INDIVIDUALS + RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL CONFIGURATIONS
COUNSELING SERVICES
My healing approach integrates an embodied framework and somatic practices.
What this means is that we will work together to explore ways to connect and
integrate your physical body among other aspects of you and your experience into
any healing work we do together.
My theoretical orientation looks not only at individual experiences, but also
interpersonal, social, political, historical and ancestral contexts that inform, present
past and intergenerational trauma and healing. This means that our work will always
be nested in these contexts and cultural conditions.
This will look different for different people in different contexts. I believe there is no
one single or right way to engage in embodied healing work.
I look forward to connecting and discovering how I can support you on your healing
journey.
strength-based + embodied + politicized
WHAT I BELIEVE
I believe in a strength-based, embodied, and politicized approach to therapy that integrates anti-racist and collective liberation centered sensibilities to psychology and counseling approaches.
I do not believe people are broken.
I do not believe there is anything wrong with you.
You may be struggling with things in your life, with feelings, with relationships, or have patterns or behaviors that you want to change. We can work on that together. Working on that means grounding therapy and healing in the world we live in. The world we currently live in here in the United States is unhealthy in myriad ways and the foundational systems (capitalism and white supremacy) are rooted in centuries of violence, abuse, and oppression which all impact our bodies, our relationships and our lives. These systems also inform who and how we are in the world individually, relationally and collectively.
I do not believe in a medical model or mechanistic approach to therapy. This often means letting go of trying to bend or shape ourselves to fit or adapt to unhealthy systems. This also means understanding that most of us are doing healing work while also that surviving the violence of capitalism and white supremacy, often alongside interpersonal or family traumas.
People and communities have always found connection and resilience, part of our work will be exploring the creativity, strength, tenacity and resourcing that already exists and then building and expanding from there.
If you have additional questions – please visit my FAQ page
No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.”
–Gabor Maté In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
–Gabor Maté In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction