My name is Natalie (they/she) and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, and additionally licensed in Oregon. I am a white, fat-identified neurodivergent queer person who is passionate about exploring the impact of institutional harm on one’s sense of safety and wellbeing and partnering with individuals to explore healing and liberation. I utilize an insight and reflection based approach to support folks in identifying patterns of behaviors, exploring “why” we respond the way we do, and strive to increase our trust in ourselves and regulation within our bodies.

I specialize in working with those who have PTSD/CPTSD, LGBTQ+ people, adoptees, fat-identified people, and neurodivergent folks—especially Autism, ADHD, and OCD. Through exploring my own journey through the harm of patriarchy, capitalism, and anti-fat bias I have developed a passion for exploring the impact of oppression on mental health, identity, and well-being, and I love working with individuals and families to find empowerment amidst ongoing systemic oppression using a Liberation Psychology lens.

Therapy cannot be meaningful without first establishing a safe therapeutic relationship. This is my first and most important goal–having the therapy space be safe, affirming, authentic, trusting, and welcoming. We together form the collective space of two people, client and therapist, forming a safe and empowered space. I also understand that it is critical to pursue ongoing understanding of institutional harm, systemic oppression, and liberation personally and at a community and societal level to pursue liberation practices within the therapy room, whether through corrective experiences, exploring ways to reduce institutional harm, or through exploring supportive community and identity.