Services and specialties
Individual and relationship therapy for adults, offered by secure video across Illinois.
Individual therapy
For adults working through anxiety, depression, identity, relationships, or stress. Weekly or biweekly sessions.
Couples and relationship therapy
For couples and polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships. Sessions can include any combination of partners.
Kink-aware therapy
Care from a therapist familiar with kink and power exchange. We focus on your goals, whether or not they relate to kink.
LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy
Support with identity, coming out, gender, family, and community.
My approach
I draw on evidence-based methods and adapt them to your goals.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps you change your relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings so they have less control over your choices. We also clarify your values and take steps toward them.
Relational and systems-based therapy
We look at the relationships and systems around you. Rather than treating a problem as a flaw in one person, we explore the patterns, roles, and pressures that keep it going, from family and culture to work and community, and what could shift them.
Trauma-informed care
Sessions move at your pace, with attention to safety and consent. You decide what to share and when, we focus on what helps you feel steady now, and we treat your reactions as ways you adapted to survive, not as flaws.
Abolition-informed care
I look for support and safety outside of punishment and policing whenever I can, and I'm open with you about where the law requires otherwise.
How I handle safety and reportingSafety, reporting, and crisis care
As a licensed social worker, I'm a mandated reporter. Illinois law requires me to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child, an older adult, or an adult with a disability. If someone is at serious, immediate risk of harm to themselves or others, I may also need to bring in emergency help. The full list is in the Privacy Policy.
These systems depend on individual people's judgment, and that judgment carries bias. Historically, reports and emergency responses have fallen hardest on Black, Brown, low-income, queer, trans, disabled, and sex-working communities, and many responses still lean on punishment, confinement, and policing rather than care.
I'm not a crisis service. Right now, police and paramedics are still the default first responders in most emergencies, including mental health crises. If safety ever requires outside help, I'll involve you as much as I can and choose the least intrusive option available.
Read the limits of confidentialityBuilding alternatives in Illinois
These groups work on police accountability and on sending trained mental health responders, rather than police, to crisis calls.
- Treatment Not Trauma (City of Chicago)Chicago's plan to send trained mental health responders, not police, to mental health calls.
- CESSA, UIC Behavioral Health Crisis HubThe Illinois law building crisis response options beyond law enforcement.
- Community Commission for Public Safety and AccountabilityChicago's civilian police oversight commission and elected District Councils.
- Invisible InstituteChicago journalism nonprofit holding police accountable, including the Civic Police Data Project.
- Trans LifelinePeer support hotline by and for trans people that doesn't call emergency services without consent: (877) 565-8860.
In an emergency, call or text 988 or call 911.
Areas of focus
A diagnosis is not required to begin therapy.
Who I work with
Unsure if we're a fit? Send me a message.
How to get started
Free consultation
Book a one-hour time online. We'll discuss your goals and whether we're a good fit.
Intake
A full session covering your history, concerns, and goals. You can skip any question. Insurance is verified beforehand.
Ongoing sessions
Usually weekly or every other week. We review progress regularly and adjust as needed.