Therapy is an art that, like all art forms, needs to be practiced and honed overtime in order to develop a spectrum of tools that support folks in meeting their goals towards wellness.

How the work gets done matters.

  • Trauma-reducing/Healing Centered Care

    We all carry wounds as we walk through the world and these wounds or traumas have the ability to impact behavior and ultimately our interpersonal relationships. Providing support with knowledge of trauma and how it shows up is an essential part of effective care. This allows for true healing to take place as you can be seen in all you experience and in your healing.

  • Bring in the Body

    Talk is not enough since the body sends 70-80% of information to the brain while the brain only sends about 30% to the body. Bessel Van Der Kolk speaks to the importance of the body in his book, The Body Keeps The Score. He shares that one of the most important ways to support folks in their healing is to help them gain control over their bodies. Utilizing a range of tools such as movement, grounding, body awareness practices, breath work, and so much more folks can befriend their body.

  • Social Emotional Expressive Arts

    In case you were wondering…you don’t need to know art to use it within your healing process. Social Emotional Expressive arts has been found to support the building of social, emotional, and cognitive skills that are essential for wellness. In addition, art has also been found to create new neural connections in the brain impacted by adverse experiences.

Clinical Toolbox

Our early memories can provide us with insight into our experiences in adulthood, allowing for deeper self-awareness and intention in shaping the future. I pull from various clinical orientations such as psychodynamic, cognitive behavior, person centered, experiential, feminist therapy, and narrative as tools to support folks to get to the root of it.

Culturally Humble & Identity Affirming

Many people leave therapy because they experience having to leave a part of themselves out of the therapy space. I invite you to bring all of you as I practice holding space that is intentionally culturally humble and identify affirming. This means practicing curiosity, being dedicated to self-education and self-critique, and knowing that you are the expert of your experience. I am simply a guide you’ve invited in. Specializing in African-American Family Studies, LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy, and Inter/Intragenerational trauma.