Frequently Asked Questions

What therapy services do you offer?

I provide one-on-one recurring therapy sessions as well as deep work intensive sessions from my office in Chattanooga and online for Tennessee residents. My services are nonreligious, affirming and inclusive, and oriented towards liberatory and decolonizing practices.

How do I get started with therapy?

Schedule a free 15-minute consultation call here, or visit any of the pages linked under the heading “Therapy & Counseling” to learn more about my specialties.

What is the difference between counseling and therapy?

Mostly, practitioner preference! My licensure type is as a Licensed Professional Counselor, and my primary professional organizations are the National Board for Certified Counselors and the American Counseling Association. These names are more tied to the history of the profession. I consider “therapy” to be basically interchangeable with “counseling” and often use “therapy” since that is the term used by most folks in pop culture and social media at this point.

What is therapy with me like?

Therapy with me WILL be:

  • Engaging and educational, informed by my own continued education, training, and research

  • Affirming of all the strengths and gifts of having a neurodivergent brain - there’s room to be sensitive and weird here.

  • Trauma-informed and respectful of your lived experiences

  • As full of laughter and humor as possible

  • As deep or intellectually complex as you want it to be

  • A safe place to vent about discuss the things your conservative family members/coworkers don’t care about or understand

Therapy with me WON’T be:

  • A wasted hour spent with someone sitting and nodding silently or just reflecting your own thoughts back in a confusing echo

  • Full of psychobabble, therapist jargon, or other bullshit

  • Another place you have to mask, perform, or pretend

  • An experience where I teach you stuff you could easily learn from Google

  • The thing that fucks up your day, week, or life (unless you want it to be). What’s working for you is what’s working (until it isn’t).

  • You listening to my opinions about your problems

  • Something you commit to for the rest of your life