Our Team

If you choose to join me in therapy, you will find that I value having transparent conversations with the people I work with about the therapeutic process. I do this by trying to be transparent about why I ask certain questions or use specific interventions. The interventions I incorporate into my practice come from Internal Family Systems, Art therapy, Play therapy, Inner-child Work and Somatic Healing. I approach these interventions with the understanding that they come from ancestral and indigenous healing practices that existed before psychotherapy became an industry.

My values are a huge part of why I show up the way I do. I am in a process of unlearning colonial and westernized styles of therapy and leaning into authenticity, honesty and warmth. This is a part of my effort at being anti-oppressive, which means that I take into account the interpersonal traumas and systemic injustices we face due to our identities, as well as the ways that these manifest in our lives. I believe that our experiences of privilege and oppression shape our daily lives, relationships, and the therapeutic process.

I work with people who live at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities and experiences. For example, I have experience and expertise in working with those who identify as QTBIPOC, Queer Muslims, and Queer Immigrants. I am also finding that I enjoy working with people on processing our more privileged identities and how they can harm ourselves and others. In these situations, I explore how to divest from our privilege and invest into more alignment with our values. I use both compassion and loving accountability to work through this in a therapeutic context.

I bring my identities and experiences with me to sessions in an effort to be honest and transparent with the people who choose to work with me as well as to honor myself. People who choose to join me for therapy can expect me to have a casual and comfortable demeanor, as well as a willingness to be vulnerable and honest in the process. I use a decolonial, co-healing approach, that invites both the therapist and client to show up fully and authentically.