As an ex-evangelical queer person, I am passionate about partnering with LGBTQIA+ adults to help them live authentic and fulfilling sexual, relational, and spiritual lives through sex and relationship therapy. Client issues include but are not limited to navigating non-affirming relationships, sexual concerns and “dysfunctions,” and breakdowns in communication or values conflicts. I collaborate with my clients to increase self-understanding, foster agency, clarify self-defined values, build communication skills, increase emotional well-being in relationships, heal from religious trauma, and explore spirituality. My approach is shaped by Internal Family Systems or parts work. I have received multicultural training through the National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program. Additionally, I have actively pursued my own learning on topics such as consensual non-monogamy, kink/BDSM, and sex work.
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How I can help you
We will work to unlearn harmful narratives, patterns, and behaviors that make you or your partner(s) stuck and learn those that are empowering, enriching, and life-giving. We will seek to heal and integrate wounded parts, build upon existing strengths in one's self and relationship(s), and increase communal support to create long-lasting change.
Typical first meeting
If a client has Oregon Health Plan, our first meeting will include completing a new client assessment, following up on your written intake paperwork, collaborating on diagnosis for insurance billing, and beginning to draft your treatment plan. For all clients, I review salient practice policies and discuss expectations for therapy and the protocol of treatment. I invite new clients to ask questions about me, my practice, and anything else they need to know as we get started. I highly value a collaborative, feedback-informed relationship where we can discuss anything and everything without shame or judgement.
What I specialize in
My specialties are sex therapy, religious trauma, and couple therapy. Most of my clients are LGBTQIA+, many of whom come from religious backgrounds. Many of my clients seek help to address sexual and relational concerns, including but not limited to desire discrepancies in partnerships, ethnical/consensual non-monogamy, religious trauma, communication problems, and effective conflict resolution.
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