My Approach to Therapy

As an insightful and growth-oriented person, I strive to offer warmth, open-mindedness, and cultural humility to my clients. I take a strength-based and person-centered approach to my clinical work, meaning that I see myself as a consultant in peoples’ journeys toward enhanced wellness, and I work in a collaborative way that keeps the client’s goals and priorities front and center. I believe and respect that clients are the experts on their own lives.

I utilize techniques from a number of different counseling models and approaches. Models I tend to use most often are humanistic therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, narrative therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy.

I understand how systemic oppression (e.g. racism, sexism, ableism, fatphobia, homophobia, transphobia) contributes to symptoms related to anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and substance dependency. I approach these issues by working with clients from within intersectional feminist, LGBTQIA2+ affirmative, anti-racist, and trauma-informed frameworks, which can help clients to divest from oppressive social systems and structures, externalize pathology, rediscover strengths, increase emotional regulation skills, and enhance a sense of self-efficacy and self-trust in order to assert boundaries, take risks, and navigate difficult people and circumstances with confidence.

During our time together, I will listen to your story, offer reflections, and ask and answer questions in order to collectively gain clarity and discover the deeper and richer meanings within your narrative. Together, we will work to understand your pain and to mutually identify your strengths, resources, and desired future. I respect that this is your personal journey and I feel privileged to be a witness to your growth, self-discovery, and enhanced wellbeing.