What does freedom mean to you?
Do you carry stories that weigh you down? Are you lost in so many stories you can't figure out who you really are?
Whether the weight is from anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, trauma, or the struggle of living in a world that isn't built for people like you, it is possible to release those stories and move through the world feeling free.
I can help you come home to yourself. Not the mask you wear in the world - the YOU that you are beyond all the baggage and stories you've picked up along the way that hide who you really are.
I believe therapy is a process of clearing away the false to reveal what is true, rather than creating something new. Let me help you find freedom through YOUR truth.
When we embody our truest self, we can honor our needs more consistently. We move through the world unafraid to take up space.
If we hunger for belonging, knowing ourselves fully makes it easier to find a tribe that gets us, too. How freeing is that?
Does any of this sound familiar?
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You know a lot about therapy and psychology and what you are "supposed to do" but you struggle to do it, or you try and it doesn't help.
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People comment on how perceptive/self-aware you are... or they question how you could be so smart and make such questionable decisions.
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You feel like everyone is operating from some user manual for life that you somehow never received.
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Your relationship is not working right and you feel like something is missing (or your partner complains that they feel more like a parent than a partner).
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Sometimes you feel embarrassed at the intensely of your reactions (or you wonder "what's wrong with you" because you don't react much to things that other people react to).
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You are hurt when you learn that others consider you to be "stuck up" or "full of yourself"
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You amass knowledge so you can offer something of value to the world, but you feel empty, numb and confused about your inner world.
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Everything is too much... or you feel like you're never enough...
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You feel like you're going crazy after a lot of yoga/meditation/psychedelics and nobody seems to have answers.
My specialties include:
I support late diagnosed adults (including self-diagnosed and high masking individuals) to live their best life. Get help with concerns like:
- Understanding yourself better
- Identifying and supporting your sensory needs
- Healing trauma and coping with rejection sensitivity
- Masking and burnout
- Executive functioning/life hacks
- Translating communication between yourself and a loved one that doesn't share your neurotype (or shares your neurotype but there is still friction from misunderstandings and pain points)
I love to support clients who need to integrate mystical experiences. I do not provide psychedelic-assisted therapy, but I can support you in the process of ego death that can happen in those spaces, and help you birth your new Self into your life. I offer support for:
- Kundalini awakening
- Spiritual experiences that seem "crazy"
- Understanding if you need a higher level of care
- Archetypal embodiment work
- Symbolism & synchronicity
I help individuals learn to reduce, manage or befriend their anxiety, depending on which approach feels best for that person. We can work together for:
- Nervous system regulation - learn to use the body to soothe the mind.
- Post-traumatic growth - life after trauma doesn't have to be dreadful or empty.
- Avoidance behavior - become more aware of how you get in your own way.
- Rumination - where you are "stuck" thinking about something that stresses you out and almost feel trapped by it.
- Self-boundaries - learn to monitor energy levels and set boundaries with yourself to create a more sustainable way of being.
You have probably seen enough memes about the "burned out gifted kid" to fill a book or two - and you relate to most of them. I can help with:
- Processing the challenge of asynchronous development - "I can do calculus in my head but can't remember my zip code!"
- Support for the social complexities of intellectual giftedness mixed with intellectual differences
- A therapist that won't be intellectually intimidated by you, and will challenge you and call you on your crap (with the level of directness or diplomacy you find most helpful)
I love my weird and wonderful misfit clients! Let me hold space for you to honor what makes you unique, and work through any heaviness you are carrying from times that your uniqueness was not seen, not respected, not appreciated ... along with times when you may have wished to fit in better.
Share with me your quirky interests, the cool shit you keep in your house, your favorite music. Let me delight in those things with you while we work together to help you address whatever challenges are surfacing in your life.
Managing chronic illness is exhausting, and it's hard to plan life when you never know what your health is doing. I bet you're also tired of hearing people say "have you tried yoga/vitamins/this cleanse my friend sells through her MLM..." Other people have good intentions but they just don't get it.
Let me hold space while you unravel all the complex emotions and challenges involved in having chronic illness/disabilities. I help people work through ableism using a social justice lens and hold space for the recurring grief work that comes with these circumstances.
Let's do this.
How I Work
My work varies depending on the individual's needs, preferences, and goals; I am an eclectic humanistic therapist. I adjust my style depending on what clients find helpful - such as being more or less directive. ADHD clients usually appreciate my willingness to hold a structure and bring us back to the stated goal, but sometimes you want to spiderweb all over the place and I'm here for that too. I don't usually give advice (though that might happen in coaching, which is more action-oriented and separate from therapy). I might drop an F bomb or two.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is not something we are likely to be doing in sessions. It has its place and its merits, but cognitive therapies are not my jam. I prefer to help people by going under, around or through the "stories." This is especially helpful for overthinkers, brainiacs, twice exceptional people and anyone else who spends most of their time in their heads. If thinking could solve your problems, you would have solved them by now!
For those that are curious about specific modalities, have training in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Yoga psychology, general Somatic therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Based therapies, Yoga psychology, Parts work and Psychodynamic therapy.
With mixed neurotype couples, I may incorporate psychoeducation, Gottman Method, Imago therapy or Emotionally Focused frameworks. Please note that I do not generally work with neurotypical couples, and I am not specialized in working with infidelity or addiction in relationships (including porn addiction).
