My Approach to Therapy
I take an integrative and liberation-based approach to therapy by focusing on understanding my clients’ identities, values, and strengths, as well as cultural and sociopolitical contexts. I firmly believe it is important to create a space that fosters empathy, vulnerability, safety, and authenticity. Each client I work with is a unique and wonderfully complex being and, as such, I pay close attention to the ways each client relates to me and to their own unique experiences. I work collaboratively with each client to create a “shared definition” of their concerns, which includes how their concerns developed over time, how the concerns show up now, and creating goals and pathways towards change and liberation. I then choose evidence-based techniques that best fit the client given their identities, culture, and shared definition of the problem. It is my hope that I can help clients identify how their past has shaped them, and empower them to create a future that works better for them.

My Experience
I am a licensed psychologist in the state of Arizona. I am experienced in trauma-focused therapy (e.g., Cognitive Processing Therapy), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, substance use, as well as LGBTQIA+ affirming care. As a generalist practitioner, I have worked with clients with a variety of concerns. My experience is often most helpful to those:

• struggling with general anxiety, social anxiety, and control of emotions

• questioning, exploring, or navigating sexual and gender identity

• seeking ways to have more love for themselves and their identities

• hoping to liberate themselves from oppressive messages

• coping with traumatic experiences