Nurturing Growth and Authenticity

Through All Parts of Life.

Welcome!

You are probably here because you are considering therapy. I am delighted you found this page. The search for a therapist is never easy. You are taking a courageous and brave step for your well-being.

Please feel free to explore the site and learn more about me and the services I offer to see if I would be a good fit.

I welcome clients of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and relationship contexts.

I offer services that are…

Collaborative

I believe in the power of collaboration to create exceptional spaces in our lives and in therapy. Through collaboration, we can tailor work to your unique needs, co-create solutions, and enhance a supportive and caring space to do what is sometimes extremely challenging work.

Trauma- Focused

Chronic stress and traumatic experiences impact our mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Understanding and considering the pervasive nature of traumatic experiences and promoting healing rather than practices that may inadvertently re-traumatize. We all deserve healing from these experiences. I focus on the mind-body connection and how the past impacts the present to promote change.

Queer-Celebratory

My services recognize that there is prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, oppression, judgment, and cruelty in our world. These systems or ideals do not fit for most of us. You deserve a secure and supportive space that honors and celebrates all parts of your identity. Plus, queering up the societal norms and the binary deserves celebration.

Relational

Relationships are essential building blocks to the human experience. We enter this world through relationships, relationships wound us, and we heal through relationships. It is important to focus on how relationships and systems impact things coming up and being worked on in therapy.

Lived-Experience

I believe all clients are experts in their lives. Your lived experiences are so valuable. Shared experiences can be so powerful. I am a human first and foremost with my own experiences. I focus on showing up authentically and utilizing these experiences (mine and yours) in our work together.

Therapy Services

May it be working 1:1 on individual goals or being in a couple, triad, or polycule or a family struggling to connect; I am here to help.

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My Services

I am a Licensed Relational Therapist in the state of Illinois. I have the training and enjoyment of working with adults (18+), individuals, relationships, families, and groups. I also provide educational and consultation services to help students, practices, and businesses.

My focus in all my work is on relationships. I strive to provide a peaceful and nurturing environment to promote change by breaking old patterns and allowing for further growth. I do this through an active and direct approach allowing you to meet your goals. I will meet you where you are at in the change process and move at the speed at which you feel most comfortable to better utilize your strengths and values to get you to where you would like to be.

My practice is completely virtual and appointments are through a HIPAA compliant telehealth provider.

Intensive Services

EMDR and Relationship Intensives are ideal for people who want to accelerate outcomes by working more intensively on a shorter timeline.

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Consultation and Educational Services

Therapy services are not the only way to heal and grow. Consulting and learning workshops aid in connection and community building.

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Featured Resources

Hotlines

BlackLine: Call or Text 1.800.604.5841

Crisis support with a Black, LGBTQ+, and Black Femme lens, plus a confidential space to report inappropriate contact with police and vigilantes.

For those in the US only. Open Monday- Friday 6 am - 2 pm and Saturday - Sunday 4 pm - 8 pm PACIFIC TIME

Website: callblackline.com

Trans Lifeline: Call

US: 1.877.565.8860 or Canada: 1.877.330.6366

Peer Support and crisis hotline for the trans community. They will not call or involve the police without your consent.

Open Monday- Friday 1 pm - 9 pm EASTERN TIME or 10 am - 6 pm PACIFIC TIME

Website: translifeline.org

MORE RESOURCES AND RESOURCE SECTION OF WEBSITE COMING SOON

Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline (DeQH): Call 1.908.367.3374

Help and support from South Asian LGBTQ+ peers.

Open Thursdays and Sundays from 8 pm - 10 pm EASTERN TIME or 5 pm - 7 pm PACIFIC TIME

Website: deqh.org

Get in Touch!

Schedule a free 15 minute consultation call with me to discuss your service needs.

FAQ

  • I do take insurance. I am in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO; Blue Choice PPO; United Healthcare; and Aetna Plans. I only take PPO plans with the following networks listed. I do not take any EAP, HMO, Medicaid, or Medicare plans.

    I can work with out-of-network benefits. To learn more feel free to contact me or check out my services page for more information.

  • I understand both in-person and telehealth therapy options has benefits and challenges unique to the people seeking services. To provide the best holistic care to clients given my own constraints through chronic illness, I am a telehealth only practice.

  • I was trained and practice as an integrative therapist. What that means is, I do not believe one model of therapy fits every client that walks through my door.

    I utilize various therapy models and approaches in my work. I collaborate with client(s) depending on their goals and values coming into therapy.

    Regular modalities I use include: Narrative Therapy; Internal Family Systems (IFS); Polyvagal Therapy; Emotionally Focused Therapy; Dialectical Behavioral Therapy; Cognative Behavioral Therapy; and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

  • Once you have a free consultation call we wilI schedule the first session. In the first session, we begin building our relationship through getting to know one another and your goals and values for our time together. The therapist-client relationship is the most important part of the therapy process. I think the first session is when we can start getting a feel if we understand each other or not. We start doing this by me gathering information about each client as a human, past and present. Along with hopes and aspirations for the future. I also am open to you asking me questions about myself and my approach.

    Please note: Group therapy and intensives first session may look different. Learn more on the services page or by scheduling a consultation call.

  • I believe you get out of therapy what you are willing to put into it. Change takes time AND if you want to see change take effect sooner that will depend on the frequency of appointments along with what you do between appointments. To see that happen weekly appointments are best to start with. I ask we start with our time together with this weekly commitment, yet I understand your schedule (or mine) may not allow for that, so let’s talk about it and figure out what is going to be best for you and your goals for therapy. As shared above, it first starts with our relationship. I ask for at least 4 to 5 appointments to help determine if you jive with my approach and if we are a good fit for one another.


Standing Against Power and Oppression

As a relational therapist, I was trained to consider the systems we live in and engage with on various levels (e.g. individual, relationships, community, and societal). Our world and the Westernized mental health field are saturated in imperialism and colonialism which has left multi-generational traumas and wounds on people. Particularly, when we only treat the symptoms, it does not promote everlasting change, instead, it sets up a power dynamic to uphold oppression where it can keep oppressed people oppressed. It is important to dismantle these systems through destigmatizing and decolonizing care to seek healing, meaning, and connection of all people, their identities, and their culture.

 I am in an unprecedented position, as a therapist, to hold space for others’ suffering. I acknowledge my own privilege and blind spots as a white person. I understand our society has been built to put whiteness and power first at the expense and oppression of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). My work to be anti-racist and liberation-focused is ongoing. I work towards being aware of my biases, learning and listening to the center culture, identities, and lived experiences of those different from mine as I continue to use my position as a human and a therapist to dismantle oppressive practices such as racism and ethnic cleansing to support systemic and systemic change.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I acknowledge that the land I reside on and practice on is stolen land that was originally inhabited by Sauk, Fox, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Kickapoo Tribes. In order to no longer silence and erase the Native voices of this land, I strive to not only acknowledge the harm done by colonization, but also to learn about the Indigenous people and their struggles, and support their wellness and livelihood in the present and for their future.