My primary approach is humanistic, person-centered, and relational, which means I believe wholeheartedly in your worthiness as a person and in your ability to understand yourself and evolve. I will always work to set aside assumptions about you and to remain curious, open, and respectful towards your experiences and the meanings they hold for you.

I view therapy as a collaborative experience in which our relationship is an ingredient for change. I show up as myself and with a reverence for the courage it takes for any of us to reveal ourselves. Our work together is fundamentally rooted in relationship and the co-creation of something that’s based on your unique needs, experiences, strengths, and self.

When we are distressed, we often (and understandably!) want a swift and simple fix. Many of us also suffer under an intense culture of “productivity” in our day-to-day world, feeling pressure to “get things done,” including our own healing. The path to healing usually requires patience in the face of these things. You may find that it brings you a sense of freedom or greater understanding of yourself as well as discomfort, frustration, and at times, grief or pain. My intention is to accompany and journey with you in this. If you feel stuck or resistant at times, my aim will be to trust that feeling, to support you to be patient, kind to yourself and brave, and to make space for things to emerge however they are meant to.

My practice is shaped by my responsibility to be anti-racist, my understanding that psychology and therapy are not apolitical (dynamics of power and privilege exist in all aspects of our world, including the therapy room), and my belief that our identities are relevant in the therapeutic space. I understand suffering and distress not as a function of individual pathology but as something that is always in some way connected to the world and environment that it emerges from.

“There can be two or more ways of knowing and this can be a harmonious process.”

(Eduardo Duran, Healing the Soul Wound)

“There is no universal psychiatric reality and […] in terms of psychological knowledge and practice, the only valid perspective is one that reflects the culture of the people served.”

(Dr. Wade Nobles)

“Ubuntu: You know when it is there, and it is obvious when it is absent. It has to do with what it means to be truly human, it refers to gentleness, to compassion, to hospitality, to openness to others, to vulnerability, to be available for others and to know that you are bound up with them in the bundle of life, for a person is only a person through other persons.”

(Desmond Tutu)

“What has been wounded in a relationship must be, after all, healed in a relationship.”

(Annie Rogers, A Shining Affliction)