My Values and What to Expect
Meeting for learning, processing, grieving, healing, and growing, we may incorporate a personalized blend of somatics, psychoeducation, and an "intuitive" approach to nutrition as these are foundational to your well-being. Our time together may result in understanding, validating, appreciating, trusting, and even liking yourself more deeply. We will collaborate on what feels most empowering to you.
I hold a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with an Emphasis in Professional Clinical Counseling and a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education with a Concentration in Psychology. Inasmuch as I work within what is referred to as the Mental Health Industrial Complex*, I remain committed to decolonization through continuous reflection, feedback, and lifelong learning. I practice this alongside my supervisor, colleagues, and clients in Illinois and Indiana as part of Hold the Vision Therapy Chicago.
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When you are ready, you can schedule a quick call or set up an intake appointment. Please email me with any questions you may have about my approach and getting started. Be sure to include how often you would like to meet and your general availability (days of the week, preferred time of day).
My set rate is $135/ 45-50-minute session.
I meet online (only) with clients who live in Illinois and Indiana.
You can use Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO insurance if you have it!
If we are not the right fit, I am happy to guide you to someone who is! While I am not currently able to offer sliding scale, I am committed to accessibility and recommend Inclusive Therapists or trying Open Path Collective in your search!
*Marriage and Family Therapy teaches systemic thinking. As a therapist, I consider how my clients operate within and are affected by their family systems. However, this field is generally lacking in understanding of the broader societal systems in which we find ourselves and how we are affected by them. The therapeutic relationship is incomplete without this consideration.
To offer my best to my clients, I am continuously considering these broader systems and where I find myself within them. We all hold varying degrees of privilege and power, and have varying experiences of harm and complicity within white patriarchy and capitalism. I commit to lifelong learning and to the lifelong work of antiracism alongside the lifelong work of addressing, dismantling, and holding oppressive systems accountable.
All bodies are good bodies. Black Lives more than Matter, Trans Lives more than Matter, and of course Black Trans Lives infinitely Matter. Sex work is work, people are not illegal, and abortion is healthcare. I advocate for disability visibility and justice.
I meet with clients online who live in the States we call Illinois and Indiana, while I myself sit and stand and live on homelands belonging to the Anishinaabe People of the Three Fires: the United Nations of the Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), and Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi). Chicago is my home, and has long been home to the fourth largest urban native community in the United States. This community is also composed of members of the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Sac and Fox tribes who, along with the Three Fires Council, continue to care for this city; her lands, air, and water. Acknowledgment and declaration is a starting point toward collective land sovereignty, Land Back, and BDS. To combat colonization, I remain committed to challenging my thinking and making conscientious choices in the way I interact with the environment I call home.