Who I Work With

You might be someone who looks like you have it together — but internally, things feel more complicated than they appear. You're thoughtful, self-aware, and used to pushing yourself. You show up for your life. You handle things. But anxiety, pressure, or self-doubt still show up in ways that are hard to shake, and somewhere along the way, you stopped being on the list of people you take care of.

A lot of the people I work with grew up in environments where things looked fine on the outside, but at home there was high pressure, high expectations, or a sense that they would never quite measure up. Others are navigating the weight of identities or experiences that the world hasn't always made easy. Most are carrying more than they let on.

If any of that sounds familiar, keep reading. You might be in the right place.

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma, and Identity Stress

I care deeply about working with LGBTQIA+ clients and creating a space where you don't have to question whether you'll be understood, respected, or fully accepted.

A lot of LGBTQIA+ people come into therapy already carrying too much: stress, hypervigilance, past invalidation, family or religious tension, and the ongoing effort of figuring out whether a space is actually safe. You shouldn't have to do that work here, too.

Therapy should be a place where you can show up as you are — without filtering, explaining, or hiding yourself.

As both a member of the community and a therapist, I understand how important it is to find care that is affirming, informed, and grounded in your real life. I work with clients navigating anxiety, identity stress, trauma, relationships, and the impact of living in environments that don't always feel supportive or safe.

Many of my LGBTQIA+ clients also identify with the patterns described below — the high achiever who can't turn it off, the perfectionist running on empty, the person who looks fine from the outside but is exhausted underneath. Those experiences don't exist in a vacuum, and in therapy we look at all of it together.

The High Achiever Who Can't Turn It Off

You've built a life that looks good from the outside. You're capable, responsible, and people depend on you. But internally, there's a constant hum of pressure, a voice that says not enough, not yet, what if you're falling behind? You might be struggling with High-Functioning Anxiety.

You might be someone who:

  • Sets high standards for yourself and struggles to feel satisfied even when you meet them

  • Finds it hard to rest without feeling guilty or unproductive

  • Replays conversations, second-guesses decisions, and catastrophizes outcomes

  • Ties your worth to your performance, your productivity, or how well you're holding everything together

  • Has been told you're "too sensitive," “too dramatic,” or "too much," and learned to manage that by becoming very, very capable

This kind of anxiety often doesn't look like anxiety from the outside. It looks like someone who's on top of things and the best at what they do, but underneath, it's exhausting.

Therapy can help you understand where these patterns came from, why they made sense at some point, and how to start building a relationship with yourself that isn't contingent on what you produce or how well you perform.

The Perfectionist Who's Running on Empty

Perfectionism isn't really about wanting things to be perfect. It's about fear of failure, of judgment, of being seen as not enough. For a lot of people, it developed as a way to stay safe or earn belonging in environments where love or approval felt conditional.

You might recognize yourself in some of this:

  • You procrastinate because starting feels risky if you can't do it perfectly

  • You struggle to ask for help because needing support feels like weakness

  • You're your own harshest critic, and the bar keeps moving no matter what you accomplish

  • Burnout is a recurring experience, not a one-time thing

Perfectionism is something we can actually work through — not by lowering your standards, but by building a sturdier sense of self that doesn't collapse when things go sideways.

Ready to See If We're a Good Fit?

If you recognize yourself anywhere on this page, I'd love to hear from you. The first step is a free consultation — a no-pressure conversation to talk about what's bringing you to therapy and whether working together makes sense.

You don't have to have the right words. You just have to reach out.