Welcome!

I’m so glad you’re here.

I am the face behind Innate Counseling. I opened this practice as a result of feeling misaligned in my values in traditional social work and therapeutic settings. In systemic settings, I felt the limitations of only being able to provide resources without the space to provide emotional support; in traditional private practice settings, I felt the limitations of maintaining a “quota” and not having the time to connect my clients with resources and community.

Innate is my attempt to find a space in between. I carry a smaller caseload in an effort to have greater time, space and capacity to offer broader and more meaningful support. I work flexible hours to accommodate work, parenting and transportation schedules. I believe that if I know of resources, places, people, etc. that could offer support, I’m sharing those and offering personal connections when I can. If I don’t know of immediate resources, I’m doing research and outreach in an effort to find them.

My focus is simultaneously individual and big picture focused.

I value working towards a space that is anti-racist. I believe I have a lifelong responsibility to learn, unlearn, hold myself and others accountable, recognize my own privilege, and promote community healing.  I advocate for and take actionable efforts that demand equity, safety and empowerment of all humans. In this process, I challenge my own bias, stereotypes, norms, distorted thinking, and generations of internalized messaging that promotes harm, isolation and oppression to better inform and increase safety within the therapeutic space.