Therapist utilizing creative and innovative approaches that help youth and adults build confidence, process traumas, explore affirming expression, enhance social skills, and personally self-develop. Typically I gravitate toward DBT, ACT, and CBT to help clients tackle issues they experience. I am passionate about supporting trauma survivors, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those navigating challenges related to masculinity, sexual health, intimacy, and mental well-being. My interests also include helping teens manage depression and anxiety, as well as exploring the therapeutic benefits of tabletop role-playing and video games in psychotherapy. My skills include crisis intervention, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and fostering strong therapeutic alliances to promote lasting growth. My non-clinical experience includes advocating for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, leading affirming game groups for gender and sexual minorities, and supporting foster youth in community mental health settings.
Additional areas of focus: Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Body image, Communication problems, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
CA LMFT 156150