About
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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in San Francisco with a therapeutic focus on gender and sexuality, early trauma, and family and relationship dynamics.
My approach is empathic, warm, and thoughtful, and is informed by a psychodynamic perspective. This means I am curious about the ways in which early experiences affect current relationships, beliefs, and identities. I consider the unconscious as we explore intergenerational and individual patterns. I have specialized training working with adolescents, young adults, and families. As a white clinician, I take an anti-racist stance in my work and attend to the ways in which systems of power may be present in the clinical material as well as the therapeutic relationship. I have extensive training in trauma-informed therapy. I also utilize somatic interventions, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
I’m transgender and nonbinary, a parent, and live in San Francisco with my family. I am particularly dedicated to providing services to fellow members of queer communities. I received my MSW from Smith College School for Social Work, where I researched multidisciplinary needs of gender expansive youth in the Bay Area. I received my BA from Middlebury College, where I studied psychology, sociology, and gender studies.
In addition to psychotherapy services, I have provided trainings at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, and local non-profits serving youth and families. My training topics include gender-affirming care in clinical social work and Structural Competency.
In my personal time, I enjoy biking, reading and writing poetry, and exploring the city’s many parks with my kid.
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Depression
Anxiety
Grief and loss
Trauma and PTSD
Mood concerns
College mental health
Life transitions
Coping skills
Self-harm
Transgender and nonbinary identities
LGBTQIA+ identities
Gender affirmative care for youth and adults
Kink, diverse sexualities
Cultural and systemic oppression
Attachment
Family conflict
Parenting support
Adoption
Queer family creation
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Trauma-informed
Relational
Family systems
Somatic
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Attachment-based
Strength-based
Motivational Interviewing
Mindfulness