My background is in peer support and this significantly informs the way that I show up in therapy. I may occasionally have some techniques, information, or practices to offer you, but the majority of what I expect you will find helpful in our relationship is genuine connection, consistent curiosity and compassion, trust in your brilliance and wisdom, and humility about many ways to live, heal, and be. Consent and relational safety is very important to me. I understand the power difference that exists in a therapy relationship and how common it is for people to have experience of harm in therapy or other mental health/social services. I place a lot of importance on thinking about our experiences in their existential, evolutionary, historical, cultural, political, social, and environmental contexts. I love thinking about creative and new ways to support oneself and others. I believe that consciousness and bodyminds are mysterious, diverse, and more complex than most of these approaches imply, but I find value in somatics, polyvagal theory, internal family systems, psychodynamics, narrative therapy, existential therapy, and other approaches.