My work is anchored in a Relational Gestalt model of care whose first aim is to orient to and cultivate a "safe enough" and collaborative therapy environment where difficult themes, identities and experiences can be explored. I honor what is emerging in "real-time" and allow an eclectic blend of therapy to guide the process. I work with clients to identify and cultivate resources, supports and protective factors so they may feel increasingly more secure navigating life conditions, in collaboration with others. Foundational to relational therapy, is the practice of building capacity for emotional attunement, accountability to self & others and honest self examination. A relational model of care involves courage, complexity and supports the development and maintenance of mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships. My work with clients reflects my values of transparency, respect and the courage to take risks that can often feel “messy” but ultimately can yield resilience and relational fortification.

My work also focuses on resolving symptoms and improving quality of life with evidence-based models of care such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) and IFS (Internal Family Systems) also known as "parts work".

I bring a holistic energy that is attuned to the somatic, relational and emotional experiences of clients. I pay attention to nervous system symptoms and offer skills-building in areas of mindfulness, breath work and safety practices. I work from a Harm Reduction model of care and support clients in their journey to reduce the harm associated with addictions and adaptive patterns that clients identify as "problematic". I seek to reframe these behaviors and patterns as reaches for support and attempts to find soothing, in otherwise unreasonable and painful conditions (i.e. individualism, isolation, oppressive systems, etc.). I believe that holding a compassionate stance towards our addictions and more problematic “parts” is an essential step in resolving these areas. Through a specialized process, I guide clients to meaningfully explore and integrate these “problematic” aspects of their lives, so that internal healing is solid and enduring. From here, clients become more fortified to make wise and sustainable changes in their environments and relationships. This in turn, further fortifies the internal landscape and lasting change is not only possible, but ever emergent. I am influenced by the works of adrienne marie brown’s Emergent Strategy, Báyó Akómoláfé, Daniel Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology, Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, Mark Fairfield, Prentis Hemphill, Resmaa Menakem , and Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry .

My work invites exploration of “legacy parts” (i.e. ancestral wounding/ trauma that passes through family lines) and in the re-processing of Intergenerational Trauma, what was once experienced in the body as an insufferable burden, can be transformed into generative (and practical) wisdom- offering guidance and innovation to navigate relational complexity, uncertainty and change. Ancestral healing offers hope to transform legacies of violence, shame, dissociation and abuse, into loving deeply with courage, transparency, integrity and care. It also offers a pathway to integrate identity cohesion for lineages that are diasporic and have been impacted by colonization, oppression, displacement, etc., and thus, have suffered devastating loss, fragmentation of culture, tradition, resources, stories and relational/ spiritual continuity. Through this work the same hope is possible for those whose lineages have enacted historical oppressions- and for many, it is navigating both.

Because I believe trauma, stress and the pressures of modern day living are at the root of most "disorders" and dis-ease*, I view symptoms of anxiety, depression and fatigue, not as disorders to be treated in isolation, but as wise signals that something(s) in our context need attention. I work compassionately with clients, to discover what creative adjustments can be made - both internally and externally - to improve the overall quality of life.

Holding an anti-oppressive framework, I’m honored to collaborate with clients who identify as marginalized and "fringe", promoting values of dignity and life-affirming activism. Understanding oppression and emotional wellbeing are inextricably linked, I work with clients to dismantle harmful internalized beliefs, as well as, make necessary and brave adjustments in the environment.

I am transparent about my social location** and the identities I hold, when clients ask and/or it feels supportive to share. I believe it is important to acknowledge the ways I hold privilege/navigate within systems of oppression, as well as, the ways I am impacted by legacies of oppression, harm and displacement.