Individual Therapy for Queer & Neurodivergent Folks

With the somatic approach, we are going beyond talking and bringing your felt sensations into the room and discovering the opportunities there for healing.

$250 per 50 minute session
Limited availability in sliding scale program

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Are you exhausted from constantly people-pleasing, looking to others for validation, or sacrificing your own peace to keep everyone else comfortable?

Do you find yourself lacking boundaries, struggling to make decisions without external approval, or feeling like you're always responsible for other people's emotions?

If you're ready to break free from codependent patterns and build genuine self-trust, you're in the right place.

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The Intersection of Trauma, Codependency, and Identity

For queer and neurodivergent folks, the journey to autonomy while feeling safe to be authentically yourself is particularly complex. Society's messages about who we are and how we should exist often leave us questioning our own instincts and disconnecting from our bodies' wisdom. When you add childhood trauma and codependent patterns to the mix, it can feel like you're constantly walking through the world in survival mode.

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You might be experiencing:

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Hypervigilance - that exhausting state of always scanning for danger or disapproval
Anxiety and irritability that seem to come out of nowhere
Difficulty relaxing even when you're "safe"
Numbness or disconnection from yourself and others
Intrusive memories or flashbacks that pull you out of the present moment
Chronic stress that your body can't seem to release
The deep belief that you're somehow "wrong" or "doing it wrong"

It’s time for you to heal and find that sense of safety and peace within yourself.

This is for me

Here's what I know to be true:

Your body has incredible wisdom and the capacity to heal.

The trauma related patterns and codependency you're carrying aren't character flaws—they're survival strategies that once served you but no longer support the life you want to live.

Traditional talk therapy often keeps us stuck in our heads, analyzing and understanding our patterns without creating lasting change. The somatic approach recognizes that trauma lives in the body, and that's where healing needs to happen too. Your mind, body, and spirit are all interconnected, and when we honor this connection, profound transformation becomes possible.

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Feel safe in your body

The foundation of all our work together is helping you feel safe in your own body. For many queer and neurodivergent folks, we've learned to disconnect from our bodies as a way of coping with a world that doesn't always welcome us. We might have received messages that our natural ways of moving, stimming, expressing emotions, or experiencing attraction were "wrong" or "too much."

Learning to trust your body's signals again is revolutionary work. It means:

Recognizing the difference between emotions that need to be processed and sensations that need to move through your system
Understanding what your anxiety, anger, sadness, and joy have to teach you
Developing the ability to stay present with difficult feelings instead of numbing or escaping
Honoring your neurodivergent needs around sensory input, processing time, and energy management

How Somatic Healing Works

Your body creates and holds memory through your sensations and all five senses—taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. This means we can use these same pathways to heal memories that feel painful or stuck. Rather than just talking about your trauma, we work with what's happening in your body right now.

One of the biggest pieces of somatic healing is re-establishing safety in your body, so that you can work on receiving joy and processing your emotional experiences from a place that is no longer rooted in survival.

In our sessions, we might:

Explore body sensations connected to your emotions and memories
Use gentle movement or breathing techniques to help regulate your nervous system
Practice grounding exercises that help you feel present and safe
Work with somatic experiencing or somatic EMDR for deeper trauma healing
Develop your ability to set boundaries by learning to feel your "yes" and "no" in your body
Reconnect with your authentic self underneath the layers of survival strategies

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Break free from Codependency

Codependency often develops as a response to childhood trauma, and for marginalized folks, it can feel like the only way to stay safe in relationships. But constantly managing other people's emotions, anticipating their needs, and abandoning yourself to keep the peace is exhausting and ultimately disconnects you from your own truth.

Together, we'll work on:

Recognizing the difference between healthy interdependence and codependent fusion
Learning to tolerate other people's discomfort without taking responsibility for fixing it
Developing your capacity to ask for what you need
Trusting your own perceptions and feelings
Building relationships based on authenticity rather than performance

Insurance & Sliding Scale Pricing

I am an out-of-network provider. This means you have to pay out of pocket for your sessions, and you can receive a super bill (provided monthly) to submit to your insurance for reimbursement of services.

You need to check with your provider to see what your out-of-network benefits are.

I have limited sliding scale spaces for $100-$150 per 50-minute session. Please inquire directly to see if space is available in my sliding scale program.

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Throughout my 8+ years of somatic psychotherapy practice, I've learned that healing isn't linear, and it certainly isn't one-size-fits-all. Your journey as a queer and/or neurodivergent person healing from trauma and codependency will look different from anyone else's, and that's exactly as it should be.

My role is to provide a safe, affirming space where you can explore your authentic self without judgment. Whether you're questioning your gender identity, exploring your sexuality, learning to unmask your neurodivergent traits, or simply trying to remember who you are underneath all the survival strategies—I'm here to support you.