people appreciate that I…

• clearly genuinely care

• remember what they say

• ask thoughtful questions

• help them feel wise and strong

identities

• neurodivergent (AuDHD)

• queer

• nonbinary, agender

• disabled, spoonie

• white, Polish immigrant family

• polyamorous

looking for a therapist who gets it?

Sharing some identities and experiences with many of my clients means that I often have enough general awareness of the broader landscape of things folks may be going through—just enough to have a sense of which questions to ask to get to the nuanced heart of the unique matter before me.

You won’t have to teach me the basics of what autistic, non-cis, polyamorous, kinky, queer, disabled and/or burnt out people often go through. Instead, we can focus on what’s truly most important to you as you navigate your experience in this life.

what’s the role of therapy anyway?

My own greatest healing experiences did not happen in therapy. I have grown and healed the most in a community setting, witnessing and being witnessed by others and finding a sense of belonging in my relationships. Though it didn’t start out this way, therapy eventually became a place for me to process past, present, and preferred future developments in my life.

Both my own experience and research about the “common factors” that make therapy successful across a wide range of therapeutic modalities suggest that therapy is just one part of many folx’ processes of growth and healing. My role is to be curious and to ask thoughtful questions that help us both understand your inherent resourcefulness and preferences for what a good life means to you, but without ignoring ways that relationships and other factors outside of therapy also have an impact—for better and for worse!

some practices I lean on

My approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and exploratory. I primarily use Narrative Therapy (helping you shape your own story), and I also draw from:

• Somatic (listening to your body for emotional insight)

• Brainspotting (born from EMDR, using eye positions to process trauma)

• Gestalt (focusing on the here and now and honoring survival strategies)

• Parts Work (holding different parts of yourself, even when they conflict)