I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor working online and in my office at 970 Burrard, near the West End in Downtown Vancouver.

I met my first client in 2006, in my role as a counseling intern at Northwestern University’s Family Institute. In that first meeting, I knew that I’d found my vocation. I love the process of therapy and the work of supporting people in deepening self-compassion and making change in their lives. Since completing my MA in Counseling Psychology, I have worked in non-profit, public, and private practice settings, as both a clinical counsellor and a clinical supervisor.

I have completed postgraduate training in a variety of theoretical approaches and modalities, including relational psychodynamic therapy, multi-systemic family therapy, motivational interviewing, and dialectical behaviour therapy. I have served as clinical lead for comprehensive DBT teams serving teens and young adults who struggle with suicidality, self harm, and substance use. I also have extensive clinical experience supporting cultures of consent within relationships and addressing histories of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. I provide LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy.

I maintain my status as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York State, and I am also registered as a clinical counsellor (RCC #14001) in British Columbia.

In addition to my counselling experience and qualifications, I have a history of queer and feminist academic work and organizing. I completed an undergraduate degree in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University, and a PhD in American Studies at University at Buffalo (SUNY). My academic research focused on prison abolition, and my book, Uniform Feelings (University of Michigan Press), is a critique of how psychotherapists participate in policing.

I have also worked in community and union organizing in Chicago, supporting striking hotel workers and criminalized youth in their campaigns for social and economic justice. My practice continues to be rooted in two things that guided these pursuits: a commitment to interrupting cycles and systems of harm, and a recognition of the value of diverse ways of being.

In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with my dog, watching movies, running in the woods, and making pottery.