I know what it’s like to feel emotionally disconnected, to wonder if something is wrong with you, and to later realize that surviving by disconnection also dims joy.

My work is informed by my lived experiences and identities, including: late-diagnosed ADHD, coming into queerness in adulthood, living life in a larger body, and growing up believing that other people’s needs mattered more than my own.

My path to becoming a therapist came from knowing, deeply, what it’s like to long for the kind of care and support you never received.

I am committed to staying keenly aware of how my identities and lived experiences shape the way I attune to and understand the emotional, relational, and cultural realities my clients face. They inform the way I notice nuance, the way I hold complexity, and the way I create space for people who have spent much of their lives feeling “othered,” misunderstood, or pressured to shrink themselves.

This work is sacred to me. Witnessing someone’s truth, their patterns, their pain, and their resilience is a privilege I do not take lightly.

My role is to help you feel seen in your complexity, held in your tenderness, and supported as you rediscover the parts of yourself that deserve more room to breathe.

My approach is relational at its core and that means therapy isn’t something that happens to you, it’s something we build together. You’re always welcome to name what’s working, what feels off, or what you’re curious about. That openness becomes part of the healing.

I pay close attention to the parts of you that speak softly and feel conflicted, guarded, tender, prickly, or just plain exhausted. Some sessions bring insight; others bring emotion, grounding, or calm clarity. Sessions frequently include pauses, deep breaths, and the occasional shared laugh when something suddenly clicks.

I don’t come in with assumptions about who you are or how you “should” heal, and I’m not here to “fix” you. Instead, I show up with supportive curiosity and am here to help you discover the path that fits you.

As a queer-affirming, neurodivergent-informed, trauma-aware, and Health at Every Size (HAES)-aligned therapist, I understand how identity, lived experience, and culture shape the way we move through life — and how those forces often determine what we’ve had to hold alone.

While I don’t assume that our identities or experiences are the same, I do know what it’s like to navigate a world that wasn’t designed with you in mind. That lived understanding allows me to meet you with a kind of care, and cultural responsiveness that goes deeper than simple acceptance.

It’s not just that you will be affirmed here; it’s that you will be truly seen and supported.

I believe you deserve transparency about the values I bring into the therapy space and how they shape my work.

My personal values are rooted in anti-racism, collective liberation, and a deep respect for human rights and dignity. These values inform how I understand mental health, distress, and healing as deeply shaped by social, cultural, and political contexts rather than as isolated or purely individual experiences as dominant Western narratives often suggest.

I hold an awareness of how systems of power and oppression— such as racism, white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, ableism, cisnormativity and heteronormativity— impact people’s bodies, relationships, and inner worlds. I do not view the adaptive survival strategies and behaviors developed in response to these harmful conditions as personal shortcomings or failures, but as understandable responses to systems and environments that rely on coercion, control, and the ongoing sacrifice of people’s safety, autonomy, and humanity.

Therapy with me is not about helping you quietly adapt to unjust and violent systems of oppression or pathologizing the ways you’ve learned to survive. Instead, I view my role as offering a safe and supportive space that centers your healing, agency, and sense of self with curiosity, care, compassion, and respect for the realities you navigate every day.