Values + Approach

I believe clients deserve transparency about the values and identities their therapist brings into the room. Clarity supports safety, trust, and more honest collaboration, so let’s talk about mine.

Some of my core values include autonomy, nonconformity, liberation, compassion, community, confidence, and self-trust. These values meaningfully shape how I show up in this work. I have deep respect for those who walk nontraditional paths — across identity and self-expression, relationship structures, and lifestyle choices. I view therapy less as a place for fixing and more as a space for curiosity, expansion, choice, and embrace.

I’m committed to practicing in ways that are non-pathologizing and attentive to the broader systems that shape our lives. This means continually examining how power, culture, and oppression influence identity, access, safety, and mental health. I aim to challenge rigid, purely syndromic, and/or cis-heteronormative Eurocentric frameworks by centering lived experience, cultural wisdom, and individual context. I don’t pretend to have this all figured out — and frankly, I hope I never do. Instead, I approach therapy as an ongoing practice that requires humility, reflection, accountability, and care.

Just as I ask clients to show up with curiosity and openness, I hold myself to the same standard. I’m deeply committed to lifelong learning, accountability, and growth, and I welcome ongoing dialogue about how we can work together in ways that feel collaborative rather than hierarchical. I view the therapeutic alliance as a sacred relationship, and my hope is that you feel respected, supported, and genuinely met as your full self in our work together.

If you have any additional questions about my values, feel free to shoot me an email.