I’m nonbinary and queer — I use any and all pronouns. I’m also a first-generation Iranian-American, bicultural, and white-passing, which means I live at the intersection of visibility and invisibility in ways that have shaped how I understand identity, belonging, and the labor of being “other” in spaces not built for you.
I came out later in my adult life. I know what it’s like to carry parts of yourself quietly for a long time — and what it takes to begin living more fully from the inside out.
My practice is explicitly affirming for LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples, including transgender and nonbinary clients, people in queer relationships, and those navigating polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, or kink. Affirmation here isn’t a checkbox. It means you don’t have to explain yourself before the work begins.
Specific areas I work with:

Gender identity and transition — at any stage, at any pace
Minority stress and identity-based trauma — the cumulative weight of navigating a world that wasn’t designed with you in mind
Religious and family-of-origin trauma — especially for LGBTQ+ folks who grew up in religious households or immigrant families where coming out carried real cost
Relationship structures outside the norm — polyamory, ENM, queer partnerships, chosen family

Clinically, I hold a CCTP (Certified Clinical Trauma Professional) and draw primarily from Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic approaches. These modalities work well with LGBTQ+ clients because they don’t pathologize internal conflict — they make room for it. Parts of you that have been hidden, suppressed, or told they were wrong deserve to be understood, not overwritten.
I’m listed with the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) — a directory I value specifically because it was built around safety, not just inclusion. I’m also an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister, which informs how I hold religious trauma and spiritual grief with clients who’ve been harmed by faith communities.
My ongoing training includes IFS, somatic experiencing, and trauma-focused work — all pursued with attention to how queerness, race, and culture shape how distress lives in the body and in relationship.