Perspectives that shape my approach

I offer a warm, steady, and deeply non-judgmental space where we can slow down, get curious, and make room for what is here. You are welcome to arrive exactly as you are.

Much of my work centers on helping people make sense of an internal experience or history shaped by systems that value compliance over complexity. Together, we work to find an easier pace—making space for the complexity of our experiences, relationships, bodies, histories, environments, and the worlds we live in.

Here are the foundational values and perspectives that guide my practice:

Relational

I don’t see therapy as something I do to you. It is something we explore together.

I pay attention to what emerges in the relationship, to your pace, and to what feels important in the moment. There is no expectation that you need to arrive with everything figured out.

Body, emotion, and nervous system

Our experiences aren’t held only in our thoughts. They can also show up through sensations, emotions, impulses, and ways of moving through the world.

My somatic approach invites attention to these experiences with curiosity and care. This can be especially helpful when insight alone has not been enough, or when the demands of caregiving, relationships, or professional life have made it difficult to stay connected to your own needs.

Context, identity & relationships

I’m interested in the larger context of our lives—not just what is happening within us, but also the relationships, expectations, systems, and cultural messages that shape how we experience ourselves.

We can explore how gender, identity, relationships, power, and the roles we’ve been expected to play have shaped our experiences and the ways we move through the world.

As a queer therapist, I also value creating a space where LGBTQIA2S+ clients can feel understood and accepted without having to explain or educate.

Neuro-affirming

As a neurodivergent therapist, I approach neurodivergence as part of human diversity while recognizing the very real challenges and distress that can come with being neurodivergent in a world shaped largely around neurotypical expectations.

I’m interested in how our environments, relationships, and experiences shape the way we understand ourselves—including experiences of masking, misunderstanding, and learning to believe there is something wrong with us. Therapy can be a place to make sense of these experiences, work with what is difficult, and develop a kinder and more grounded relationship with yourself.

Trauma-informed and compassionate

I approach difficult patterns and experiences with curiosity rather than blame.

This includes making room for grief, anger, shame, overwhelm, disconnection, and the ways we may have learned to protect ourselves. For helping professionals, this may also mean exploring burnout, compassion fatigue, boundaries, vicarious trauma, professional identity, or the experience of always needing to be the capable one.

Creativity, play, and art

Not everything meaningful can be reached through conversation.

With children, I use child-led, play-based therapy, allowing their play and natural ways of communicating to guide the work. With adults and youth, creativity and art can offer another way of exploring experiences that may be difficult to express directly.

You don’t need to consider yourself creative or artistic. These approaches are invitations, not requirements.