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About My Clients
I most enjoy working with adults in a few specialty areas: 1. Exploring and understanding neurodivergence, including being autistic, ADHD, and/or PDA 2. Pregnancy and transition to parenthood, including postpartum depression and anxiety 3. Parenting, including of neurodivergent kids 4. Generalized anxiety 5. Grief/loss, including miscarriage and infant loss. I regularly work with LGBTQ+ and autigender clients. I particularly enjoy working with neurodivergent parents of neurodivergent kids!
My Background and Approach
My philosophy is based out of client-centered counseling, which means that I see counseling as a partnership between the client and I. I believe that you are the expert on yourself. Together we can create a safe, non-judgmental, and empathetic space where you can explore and experiment with new concepts and solutions to progress in the directions you want to go. I integrate the philosophy of client-centered counseling with counseling techniques including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, and understandings of brain biology, human attachment, compassion, and culture. I also use concepts from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) where they are useful. I integrate these tools differently based on the needs of each specific client, so therapy is individualized. I welcome discussion of what philosophies and tools will be most effective for you.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am proudly neurodivergent. I am an active member of autistic and ADHD community, including AuDHD and PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) community. I believe strongly that neurodivergent brains do not require fixing and are instead normal neurotypes within the diversity of humanity. I ascribe to the social model of disability: that disability occurs primarily because of the way our society operates. I believe all individuals deserve respect, compassion, and accommodation, including children. I am trained in Dr. Ross Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving model and am versed in respectful parenting, conscious parenting, gentle parenting, and low-demand parenting. I hope to be an intersectional social justice advocate. I am privileged in many ways and recognize my privilege. I continue to work to recognize my biases and decolonize myself and my practice. I acknowledge the damage fatphobia causes. I strive to be welcoming to everyone and everything except intolerance.