influence me include existential, solution focused, depth, family systems, attachment, social justice/anti-oppression/liberation health, client-centered, interpersonal neurobiological, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (including CBT-I for insomnia), Internal Family Systems, integral, and more. In addition to my general practice I have specialized training in areas of sexual health and sex-therapy, gender identity and gender therapy, liberation/anti-oppression work, insomnia treatment, and recovery from controlling groups and relationships with cult-like features. My aim is to employ interventions that work best for individual clients.

When we meet, we will collaborate to determine a shared intention for counseling. Your goals may involve behavior, emotions, and self-awareness. Examples of possible goals include: improving relationships, reducing stress or overwhelming feelings, increasing presence, improving life satisfaction, etc. We will continually evaluate and revise your goals as needed.

We may be an especially good fit to work together if you are motivated to create change in your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and you see therapy as an active, collaborative process of mutual learning and new possibility.