But for real…

I am queer.
I am neurodivergent.
I am my community.
I am my ancestors. 

My community is made up of thinkers, feelers, healers, dancers, artists, wisdom seekers—and, most of all, people who love profoundly. I carry both the burdens and the gifts of those who came before me: ancestors whose names I know and others who remain a mystery. all woven into the fabric of who I am. 

I am a traveler through the depths of the human soul.
I have known insecurity, instability, grief, and loss. Love and community have shaped me, bringing me home to myself again and again. I learn through vulnerability, relationship, imagination, and change—by shedding old selves and trusting what is still unfolding.

I am an explorer of the human condition.
I am drawn to complexity, to questions without easy answers, and to the places where pain and meaning intersect. I believe our inner worlds—our thoughts, emotions, histories, and longings hold wisdom when met with compassion.

I am a therapist and a healing guide.
I am a trauma-informed, systemic, and existential therapist (LCPC) grounded in liberation-based practices and the belief that healing happens in community. I integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and psychodynamic approaches into my work, while remaining responsive to each person’s unique context, nervous system, and lived experience. My approach is relational, collaborative, and deeply attuned to power, identity, and social isolation.

I believe in harm-reduction and in staying connected, even when things are messy. I do not believe any of us arrive in the world fully formed or unmarked by harm—most of us have caused harm, been harmed, or both. I am less interested in cutting people off than I am in accountability, repair, and the possibility of change. I believe healing happens through honest rupture and thoughtful repair, not perfection.

I have extensive training in sex therapy and offer affirming and informed care for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and relationships. I work with individuals and their community members to navigate intimacy, desire, shame, identity, communication, and relational repair. I hold a non-pathologizing stance toward sexuality and understand it as a vital, complex part of being human.

In our work together, I aim to create a space that is grounded, curious, and alive—here you can bring your full self, including the parts that feel tender or conflicted. Therapy with me is not about fixing who you are, but about deepening your relationship with yourself, loosening the grip of inherited or imposed narratives, and making room for more choice, meaning, and trust—with yourself and with your community.

I believe we are not meant to navigate the tenderness and vastness of being human alone. I am passionate about walking alongside others as they connect with themselves, deepen their relationships, and uncover the most authentic and vibrant expressions of who they are—at their own pace, in their own way.

I live and practice in Humboldt Park, Chicago, on the traditional homelands of the Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe peoples. I honor their enduring relationship to this land and acknowledge the ongoing impact of colonization. This is also where I live with my life partner and our rescued pet pigeon, Huxley.