I’m no different from the clients I see. I've been through both wonderful and painful experiences that have shaped who I am and how I help. I’m a 52 year old queer New Yorker and Brooklynite. I left the Rust Belt in my 20’s for the music, art, and vibrancy of NYC. I know what it’s like to feel connected to this city and to be stressed, overstimulated, and irritated by its demands at the same time. It’s been a long journey to find balance, but my own therapy and mindfulness practice has taught me how to also nurture refuge, serenity, and calm.

In my life, I have struggled with the harms of perfectionism and rigid gender and sexual expectations. I have battled with the critic in my head that tells me I'm not enough and I've felt the emotions of depression and anxiety that were left in its wake. It is also this alienation and "not enough-ness" that planted the seed that belonging might be found in the wisdom of the margins, the non-normative.

What I have discovered along my path is that there is grace in the messiness. There is beauty in the imperfect. There is relief in repair and reconciliation. What I know now is that healing and transformation is possible and I can help others do the same. I also know that healing cannot be separated from the social forces that shape our lives, and must always be rooted in love, liberation, and justice. I bring thoughtful attention to how race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and other dimensions of identity intersect with mental health.

Through my training in sexuality, trauma repair, and recovery, I have found both purpose and joy in providing accurate information on sexuality, emotions, traumatic experience, and relationships. I am called to break the spell of taboos, myths, and belief systems that are all too prevalent in our individualistic, binary, sex and body shaming culture. I believe that personal wellbeing and collective liberation are inextricably tied to this kind of relational community health.