I believe therapy can be a place where we stop trying to become who we think we are supposed to be and begin getting curious about who we actually are.

Many of the people I work with have spent years-or decades-being responsible, capable, and taking care of what needed to be done. From the outside, life may look relatively put together. Inside, they may feel disconnected, exhausted, lonely, uncertain of who they are anymore, or aware that old ways of surviving are no longer working.

My approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and the belief that no part of us is beyond care. I see each of us as made up of many stories and many parts: the parts that protect us, criticize us, keep the peace, push us forward, shut us down, or carry pain we learned long ago to keep out of sight. Rather than trying to get rid of these parts, therapy can help us understand what they have been protecting and develop a different relationship with ourselves.

I particularly enjoy working with men who want greater emotional freedom and more authentic relationships. Many men have learned to measure themselves by what they provide, accomplish, endure, or hold together while having few places where they can be uncertain, vulnerable, grieving, or simply human. Therapy can offer a space to explore what exists underneath those expectations and build a life that feels more connected and genuinely your own.

I also have a deep appreciation for working with older adults and people navigating the second half of life. Aging can bring profound changes in relationships, health, family roles, work, retirement, grief, identity, and our awareness of time. It can also invite important questions: Who am I now? What matters to me? What do I want the years ahead to mean? I value creating space for both the losses and possibilities that accompany these transitions.

My work also includes LGBTQ+ people, those healing from religious trauma, and anyone navigating questions of identity, belonging, grief, self-worth, trauma, or significant life transitions. I especially connect with people who have spent much of their lives adapting themselves to what others needed or expected and are ready to develop a deeper relationship with themselves.

My approach is informed by Internal Family Systems (parts work), Narrative Therapy, feminist, existential, and person-centered therapies. I also practice from a liberation-based perspective, which means we can be curious not only about what has happened within you, but about the families, communities, cultures, expectations, and systems that have shaped the stories you learned about yourself. I strive to practice in ways that are anti-racist, culturally responsive, sex-positive, poly-affirming, and queer and trans-affirming while welcoming clients across identities, backgrounds, and life experiences.

In addition to traditional talk therapy, I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for people interested in another way of approaching healing. KAP may be particularly meaningful for those navigating depression, trauma, grief, existential concerns, or longstanding patterns that have been difficult to shift through insight alone.

My own life experiences also shape the therapist I am. As a White, neurodivergent, queer, and trans person who survived conversion therapy, I know something about what can happen when parts of ourselves are taught that they are unacceptable or must disappear in order for us to belong. Our stories may be very different, and I don't assume my experiences are yours. What they have taught me is the importance of having places where we do not have to exile pieces of ourselves in order to be accepted.

As a therapist, I hope to meet you in your fullness—your pain, resilience, contradictions, uncertainty, humor, grief, and hope. Together, we can become curious about the stories and patterns that have shaped your life, reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been lost or hidden along the way, and create more room to choose how you want to live the life ahead.

No story, no part, no self is beyond compassion.