My one-on-one work bridges the gap between consultations and counseling. I call them “Counsultations.” As an early childhood abuse survivor, as a trans non-binary and disabled person, and as a white person who holds a lot of privilege around my trauma and marginalization, I feel that we need to be living in another world, one that includes care around wounds and trauma, and one that is built around equity and justice for everyone, one that prioritizes our wholeness over our productivity. I want to work with everyone who believes that another world is possible, and who wants to be a part of the Culture Shift. I want to work with people who may feel overwhelmed by these times we’re in, but who trust that there are ways to build resilience and to build something different.

 

A lot of my work helps people clarify:

• What world do I want to live in?

• How can I contribute to building that world?

• How am I centering justice and equity for people most impacted by oppression in my contributions?

• What do I need to heal within myself to make these contributions?

• How can I feel whole and resilient in my life?

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I primarily work with:

• People with trauma, anxiety, or other mental illness who have tried therapy but think that other forms of healing may be helpful as well to address ways that living in our dominant culture contributes to mental illness.

• Cisgender and/or white people looking to understand cultural oppression, both ways it has affected them and how to deepen their work around living their values of anti-racism and gender inclusion.

• LGBTQ people, especially trans and genderqueer people, looking to heal their internalized oppression and trauma.

• White people with other marginalizations and/or childhood trauma, on holding and healing our oppression and trauma while also fighting for justice and equity for People of Color, and understanding the ties between the two.

• People open to integrating spirituality into the work, including grounding practices and mindfulness, Tarot, and nature-based spirituality.

 

This work is:

• Embodied. We work somatically to rewrite patterns in our bodies around our wounds, daily functioning, and our relationship to oppression, whether it is from an oppressor or oppressed perspective (or more likely, both). Healing in the brain is only part of it - healing wounds, trauma, and re-writing patterns around oppression requires deep work with the body as well.

• Relationship-based. Transformation happens with trust, and trust is built with time. We will focus on relationship-building as we work on your healing together - expect regular check-ins, practice expressing needs and boundaries and having them honored, moving through conflict together, and learning and practicing communication that will ripple outwards to other relationships.

• Collective. Your own healing is part of a larger collective healing that is needing to happen right now, that spreads outwards to all other humans, and other non-human beings- all animal creatures and plant creatures on this Earth, and the Earth itself. When people and beings around us are hurting, it hurts us too. When we are not feeling like we are able to be in our own power and autonomy, for many different reasons, we can continue oppressive patterns we see around us or that we’ve been taught. If you are looking for honest and open work together on how to undo your own oppressive behaviors, and grow resilience around ways you’ve been oppressed (and spread it outwards to other people you know), we may be a good fit.

• Healing. For me, my goal isn’t happiness or wellness, but wholeness and resilience. I was taught about happiness, worthiness, and wellness as something I could attain and that I should always be pursuing, buying courses or products to feel a certain “good” way each day. You will not always feel well or happy after we work together - I truly think that happiness and wellness are  myths that keeps us spending money in an economic system that thrives off of us being distressed through overwork and underpay. However, the goal I have is that you will feel more aware and present of your own ability to be resilient, to process and notice different patterns of power and oppression in your body and in interactions in your life (both how you’ve been oppressed and how you may be oppressing others), to have awareness around creating joy and connection in your life, and to feel a sense of wholeness. To me, wholeness is a feeling that comes with a mixture of rewarding relationships with others and with yourself, and the sense that you are living your values as much as possible. We'll talk about your goals as well, but if any of this resonates with you, let's work together. What is healing to you?

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To read testimonials, click here. 

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If you want to see more of my work and get a better idea of what I do and how these modalities may support each other, I suggest looking at my Patreon. 

 

For People of Color looking for healing work or resilience work around anti-oppression, I can offer referrals if you do not want to work with a white person.

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All workshops involving racism and white people involves a 10% donation of earnings to organizations and individuals who are marginalized by racism every day. For more information click here.

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