Services
A Trauma-Responsive Approach
Being trauma-responsive means putting the knowledge and understanding of trauma and its impact on individuals to work in order to respond in a way that promotes safety, empowerment, and healing. It involves recognizing that trauma can profoundly affect a person's physical, emotional, and psychological well-being and taking steps to address those effects in a compassionate and supportive manner. This includes recognizing the importance of cultural sensitivity and understanding that trauma can affect people from all walks of life.
In a therapy context, being trauma-responsive means your therapist prioritizes a therapeutic relationship that is grounded in safety and trust and works collaboratively with clients to develop personalized treatment plans that are empowering and effective.
The goal of operating from a trauma-responsive lens is to support your journey and to remind you that healing from trauma is a complex and ongoing process and that every individual's journey is unique. It involves a commitment to providing compassionate, empathetic, and evidence-based support to help individuals recover from the effects of trauma and move toward a life of healing and resilience.
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Eco-Anxiety
Ecoanxiety is a type of anxiety or stress caused by concerns about the environment and the planet's future. It is a psychological response to climate change's increasingly visible and tangible effects, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and biodiversity loss.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Processing feelings of powerless to make a difference in the face of environmental challenges
Learning to balance their concern for the planet with their day-to-day responsibilities and commitments
Supporting feelings of overwhelmed or emotionally drained by news and media coverage of environmental issues
Managing physical symptoms of anxiety or stress related to environmental concerns
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Poly- and Kink-Affirming Therapy
You won’t find any kink-shaming here! We love exploring and supporting the exploration of all things sex and sexuality. Bring the fullness of who you are: age play, diaper fetishes, BDSM, cuckolding, role play, furries, sex work, and much more. We are here to support your journey, exploration, and growth.
Sexual outsiders need not conform. You are worthy just as you are. There is nothing “wrong” with you. You no longer need to feel shame for enjoying your kinks, exploring your sexuality, engaging in your communities, or living out your fantasies.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Celebrating the rich tapestry of human sexuality and the infinite possibilities it offers
Processing trauma and vicarious trauma
Defining your roles and expectations of who you are and how you want others to see you
Increasing assertive communication skills
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Child-free & Childless
Therapy for individuals or couples who are childless or childfree can provide a supportive and understanding space to explore the complex emotions, challenges, and societal pressures that may arise from this decision or circumstance.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Processing feelings of grief and loss
Writing your own narrative about what life is supposed to look like
Exploring your sense of purpose or meaning in life
Learning to celebrate your bodily autonomy and capacity to make your own decisions in life
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Christian-identifying LGBTQIA2+
Sexuality and gender are critical parts of who you are and your identity. If you’ve had challenges integrating these parts of your life who you are, it can be painful and create issues with your identity and anxiety that you might not know how to address. If you’ve struggled with your identity, perhaps due to your religious upbringing or unsupportive family members, you are not alone. It's even more difficult as a Christian realizing that you are LGBTQIA2+. For most of us, this realization begins a difficult process of reconciling our faith identity with our gender and sexual identities. It may feel that you’re the only person in the world on this journey, which adds to your fears and isolation. The truth is, you are not alone.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Deconstructing
Reconstructing
Discovering and celebrating living fully in your identity
Navigating the nuances of living between two worlds
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Child Welfare Involvement
Being involved in a child welfare case means that you, as a parent or guardian, are facing legal intervention by a government agency charged with protecting children's welfare. This can cause anxiety, depression, stress, uncertainty, feelings of shame and guilt, and layers of trauma.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Understanding the child welfare system and legal processes
Developing effective communication and advocacy skills
Developing a plan for meeting the requirements of your case plan
Navigating relationships with child welfare agencies and service providers
Addressing the emotional and psychological impact of your child welfare case
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ADHD & Neurodivergence
I know from first-hand experience being neurodivergent and living with ADHD can be debilitating, but it can also be rewarding. Those of us with ADHD are often very intelligent, are creative by nature, have a great sense of humor, and feel emotions more intensely than those without. Aside from this, you might also have difficulty slowing your mind down and may feel sad, depressed, angry, or misunderstood. You may have difficulty understanding, naming your feelings, or recognizing others’ feelings. You can be anxious because you find even small tasks overwhelming. You try hard to meet others’ expectations and often are told to try harder, that you are doing things wrong, or that you need to pay attention.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Supporting your journey toward self-discovery and self-acceptance and self-worth
Learning to live with ADHD and your unique brain rather than trying to change how you work or who you are.
Uncovering how you best learn, work, and thrive
Identifying your strengths and cultivating functional skills to overcome your exectuive dysfunction
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Women's Issues
From birth, many women are taught to be people-pleasers—to discount themselves and focus on everyone else. Self-care is seen as “selfish,” and women who crave love and affection are seen as needy and clingy. As a result, many women invest all their worth in other people. They struggle to achieve healthy boundaries and have trouble saying “no.” While self-sacrifice isn’t always bad, too much can lead to one-sided relationships and a lack of self-fulfillment. No wonder so many women end up depressed, anxious, or numb. Therapy is a chance, to tell the truth about everything, to say what you would never say out loud anywhere else.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Defining who you are as a human in addition to being a woman
Anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns
Increasing your self-esteem and self-worth
Motherhood, Partum & Post-Partum
Navigating oppression, repression, the glass-ceiling, social and cultural issues
Identity
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Overcoming religious sexual oppression
Growing up religious can create unique challenges regarding sexual development and identity. In therapy, we'll work together to explore your beliefs, values, and experiences related to sexuality and develop strategies that help you navigate these issues with greater ease and confidence.
As you explore and discover who you are outside the confines of religious repression, know there is no right or wrong way to do so. You can explore your interests, passions, and beliefs without fear of judgment or condemnation. You may find that certain aspects of your former religious beliefs still resonate with you while others do not. That's perfectly okay.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:Stripping away beliefs that no longer serve you and creating new definitions around who you are and what you believe
Overcoming unnecessary shame and guilt while creating a new understanding of sex and sexuality
Opening yourself up to a safe space for the exploration of intimacy and connection with yourself and others
Reframing your understanding of friendships to allow for the discussion of previously off-limit topics
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Relationship Counseling
Relationship therapy is counseling focused on resolving stress and interpersonal conflict. In our work with folks identifying as LGBTQ+, we also explore and acknowledge how outside influences from society impact the relationship and/or inform roles and expectations. We explore attachment styles, needs, emotions, and expectations in relationship therapy. We get to know how those different aspects play out in your relationship. We work on skills to improve your communication and how to turn to your partner with empathy, compassion, and understanding. Improved communication and empathic relating help you stay connected in healthy ways when the situation or the conversation gets heated.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Increase healthy communication
Deepening Intimacy
Overcoming Trauma
Understanding how our childhood attachment styles affect how we relate to ourselves and our partners
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Family-of-Origin Dysfunction
Family of origin dysfunction refers to patterns of unhealthy behavior, communication, and relationships that occur within a family unit during a person's upbringing. These patterns can stem from a variety of factors, including a history of abuse, neglect, addiction, mental illness, or other forms of trauma within the family.
Family of origin dysfunction can have lasting effects on an individual's emotional and psychological well-being and ability to form healthy relationships later in life. For example, a person who grew up in a family where emotional expression was discouraged may struggle to express their emotions or connect with others on a deeper level.
Some of the areas in which we provide support include:
Identifying the impact growing up had on you as a child and how it may still be holding you back at this point
Supporting you in the creation of necessary and healthy boundaries
Overcoming chronic people-pleasing tendencies and learning who you are and how
Discovering your core self and defining your values and purpose in life
Learning how to identify, sit in, and express emotions in a healthy and constructive way

“Beneath the surface of the protective parts of trauma survivors there exists an undamaged essence, a Self that is confident, curious, and calm, a Self that has been sheltered from destruction by the various protectors that have emerged in their efforts to ensure survival.”