I grew up in a white working class family during the 70's and 80's dazed and confused because I was queer in a straight world, but didn't know it. Discovering and embracing my authentic self, making (some!) sense of the world, and developing meaningful healthy relationships has been a roller coaster ride of personal evolution, often guided by a therapist.
 
I am deeply committed to helping you find ways to live life fully with more awareness and ease, especially given the increasing chaos in the United States and the world. Humility, compassion and insight are central to my practice as a therapist, along with training in the arts and sciences of effective therapy. My style is very engaged, curious, open-minded and collaborative. My clinical orientation is psychodynamic, existential-humanistic, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed and relational. My personal and professional ethics are informed by liberation psychology, anti-racism and Buddhist philosophy and practice.