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About My Clients
My clients are high achieving, motivated, experience life deeply (even if they don't always show the world) and come to me when they are feeling stuck in their relationships. My clients often have trauma in their background, and come to me when they decide it is time to do work around whatever that is. I enjoy working with individuals and couples on increasing their ability to connect with the people who are most important in their lives, as well as increasing their understanding of themselves.
My Background and Approach
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and Certified EMDR Therapist. I take a collaborative, sex positive, Queer affirming, feminist, anti-racist and trauma informed approach to therapy. I enjoy working with couples on increasing intimacy and healing from wounds such as infidelity or a history of escalated conflict. Helping couples create new patterns to connect emotionally and physically in new ways is one of my favorite things about my job. I have an extensive background in working with people who have experienced sexual trauma, which led me to specialize in sex, trauma and relationships. I work with individuals and couples from a trauma informed lens which means I am both gentle and direct. I see my clients as the experts in their lives and my role as a guide to healing through therapy. I know how to ask good questions, and when to step back and allow my clients to lead.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that human being are wired for connection, safety and growth. Sometimes, the resources and patterns of behavior that helped us earlier in our lives no longer work. Therapy can be a helpful place to uncover these patterns and create new ones that are more helpful in our present lives. I believe we all have a right to relational intimacy, independence and sexual pleasure. I believe that working to increase our capacity to experience these things is an act of non-violence and helps create a better world for all of us.