My therapeutic identity is rooted in the belief that each person holds the most knowledge about their experience and deserves individual autonomy within therapy. This space is for you, and I am grateful to be with you.
As we work together, my job will be to offer a place to reflect, collaborate, learn from one another and honor your progress. My approach is rooted in anti-oppressive, feminist relational work, client-centered therapy, queer theory, and behavioral awareness when beneficial. During our time, I may also offer opportunities to tap into how feelings are showing up in the body through somatic work and can also offer mindfulness as a component to our time if that speaks to you. I also call upon evidence based practices such as mindful self-compassion and motivational interviewing.
My clinical areas of specialty include anxiety, trauma, and perinatal and reproductive mental health. I work with both individual adults and couples. I enjoy working with people who are grappling with life changes and navigating new realities. My approach is rooted in compassion and warmth while making sure we are staying close to your goals for therapy.
It is my hope that people of all backgrounds and identities can feel welcome in the therapeutic space; I am sex-positive, trauma-informed, LGBTQIA2S+ & kink/BDSM-friendly, and welcoming of expansive family/relationship structures (poly/constellations). I also became a parent during the pandemic. As I have learned to embody this role during these unprecedented times, I feel that it is more important than ever to strive for flexibility and adaptation when needed. Perinatal mental health is one of my core interests and I am committed to ongoing training in this specialty.
Before training to become a therapist, I spent almost a decade working within arts and cultural nonprofits. My work with 2nd Story, a storytelling collective focused on true first-person narrative storytelling, has shaped my therapeutic lens and is the reason why I deeply respect the vulnerability it takes for someone to share their story with me.
- IL LSW License Number: 150108949
- Supervised by: Danielle Fixler, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
- Type 1 NPI Number: 1184356479
- Accepts: BCBS PPO and BlueChoice plans, self-pay and out of network clients
Selected Training & Affiliation
- LGBTQ+ Affirming Services
- Transgender and Gender Expansive Mental Health
- Poly/Kink Affirming Services
- Somatic/Internal Experience practices
- Relational-Cultural Theory
- Trauma Informed Care Training
- Motivational Interviewing
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training
- Psychodynamic training
- Member of Postpartum Support International
Key Beliefs
- “Mutual empathy is the primary means through which we grow.” – Judith Jordan
- I believe that therapy can be a means through which we get better at feeling as opposed to feeling better.
- We are capable of holding multiple truths at the same time. We can hold deep pain and also experience immense joy.
More About Me
- I feel most myself when there is a soup pot bubbling on the stove.
- While I love to travel, Chicago is my home and I love spending time taking long walks through different neighborhoods and communing with the lake.
- I am a budding quilter and have found great joy (and humility) in learning a new skill.
