I am a mental health therapist who provides affirmative and anti-oppressive support to transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people of all ages, as well as to the queer community more broadly. For some of my clients, this means they are actively exploring their gender identities, navigating transitioning or experiencing discrimination. Others are working on broader mental health challenges, such as difficulties related to past trauma or attachment wounds, but want to know that they’re in a space where their gender and sexuality won’t be either ignored or overly focused upon, but just included as another aspect of their experience.

My approach to counseling draws upon a range of educational, professional and personal experiences. I am a white, transgender man married to a queer woman of color, and this lived reality has made me particularly conscious of how factors like gender, race and affectional orientation impact our experiences in society. Before becoming a therapist, my work as an educational researcher and college professor focused on how cultural and institutional factors in schools perpetuate inequality, and I have brought the understanding of oppression I developed over those ten-plus years with me into my work with clients. In my training as a mental health provider, I have worked closely with a supervisor who is herself a member of the trans community and has been working with trans and gender diverse clients for over a decade. I am also a member of WPATH (the World Professional Association for Transgender Health), and will be pursuing WPATH certification.