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About My Clients
I work mostly with anxiety, LGBTQIA+ issues, depression, emotion regulation difficulty, relationship issues, spirituality/deconstruction, body image, and grief, including “identity grief” (grieving the life we thought we’d live). I help adults and adolescents (16+) translate this curiosity into insight to develop emotion regulation skills, a sense of self rooted in integrity instead of shame, and more mindfulness in their relationships.
My Background and Approach
My approach integrates attachment-based interventions and somatic exercises from a trauma-informed lens within the models of Narrative Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. I also incorporate parts work using Internal Family Systems, Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy skills, and Coherence Therapy schemas. I am affirming to all sexualities and gender identities, plus all faiths and spiritualities, and enjoy working with this intersection (queerness + spirituality, religious trauma survivors, etc.). I also prioritize cultural competency and value creating an inclusive space aware of the aforementioned experiences as well as racial identities, ethnic identities, relationship structures, neurodivergence, and socioeconomic status.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
During my undergraduate education, I worked in two research labs, one that studied emotion regulation and one that studied posttraumatic growth, and received a Bachelors in Psychology and Child & Family Studies. While earning a Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy, I interned as a therapist across the lifespan (ages 6 to 65) while assisting with research on racial microaggressions on college campuses. I am a Nashville native, a member of the queer community, and a human who holds deep empathy for everyone's story. When I am not in my therapy chair, I enjoy hiking with my wife and dog, making playlists that are way too long, and getting lost in any book or TV show that makes me laugh.