Areas of Focus
I work with adults (18+) interested in exploring how lived experiences shape who we are today and how we understand our sense of Self.
Interpersonal Trauma:
Processing the impacts of harm caused by people in our lives, including our caregivers, partners, friends, etc. For example, physical, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse and neglect. These experiences may have happened once or they may have been repeated throughout our upbringing or the course of a relationship.
Oftentimes, interpersonal trauma is connected to systemic, historical, and intergenerational wounds.
Systemic, Historical, & Intergenerational Trauma:
Processing the impacts of structural violence, including racism, colonization/imperialization, ableism, capitalism, cis/heteronormativity, neuronormativity, etc.
These may impact you directly and/or through history, ancestry, culture, inheritance, etc.
Exploring Identity:
Discovering what aspects of your intersectional identity mean to you and relate to the ways you experience the world. For example, building an understanding of your unique needs and the ways you connect with others.
Based on my own identity and professional background, I have particular experience supporting individuals who are:
2SLGBTQIA+, questioning
Autistic, ADHD, high achieving, highly sensitive, gifted, ‘neuroqueer’, ‘overexcitable’
Asian, Biracial, racialized, BIPOC, PoGM
Covid concious
Disabled
In academia (students, postdocs, staff, faculty, researchers)
Working in spaces that centre EDI, social justice, community work, etc.
I also appreciate working with the following topics & lived experiences:
Academic challenges
Alexithymia (difficulty recognizing and naming emotions/internal experiences)
Anxiety and worry
Biculturalism
Burnout and chronic stress
Depression
Existential despair
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Relationship challenges
Unmasking, authenticity, congruence, integration, sense of Self