My Approach to Helping
Hi, it's good to see you. Asking for and finding support is difficult, but this is the first step. Good work. Do you find it difficult to stay motivated throughout the day? Are you constantly ruminating on interactions with others, anxious about whether you said or did the "right" thing? Perhaps you spend most of your time and energy worrying about how others perceive you? Do you struggle to feel deserving or "good enough"? Or, perhaps your queerness has left you feeling "broken" or "wrong"? If you identify as a perfectionist, people-pleaser, over-thinker, or fear being rejected or abandoned by those around you, therapy can help you.
My approach to therapy is relational, collaborative, and draws upon narrative, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), inner childparts work, somatic work, and mindfulness interventions. I am LGBTQ+ affirmative, sex/kink positive, neurodiversity-affirming, polyCNM-affirming, practice from a Health at Every Size lens, and use "geek therapy" when appropriate. There is no "How To Therapy" book and it's my belief that everyone needs support in their lives. Our mental health does not exist within a vacuum: it is influenced by everyone and everything around us and our context and communities become vital in the process. Perhaps together, we can begin to unravel the threads of your experience and co-author your story.