How I think about distress, systems, and what healing actually requires.
Traditional therapy has often looked inward to explain our struggles, labeling normal human reactions as deficits or disorders. My practice starts from a different premise. Your distress does not exist in a vacuum.
I pay close attention to how systems of oppression, including racism, patriarchy, capitalism, ableism, and heteronormativity, intersect with mental health. Much of what clinical models have historically pathologized is better understood as adaptive coping. These are strategies that helped you survive in a society that was never structured to support your wholeness.
Naming the systems behind a struggle does not mean you stop there. Understanding where a pattern comes from is the starting point and an important part of destigmatizing our struggle. The next step though is finding support in figuring out what you do with it, how you identify the choices and actions still within your control, and how you show up for yourself and others in an imperfect world. I am here for that part of the work.
This lens shapes every part of my practice. It is why I keep a small number of pro bono spots available for people from marginalized communities, including those facing financial barriers to care.
I am also a Medicaid provider across New York State, another piece of the same commitment.
I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation before any commitment. No obligation, no pressure, just a conversation.