I’m a Southern lover of books, music, a baby named Waya (Wolf) and a spirit dog named Scully. I’m a co-founder of QORDS, a nonprofit summer camp for queer and transgender youth and youth of LGBTQ+ families.

I hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies and a Master’s of Social Work from University of Washington in Seattle. Currently, in addition to guiding this practice, I also serve as faculty for the Indian CountryTransgender ECHO project and Healing and Resilience Coordinator with Campaign for Southern Equality.  The best part of what I do is celebrating growth and witnessing courage as people create the kind of lives and spaces they’ve been hoping for. People say they enjoy laughing with me and that I can be direct in a way that is easy to handle.

Immigration Evaluations: I provide several types of immigration evaluations and offer a short turn-around time to receive your report. Please contact me about pricing and payment plans. People pay me with credit cards, health savings cards, flexible spending cards, and self employed people sometimes write off my expenses as professional services.

Native Therapy Resources: If you are of Native descent that can be shown with your family tree and live in the DMV or Boston area, you may be eligible to receive free therapy with me (or other practitioners) through Native American Lifelines. Contact NativeAmerican Lifelines for more information.

Reiki: I’m a Level 1 Trained Reiki practitioner. Reiki uses energy through touch or non-touch channeling. It helps with relaxation, physical and emotional healing, and releasing blocked or stuck places. You can receive this energy healing as a stand-alone service ($130 for 1 hour) or pay for a 15 minute add-on to a 45 minute insurance covered or out of network therapy session ($34 for the add-on). 

Currently, I’m offering Reiki as in person care in Durham, NC. These can be in office sessions or stand alone nature based or in home sessions.

Some of my therapy focus areas:

EMDR for Trauma Recovery (and other things!): Bilateral stimulation (thinking tapping, tracking with your eyes, drumming, dancing) can take many forms and be done in virtual sessions. This leads to much faster and more effective trauma recovery than talk therapy alone. We can do EMDR for a variety of topics either as regular therapy sessions, or for those in NC, we can do them as in person Intensives (2 hour and 3 hour Intensives are offered. Intensives are out of pocket sessions that can enhance the pace and depth of recovery). 

Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Trans and Gender Expansive Children and Teens: Raising kids is tough! Parenting in general is going to come with challenges. Supporting your trans or gender expansive child in today’s climate can feel lonely or impossible. I’m here to help you and be on your team. 

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: Covert narcissism is something many mental health providers are not familiar with and have not been trained in. The damage that can be caused by covert narcissistic abuse is significant. In order to be able to engage in recovery, you need and deserve support from someone who understands and is informed. 

Family Building: The family building process can be beautiful and hard as ****. If fertility treatments are involved the hard as **** statement amplifies. It can be an isolating process at times so just know that you can have someone on your support team who really gets it. 

Professional Trans and Gays: Being in leadership roles or tokenized positions comes with many challenges. You’re probably familiar with therapy and I’m here to support you as someone with experience in these types of roles. Your therapy can look many ways depending on the needs and goals you have. 

I am out-of-network with insurance companies, except for North Carolina Aetna and United plans, for many reasons. You’ll be provided with monthly superbills (special type of receipt) in case you want to submit them to your insurance or FSA account. I’ve listed the billing codes here that you can ask your insurance company about (90791 and 90837). Most plans with out-of-network benefits pay you back 50%-80% of my rate. Please know that communicating with your insurer and dealing with any out of network reimbursement denials is between you and your insurance company.

I’m a non-binary, trans, and Two Spirit person with Tsalagi (Cherokee), English, Irish, and West and Central African roots. I experience and express my gender in different ways at different times. My pronouns are they/them. Whenever possible, I like to read, dance, hike in the woods, grow food and medicines, travel, play my drum kit and my hand drum, hug my elders, and eat.

Training and Public Speaking: I’m a public speaker on all things related to gender identity and intersectional DEI. I use a framework that affirms gender expansive children, youth, and adults, as well as the Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities. These days, I primarily provide trainings to organizations, businesses, schools, and individual therapists. My goal is to increase access to truly anti-racist, trans-affirming care by providing training, consultation, and supervision to companies/employers, therapists, educators, and healthcare practitioners. I aim to contribute by improving the quality of care found in a multitude of  locations for Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, and transgender individuals and families.