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About My Clients
My clients are the experts of their own experience, and my goal is to ensure that every client feels seen, heard, and valued in our therapeutic journey. My therapeutic framework is rooted in anti-racist, LGBTQAI-affirming, sex work-honoring values. I am committed to inclusivity, growth, and healing in a compassionate and non-judgmental space. My ideal client is someone who trusts enough in me and in the process to be honest with me about what they need while also being willing to learn together.
My Background and Approach
I began my first career in higher education supporting students with behavioral and mental health concerns that might otherwise keep them from persisting in college. It was during this work that I began spending a lot of my time learning about addiction and harm reduction, and I eventually went back to school for my MSW with a focus in substance misuse and mental health. Since then, I have been providing support to people who are experiencing mental health and behavioral crises with the goal of minimizing police interaction and forced hospitalization while advocating for their ability to make decisions and increasing their sense of agency. I use all of this experience to provide the most client-centered care I can, and am currently working to complete both my Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) licensure and my World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Global Education Institute certification.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
As a chronically ill, trans/nonbinary, AuDHD human, many of my own experiences have informed the way I work with clients. I am a practitioner who takes pride in making competent gender-and-neurodivergent affirming care accessible and affordable for as many people as possible. I am WPATH trained and provide pro bono assessment for gender affirming care letters and free follow ups for life. I function from a collectivist mindset, believing that self-care is community-care is self-care. I am anti-carceral in my approach to self-harm and suicidality and believe that the evidence shows that causing more trauma to someone in pain is antithetical to my work as a healing professional. Black Lives Matter. Trans Lives matter. Disabled rights are human rights. Sex work is real work. No person is illegal on stolen land.