I'm
glad you're here.

Here's a bit about me:

Who I am

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My ancestors found home on the lands we now call Cameroon, West Africa, Turkey, England, Ireland, Scotland, Greece, and Albania. I was born and raised in Southwest Michigan, growing up an equally awkward and expressive mixed girl in a super segregated city. 

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there were other layers to my identity that I’d come to discover later on, such as being neurodivergent and Queer. And, unfortunately, many experiences have led me to add trauma survivor to my list of identities.

All that to say, I’ve lived my entire life at the intersection of this and that. So I understand firsthand what it’s like to struggle with belonging and feeling generally safe and at home in your body.

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What I do

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I often meet people when they feel most stuck or most convinced that they lack the ability to feel better. That’s why, as a somatic practitioner, I don’t just give you space to vent about your problems. I help you literally feel more at home in your own body so you can feel more at home in the world.

I specialize in somatic (body-based) modalities for trauma, in particular the trauma that comes from experiences in interpersonal relationships and with systems of power, like racism, homophobia and transphobia, and more. The people I work with struggle with things like confidence, insecurities and shame, feeling triggered, avoidance and procrastination, rejection sensitivity, making or maintaining healthy and satisfying relationships, setting boundaries, expressing needs, social anxiety, and more.

I especially enjoy working with mixed adults and interracial couples, and I also collaborate with individuals of other identities for whom trauma and belonging are concerns, including BIPOC, Queer folx, first-generation immigrants, disabled folks, and more. Many of my clients are therapists, entreprenuers, and creatives, but if you don’t see yourself on this list you still may very well be in the right place! I welcome those who are neurodivergent, ENM/polyam, and kinky.

I deeply believe that we all have the capacity for fulfilling connection. My training (and work with clients like you) has proven this to be a reality when you have the right support, skills, and feel safe enough to explore and own what you want and need.