My Approach to therapy
I am client-led with an anti-racist and anti-oppression lens. I offer a relationally eclectic approach, which can include somatic work, breath work, music integration, artistic expression, and others.
I believe there is nothing wrong with you. You are exactly who you need to be. But sometimes, the strategies and coping mechanisms we developed to help us survive no longer protect us the way they used to. Maybe they're getting in the way of connecting with other people? Or maybe they're making you feel bad about yourself? Whatever's going on, we'll work through it together. I want to hear about all of it. I want to hear how you're feeling and help you understand yourself in a new way. I'm on your side.
I practice relationally, which means that together you and I will build a safe space that feels expansive enough to hold whatever you want to bring in for discussion and reflection. I'll pay close attention to your experience of attachment and relationships with other people and the one between us, as it develops. Much of our time together will focus on your most significant relationships (intimate partners, family, friends, colleagues) and I will encourage you to reflect on what you feel are important patterns in your life (i.e., getting mad at yourself a lot, feeling like people don't like you, not understanding why you react certain ways, etc.).
I will want to know how you grew up in your family, who was around you, what happened in your younger life and how you learned to be in relationship with others, or how to disconnect from them. If you so choose, our work may consist of exploring trauma and loss and our aim will be to work together to integrate those experiences in a way that is more healed or resolved for you. But it will always be on your terms, at your pace, when you feel ready. You are the expert about you, so you lead the pace and control where we go.
Types of Issues I focus on (not limited to this list):
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Grief
Burnout
Family issues
Career concerns
Racial identity
Sexual identity
Gender identity
Relationships
…many more, no issue is too big or small