Therapy for organizers & activists
Fighting to changes material conditions around us can be disheartening and exhausting. Fighting powerful actors can arouse anxiety and leave us feeling deeply unsafe. Nurturing mental health while active in social movements is challenging. But it is possible with the right support.
Therapists too often focus on helping people develop the strength and wellness needed to better navigate the
conditions we live under. However, we not only need to heal as individuals in order to better withstand these conditions, but also transform these conditions to create a more livable, free world. I strive to be responsive to these and other priorities and commitments clients bring to therapy in order to effectively support clients to stay engaged in struggle.
I will sit with you and explore the challenges and contradictions of fighting oppressive systems and actors. I will support you to find ways of fighting back that restore your sense of power and wholeness, not deplete. I will be present with your grief when the fights you are waging feel impossible. I will support you to cultivate authentic faith that your liberator vision is possible and worth fighting for.
Support living with anxiety
Anxiety can be overwhelming. Anxiety can take control of our thoughts and disrupt our capacity to experience joy and pleasure. I will support you to live with anxiety rather than living under its power. I will work with you to understand your anxiety better and provide you with concrete, accessible strategies to reduce it.
Support living with chronic pain
Invisible to others, chronic pain can consume vast amounts of mental and emotional energy, while narrowing the possibilities that feel available for the future. Chronic pain can evoke fear ("how bad will this get 10 years from now?") and make it hard to feel compassion and warmth, toward ourselves and others.
Seeing a therapist for support with chronic pain does not mean your pain is in your head. Your pain is real. I cannot take your pain away, but I can support you to understand it better, and I can support you to explore ways you can relate to your pain that shift its impacts on your mental and emotional well-being.