Autonomy

Interdependence

Transformative Justice

I value creating space specifically for clients of marginalized identities and backgrounds. I have training and education in working with clients of diverse sexualities, racial and ethnic identities, faiths and spiritual practices, neurotypes, bodies, and abilities. I have experience working with clients who are people of the global majority (PGM)/BIPOC, come from collectivist cultures, and have personal and familial experience with immigration and forced migration. Although I do not share the same lived experience as many of my clients, I intentionally work to understand, be with, and connect across difference by building a strong relationship, practicing self-awareness, and taking a social justice-oriented stance. I abide by the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies and the social justice imperative outlined in the American Counseling Association code of ethics. My practice is guided by values of autonomy and self-determination, transformative justice, and collective liberation.

I am defiant in my values, and I encourage my clients to be, too.

Psychotherapy is a form of healing practice that has been helpful for many people across decades. It can be powerful and transformational.

Alongside this history of healing and transformation, is a legacy of violence against sick/mad/disabled, BIPOC, and other people of marginalized groups and identities. The psychotherapy and psychiatric fields have done harm.

I recommend exploring the Fireweed Collective to learn more about Healing Justice and what it looks like to reclaim liberatory narratives about mental health.

You get to decide whether or not this method of healing is right for you. There are many healing and helping practices throughout and across cultures and communities. Therapy is just one practice that can be included in your defiant life!