Alex Hoffman

As a clinician, the values of radical empathy and compassion guide my practice. I believe that together we can create the context to deconstruct the unhelpful patterns that keep you stuck and unable to make the changes you seek. I believe that this work requires an authentic, collaborative, and honest therapeutic relationship to co-build a safe enough space for you to grow into your own knowing of what a positive change could be, as defined by you.

I believe that the only useful definition of a life well lived is an inherently expansive one.

As a kinky, polyamorous, Neurodivergent/Mad, queer person I understand how hard it can be to live out that expansiveness in a value driven way. This is especially hard in a society that is based around heteronormative, capitalist, patriarchal, white supremacist, settler colonial ideals. Unfortunately, we are all impacted by these and other harmful systems. To honor this reality, I believe in taking a harm reduction and anti-carceral approach that lean into your self identified values to help move through these larger systems and our lives. This allows us to mitigate as much harm as possible while leaning into self defined progress and joy.

In the therapy space I utilize harm reduction and anti-carceral principles of non-coercive, compassionate, collaborative care to dismantle the hierarchy of expertise. In part because I have worked in the field of mental health for over a decade, and in multiple different settings, I have come to understand that a one size fits all approach to therapy is impractical at best, and more often than not, can cause real harm. I hope that the space we cultivate in the therapy room can invite the fullness of yourself, both strengths and struggles, and especially your shameful parts. I intend to cultivate a space you can enter without fear of judgement and together we will work to build a sustainable relationship to your coping strategies. I am here to help you uncover that deep knowing you already have. Honoring that a life well lived for me will not be the same as a life well lived for you.