I have worked in the field of social work since 2012, and have sat with many people in many spaces attempting to create a wide enough container to hold suffering, struggle, hopelessness and hope all in the same breath. My background prepares me to meet despair, confusion, survival strategies, fear, anger, and shame with astute compassion. I am a humanist, which means I believe all humans possess an essential goodness that is inseparable from our nature. When I was in kindergarten, I dreamed about working in a crayon factory in order to help the world draw pictures. I have worked in clinical practice (aka therapy) since 2020.

Here is a photo of what it is like to sit with me in a virtual session:

In my free time, I enjoy listening to 90’s punk and riot grrl music, watching reality tv, cross referencing therapy techniques with research from other disciplines (neuroscience, physics, theology, botany), and perusing the city for hidden, happenstance, and unplanned spaces.  My personal mindfulness practice, which is important to me, is based on diaphragmatic breathing. I also practice observation of leaves and trees and I can be found doing so from my porch, the window, on a walk, or in the flower section at the grocery store. I am a kink, polyam, and sex worker friendly therapist.