Offerings

My areas of expertise include clinical mental health counseling, alcohol and substance use counseling, life transition support, and culturally competent counseling. Most of my clients draw on multiple of these areas of expertise in our sessions.

The best way to find out whether my offerings are what you’re seeking for your goals is to chat. Schedule a free twenty-minute consult to talk further, or read on to learn more about how we might work together.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Clinical mental health counseling combines the deeply humanistic work of therapy with expert clinical knowledge, including diagnosis skills, knowledge of psychopharmacology, and familiarity with a range of mental health experiences. My approach to mental health is compassionate and normalizing, with an emphasis on building fulfilling, meaningful lives.

This could include support for:

  • Depression

  • Suicidal ideation

  • Self harm

  • Anxiety

  • Panic attacks

  • Bipolar and schizoaffective experiences

  • Struggles with attachment, including borderline personality concerns

  • PTSD and other trauma-related experiences

  • Disordered eating

  • Compulsive behaviors

Alcohol and Substance Use Counseling

Problem alcohol and substance use doesn’t happen in a vacuum. I approach addiction as a natural difficulty of the human experience, part of our very normal desire to seek pleasure and relieve pain. Often we won’t talk about alcohol or substance use at all, focusing instead on the pain and patterns that made using feel worthwhile in the first place. Other times, we’ll talk a lot about substances, considering physical, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of addiction to create a recovery plan that’s personalized to you.

Life Transition Support

Whether we’ve chosen a change or life has brought change to our door, times of transition are one of the hardest parts of being human. Therapy can provide support for navigating these transitions, building capacity to sit with discomfort and honor your values as you change and grow.

Therapy for life transitions could include support for:

  • Divorce and other relational endings

  • Grief and loss

  • Career changes, including job loss and retirement

  • Life stage changes, such as getting married, having children, or becoming an empty nester

  • Significant health changes

  • Leaving abusive situations

  • Transitioning from an institutional setting to civilian life

Culturally Competent Counseling

Cultural humility and a strong awareness of cultural and social influences on health are central parts of all of my work. I am committed to ongoing self-inquiry into my own biases and continuing education on society and culture. While I bring this understanding to all of my work,

I also provide support for individuals navigating culturally-specific concerns, including:

  • LGBTQ+-specific concerns, including identity and relationships

  • Religious diversity, including religious trauma

  • Racial trauma

  • Intergenerational trauma

I am committed to making psychotherapy as accessible as possible. Let’s talk about a personalized fee schedule that works for us both.