Possibilities and Parameters

Possibilities
and
Parameters

I am available for virtual appointments* with individuals in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas.
I will be available for face-to-face appointments with individuals in Pennsylvania (location forthcoming). To evaluate whether I may be someone you'd like to work with, please check out the "Counseling and Psychotherapy page," where you'll find more info about my approach, as well as examples of topics, concerns and interests, with which I am prepared to help. Please consider the sections of this page for information on what is possible and what may be limited by the contextual factors surrounding our collaboration. Finally, please feel free to schedule a consultation appointment (30 minutes, no fee) to further explore a potential collaboration with me.

* If you're experiencing a mental health crisis, including but not limited to the potential of suicide or physical violence, please call or text the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline with the phone number: 9-8-8, a trusted community member or loved one, or one of the following help lines for crisis care that may be especially attuned to your experiences and prepared to offer advocacy or solidarity that honors your identity, values, and community:

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
the Freedom For Immigrants hotline: 209-757-3733
LGBT National Help Center: 888-843-4564
Call Black Line: 800-604-5841
the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233

Context of my scope, commitment, & aspirational standards:

Be[com]ing a counselor and acquiring credentials through academic, professional, and legal systems, permits me to provide counseling and psychotherapy services. My priority is to honor the mutual values, processes, and contexts that emerge throughout our collaboration. At the same time, the possibilities and limitations of our collaboration are influenced by these same institutions. I strive to preserve autonomy, enhance agency, and cultivate relational empowerment in our work, while abiding the laws and fulfilling the ethics of my profession.

I adhere to the ethical codes of the:

American Counseling Association (ACA),
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA),
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC),
Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), as well as the
the AMHCA Practice Standards, and
the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) competencies.

For all in-person and virtual services in Pennsylvania, I am held to PA regulations of the

Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors

For telehealth services when you are located in TX, I am held to the statutes of the

Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council

For telehealth services when you are located in VA, I am held to the regulations of the

Virginia Board of Counseling

Scope of Collaboration:
Ethical, theoretically-textured, evidence-informed mental health services for open-ended, long-term, and intermediate timeframes (brief counseling available on a case-by-case basis).
Commitments to Praxis:
Contextually-nuanced, insight-oriented, systemically-informed, and trauma-responsive psychotherapy and counseling, based upon relational ethics, cultural humility, critical reflexivity, theoretical pluralism, advocacy principles and processes, and commitments to social justice.
Aspirations for Care:
Growth-fostering relationships built through mutual empowerment, empathy, and respect; care that aims for non-coercive, liberational, intersectionally aware, community-connected, and efficacious collaborations.

If you are evaluating the potential of multiple therapists for help with any number of purposes, please consider the other clinicians at the

PA Counseling Co-Op or

Open Path Psychotherapy Collective.

I am happy to help you establish a meaningful therapeutic relationship, whether that means refining our work together, or connecting you with other mental healthcare providers and resources. In either scenario, I will be glad to support you.

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