Grief is profound, powerful, and incredibly complex. I support clients in navigating and processing the complicated nature of the grieving process. I work alongside clients as they are grieving the death of a person, grieving the loss of a relationship, grieving a transition in their life, and so much more. My therapy room is often filled with laughter, sarcasm, joy, sadness, trauma, noise, silence, tears, play, and whatever revel we find ourselves in.
While in the thick of grief, it may be hard for us to find the power of celebration. One of the goals in my practice is to get to a point where we can find the joy underneath the grief. Through the tears, there will be laughter; there will be happiness; there will be revel.
I enjoy working with all types of clients. Clients who have never set foot into a therapy space before. Clients experiencing grief. Clients who are feeling stuck. Clients who are trying to figure out who they are. I work with individual clients 16+, couples, and families. I am a Queer and Trans affirming, sex-positive, and kink-friendly therapist whose work is rooted in Multicultural and Feminist theories.
I grew up in Bend, OR with a Mexican-American mom and a white dad. I moved to Portland, OR to attend Lewis and Clark College as a first-generation college student where I received a major in psychology and a minor in gender studies. Upon graduation, I entered into a Master’s of Arts in Teaching where I went on to teach language arts at the middle and high school level. I realized early in my career that I was more drawn to counseling students than I was to the actual content I was teaching so I decided to go back to school for my Master’s Degree in Counselor Education. I hold both a school counseling license and a professional counseling associate.