Professional Counselor Associate

I am a white, fat, queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent therapist practicing virtually across Oregon. I brings both professional training and lived experience to my work, including many years of being a therapy client myself. I believe deeply in the power of authentic connection and in healing that honors clients’ identities, bodies, and social contexts.

I work primarily with fat, queer, and neurodivergent individuals navigating eating disorders, chronic dieting, body image distress, and the impacts of weight stigma, trauma, and systemic oppression. My approach is explicitly non-diet, anti–weight stigma, and grounded in the belief that disordered eating often makes sense as a survival strategy in a culture shaped by diet culture, size oppression, transphobia, and ableism.

My work draws from person-centered, relational, feminist, liberatory, and trauma-informed frameworks. I am trained in EMDR, somatic approaches, expressive arts, and grief and loss work, and I am Body Trust® Certified. I work collaboratively and at depth, supporting folks in reconnecting with their bodies, cultivating trust and agency, and imagining recovery beyond weight-centric or pathologizing models.

You are the expert of your own experience, and I see therapy as a shared process of curiosity, compassion, and growth. I am committed to creating a space where clients in marginalized bodies can feel understood, respected, and supported in their capacity to heal.