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About My Clients
Maybe you and your partner are considering opening your relationship to others, or you already practice polyamory or consensual nonmonogamy (CNM). Let’s work together to discover how you, as the individual or partners, want that to look & feel. Overarchingly, I value helping my clients examine their own boundaries & needs, while learning to manage difficulties created by anxiety & fear. These feelings are natural responses, but they can sometimes feel overwhelming and upsetting. Let’s talk!
My Background and Approach
In addition to being a trauma-informed Licensed Professional Counselor, I am also a Certified Sex Therapy-Informed Professional and Mental Health Consultant (MHC). I love helping humans discover their agency, healthy communication strategies, and needs & desires in nuanced and constructive ways. Specialities include shame & sexuality, emotional abuse, boundary-work during/after relationship endings, and ethical polyamory & CNM. In a comfortable and safe space, you will be able to work through the pieces of your life which might feel too big or challenging to do alone. I will be there with you: holding space, actively listening, offering insights & possibility, and gently challenging perspective in order to help you see things a little differently and with more clarity. I come from a place of compassion, empowerment, and curiosity (sometimes with a dash of humor!) I feel that you are the expert on your own life and that you, yourself, can orchestrate profound change.
My Values as a Therapist
I believe that we are here on this earth to learn & evolve, alone and with others. Important growth is never easy, and in fact it can feel straight-up awful. As a queer, neurodivergent, cis woman, I feel called to help others lay bare their authentic selves, and in the process, discover courage & hope. I believe that our experiences shape us, that trauma looks and feel different for everyone, that meaning is important, and that diagnoses and labels, while sometimes helpful in conceptualizing one’s experience, are certainly not the whole story and do not determine who we are. I feel strongly about advocating for women, LGBTQ+ folks, BIPOC, & the Earth, while remaining humble and honest about my own growth edges and what I don’t know. I am never finished learning. With regard to relationships, I believe we can shape them to work however we want them to, and that it takes honesty, curiosity, bravery & empathy to make them work well and feel good for all involved.