I am a Certified Sex Therapist (CST). I have 20 years of experience as a social worker and clinician supporting individuals and relationships, many of whom have previously had their identities, communities, and relationships pathologized by other helpers (doctors, mental health practitioners, clergy).
Who are my clients?
They usually identify with this statement: “My peers are not really my peers - I can fit everywhere and nowhere.” Due to factors like upbringing, sexuality and gender identity, neurodiversity, and trauma, these folks know how to merge with their surroundings, but often realize they’ve disconnected from their creativity and uniqueness in order to do so.
They are often navigating profound and often simultaneous transitions. In my experience, this looks like a dual shift: leaving a high-control faith (such as Mormonism or Evangelical Christianity) while simultaneously exploring gender identity, identifying new paths of relating to community or family or partner, or (re)experiencing sexuality in a more present, whole-hearted way.
What kind of clinician and human am I?
I am an active and approachable therapist - when you feel your therapist is “in it” with you, you can bravely face the things you might wish you didn’t know. We might call this grappling with toxic hope— coming to terms with the stubborn belief that a deep truth about you, your partner, your family, or the world, will go away if you just try harder to disavow some reality that you know deep down to be true. While that survival skill may have gotten you through a difficult past, it prevents the authentic connection you want now.
I’ve been through it, and the more I know, the more growth and learning there is to do. While I don’t discuss my own story in your therapy session without permission or request, I do find it helpful for clients to know I’ve been there: I’ve navigated the process of coming out, leaving a faith community, parenting neurodiverse kids with my former partner and our current partners, surviving cancer, adapting to chronic illness, negotiating and renegotiating boundaries, identifying my own neurodiversity, and unlearning and shedding the templates I inherited and adapted to. I hope you find me a peer learner and an approachable leader in our sessions.
Once you put me in the dead center of your pain points and life story I engage actively to connect dots, intervene directly and in-the-moment, and offer upfront reroutes. I love to work in collaboration with your other care team members, including medical providers, other therapists, massage therapists and other somatic bodyworkers, and more.
Clients seek out my support and expertise in the following areas:
Deconstruction & Religious Trauma: Supporting couples unpacking how religious or societal scripts shaped your blueprint for intimacy. I support couples and individuals identifying as "ex-vangelical" and post-Mormon couples moving away from compliance-based relating toward true agency.
Discernment & Decision-Making: I work with folks making urgent or major life decisions, including reproductive, relational, financial, domestic, and more. If you are looking for time-sensitive support with a decision, please note this when you reach out. I hold space for folks doing short-term intensive work.
The Body & Sexuality: I work at the intersection of trauma and pleasure, supporting clients through sexual pain, reproductive trauma, and the reclaiming of bodily autonomy.
Navigating Mismatch: Many relationships naturally struggle to navigate mismatched desires and identities. This may be especially heightened during difficult transitions (for example, sexual desire differences while navigating one partner’s gender transition, or another partner’s chronic illness flares).
Non-Conventional Structures: Whether you are navigating polyamory, co-parenting with an ex, or building a chosen family, I help you move away from "pre-set relationship templates." We will work to actively handpick how you intertwine your life with others.
Navigating life transitions and their aftermath: I don’t just validate your experiences during transition; I offer direct and active insights, advice, and practical tools—from somatic practices to narrative storytelling to relational interventions—to help you accept and grieve what was lost, locate and live into as many of your deepest desires as possible.
Why are your fees and session times different from other therapists?
Highly specialized therapy should be accessible to all. I realize it is not. While I hold some areas of privilege, and keep a select number of sliding scale slots for folks more marginalized than I am, I realize the quality of work I do, combined with the identities I have, requires me to keep my sessions longer and my caseload smaller.
Education & Credentials
Certified Sex Therapist (CST), 2025: American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
Developmental Model of Couples Therapy for Queer Clinicians + Clients
Level I Certified, (2024-2025)
Advanced Consultation Group (2025-2026)
Sexual Health Certificate Program: University of Michigan School of Social Work (2016–2017)
Master of Social Work (MSW): Loyola University Chicago (2012)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW): Colorado & Illinois