Body Image Issues, Body-Positivity, Fat Liberation

One of the hardest things we can learn as people in a deeply ableist and anti-fat society is how to accept our bodies as they are, and as they become.

I am experienced in working with people during and after the recovery process of disordered eating patterns, and supporting them through hope, ambivalence, and change.

I’m a certified Body Trust provider, which means I can help you recognize patterns, build tools, and feel your way through

There are also concrete differences in lived experience people have in fat bodies, and I am specifically skilled in supporting people in larger bodies who have struggled with body image issues and disordered eating.

LGBTQI Issues

I have worked with people across the LGBTQI spectrum for over ten years and am a Sexual Minority Mental Health Specialist. I love working in this community and can offer insights and support processes into coming out, queer identity, the complicated dynamics of small communities, and finding your place in community. I am delighted by the chance to work with the broad community of ‘sexual outsiders’ and have extensive experiences working with clients in kink, polyamory, sex work, and much more.

Gender Identity Issues & Exploration

I have worked with many transgender, gender-creative, and gender non-conforming clients to explore and affirm their identities and lived experiences. I have extensive experience supporting clients pursuing medical transition using the informed consent model. This means I value each client’s decisions and choices about their bodies, and honor their decisions to pursue medical transition on a timeline that serves them. I provide letters for gender-affirming medical procedures upon request.

Boundary-setting

Being able to set, recognize, and respect boundaries is an important part of all our relationships. Boundaries help define where one person ends and the other begins. I love working with clients to help them identify and develop their boundaries, and support their capacity to integrate these across multiple levels. (somatic, social, etc)

Healing from Trauma

We experience all kinds of trauma in our lives that often informs how we approach relationships and change. I work with clients to identify how they are impacted by trauma, and help to develop resilience and tools for healing. I have extensive experience working with survivors of sexual trauma and dating & domestic violence.

Secondary Trauma (for caregivers & activists)

There has been more talk in the last several years about self-care and burnout, and some acknowledgement to individual solutions and systemic issues, but I work with people on the day-in, day-out things that make their lives feel possible. I support folks in making connections between how their participation in movement work may have strong origins in their formative years (positive and negative) and sort through how to engage in their personal and professional work in values-aligned way that honor their humanity

Unlearning Enmeshment

Enmeshment, or codependence is a pattern of having relationships with few boundaries and little independence. These relationships make it hard for people to make choices independently, or move freely in the world. Often people develop this style of relationship to preserve relationships in the midst of trauma. I work with clients to move through past traumas, and develop boundaried, loving relationships that celebrate autonomy and connection.

Dating & Relationship Issues

I love talking with my clients about their dating lives and romantic relationships! Working with clients through new relationships, breakups, exploring and working with nonmonogamy, long term relationships, chosen or imposed solitude are all interests of mine. I also have extensive experience working with clients in the kink community. Helping clients build skills to have the kinds of relationships they want is one of my favorite parts of being a therapist.

Family-Building

I enjoy working with current and prospective parents who are exploring their own relationship to attachment and inherited trauma in the interest of becoming parents or parenting thoughtfully. I have experience working with and supporting parents with ambivalent and estranged relationships to their families of origin. I am also excited about working with people cultivating chosen families without children or romantic partnerships.

Managing Perfectionism

Anxiety is often wrapped up in perfectionism and ideas of being “good enough”. This usually comes from formative experiences of seeking approval and connection by doing things right. I work with folks to understand and make connections. (while also accepting the part of themselves that likes things a certain way)