Background & Training
I received my Masters of Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work in 2019. During my graduate studies, I trained in community mental health clinics, and on a college campus. My clinical training provided me the opportunity to work in a variety of settings with people from all walks of life and experience, who struggled with acute and inter-generational patterns of trauma and multiply marginalized identities.
Prior to becoming a therapist, I studied art and making things is a big part of my daily life that sustains me. My creative practice informs everything that I do, and my work as a therapist is no exception.
Practice Philosophy
I believe healing should be authentic, deep, and playful. Therapy is an opportunity to meet yourself in a new way by creating a loving and generative space for self reflection, healing, and transformation.
I work from a body and sex-positive perspective, am kink aware, and affirming of all consensual relationship structures. My practice strives to approach clients and the therapy process through an anti-oppressive lens, incorporating the impact of systems of oppression on our lives and identities.
Areas of Focus
- LGBTQIA+ Identities
- Neurodiversity
- Childhood and Adult Complex Trauma
- C-PTSD & PTSD
- Grief and Loss
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Sexual Trauma
- Parenting
- Chronic Pain and/or Illness
- Family and Relationship Dynamics
- Non-Monogamous Relationship structures
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