I grew up as a quiet, bisexual, genderqueer, neurodivergent kiddo who didn’t know how to cope with big feelings, felt confusion about connecting with others, and didn’t know how to voice my own wants and needs. However, I cared a lot about the people around me and loved hearing others’ life stories (to the point where I felt it was my reason for living). It’s not difficult to see that I thrive off of making space for others to shine.

I coped with this the best way I knew how: I overachieved and learned all I could about human psychology. I graduated one year early from my undergraduate degree at UC Santa Cruz (go banana slugs) and went directly into my Master’s program at Cal Poly SLO. It turns out when you only think and don’t feel, you get sick and burn out pretty quickly. I learned this the hard way so you don’t have to! I gained skills in my own therapy to recognize and feel my emotions, decreasing my burnout, and allowing me to gain the self-confidence I never felt before.

Today, I use my natural strengths (genuinely caring about others and my gained knowledge in psychology) to help other people feel better than I did. I help teens, adults, and relationship structures explore their lives in order to improve their communication and strengthen their connections to themselves and their communities. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, confusion about life, sexual difficulties, relationship stress, or major life transitions, I’m ready to meet you with warmth and care.

Many of my young queer and neurodivergent clients struggle with being kinder to themselves and liberating themselves from societal definitions of “normal.” I provide folks within the LGBTQIA2s+ community liberatory mental health support, sex therapy, queer group therapy spaces, and psychological/WPATH letter support for those going through medical transitions. I’m passionate about supporting my clients by using systems frameworks, parts work, and EMDR to help them feel more capable of caring for themselves and move towards areas of pleasure in their lives.

Together, we can work towards gaining your own voice to express your feelings and allow you to not feel you need to be perfect in order to ask for what you want. We can make space to talk about your pain and worries, allowing you to let go of what you’ve been holding inside. I want you to feel genuinely cared for, to know you’re not alone and that what you feel today is normal!