My Approach

I believe in the inherent worthiness of all human beings. Unfortunately, each of us likely have experiences in our lives that teach us that there is something wrong with who we at the core. Psychotherapy is a space for remembering and unearthing the self-love and gifts that each of us come into this life possessing. Through connecting authentically, being compassionately curious with whatever arises, and developing a deeper relationship with the body’s intelligence, I hope to help my clients become more expressed in who they truly are. I aspire to help my clients integrate this authentic self-hood into their lives so that they may build and deepen their relationships, connect more to their purpose, and experience the play, freedom, and pleasure that is humanity’s collective birthright.

I have worked with and am open to working with clients from a diversity of backgrounds and contexts. Nowadays, I feel keenly passionate about working with folks interested in unpacking the ways that traditional stories of masculinity may have harmed them. I see embodiment work and reconnecting to one’s felt experience as primary ways of bringing forth a healthy masculinity and/or healing from harm caused by male-identified folks.

I also find myself excited about working with folks who are interested in responsibly exploring altered states of consciousness (breathwork, psychedelics, etc.) as a means of healing trauma, becoming more spiritually connected and gaining deeper existential clarity.

If any or all of what I shared resonates with you, please reach out to set up a free consultation to explore if we would be a good fit for working together. You may also continue reading below to find out more about my psychotherapeutic frameworks. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I look forward to hearing from you.

 My Frameworks

Relational- Relational therapy prioritizes the relationship between the therapist and client as one of the most important aspects of the therapeutic work. The therapeutic relationship becomes a space for practicing communication, authenticity, vulnerability and intimacy in hopes that these capacities will be brought into the client’s life outside of the room. An important aspect of relational therapy is acknowledging the mutual humanity (holding the brilliance and fallibility) of both client and therapist and creating a non-hierarchal dynamic in the therapeutic relationship.

Gestalt- Gestalt therapy creates space for the client and therapist to engage with what is arising in the Here & Now of the therapy session. Through bringing compassionate noticing to what is present in the client's experience during session, Gestalt work aims to bring deeper awareness to the client’s patterns of being and relating. Gestalt posits that we all exist in a field and our self-hood develops at the contact boundary between beings. Essentially, we learn who we are by relating with and bumping up against other beings, human or otherwise.

Somatic- Somatic therapy prioritizes the body as the primary center of intervention and insight. Through practices like somatic tracking, breathwork and yoga, the goal is to help the client become more aware of their embodied experience and their body’s innate intelligence and communication. With deeper embodiment, comes more of an ability to access agency, pleasure, vitality and easefullness in one’s felt experience.

Transpersonal- Transpersonal therapy centers the beliefs that everything in existence is conscious and interconnected and that consciousness extends beyond the temporary confines of the body. As a spiritual and metaphysical framework, this way of working seeks to include experiences of non-ordinary states of consciousness as objectively real and insightful. This work could look like discussing dreams or integrating teachings learned from a psychedelic medicine journey.

Trauma-informed- Trauma-informed therapy emphasizes the importance of building safety and trust in the therapeutic space. This way of working holds close the awareness of the ways that trauma affects the nervous system of clients. Trauma-informed care centers choice, transparency and empowerment in the therapeutic space as key facets of trauma-healing and prevention of retraumatization.

Feminist- Feminist therapy focuses on the ways that gender and patriarchy inform each of our experiences of being in the world. This approach helps the client understand how systems and socio-cultural conditions contribute to their issues and shape their inner world. Through examining identity, the hope is that awareness will be built around the client’s positionality within the broader societal context and the ways in which they may hold an oppressor and/or oppressed identity. Feminist therapy prioritizes the centering of marginalized voices and extends beyond the issue of the oppression of women to include in its sphere of concern people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, people with special needs, and many other marginalized communities.