

"Times are urgent, we must go slow."
-Bayo Akomolafe
ABOUT ME
I am cisgender, was born in Houston and raised in San Marcos, TX. I come from a Southern, poor and working class family of Ashkenazi Jews. My privileged education, training and experience give me the "know-how" in creating a dialogue of possibilities. However, you are the expert on you and your life. I welcome all people and worldviews to stigma-free counseling-LGBTQIA+, immigrants, quien habla español, neurodivegent; all faiths, nationalities, cultures and bodies. I am part of an international community of activists, mental health professionals, educators, dialogue practitioners and scholars who inform and influence my work. I stay in practice with people and the world around me.
My worldview aligns with Depth Psychology, Post-Humanism, Liberation & Decolonizing Psychologies, Critical Race Theory, Radical Feminisms, Social Psychoanalysis and Latin American-Indigenous Ontologies. Please feel free to ask me about any or all of these.
COUNSELING SPECIALTIES
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Gender & Sexuality
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Gender-Based Violence
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Latin American Family Issues
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Quien Habla Español
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Sex Work Industries
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Relationships, Family-of-Origin
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Trauma
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Stress, Mood, Irritability, Worry
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Withdrawal/Tapering from Psychiatric Medications
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Colonialism and Decoloniality
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Capitalism, Class Struggles, Economic Oppression
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Forced Acculturation, Assimilation
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Identity & Body Politics (i.e. Race, White Supremacy, Patriarchy)
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Survivance-a way of life that nourishes Indigenous ways of knowing
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EDUCATION
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Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA: PhD Student of Depth Psychology-Community, Indigenous, Liberation & Eco Psychologies
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Alliant International University, Mexico City: MA in Counseling Psychology, Latin American Family Issues
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University of Washington, Seattle: BA in Psychology; BA in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Texas #202168
COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATORY WORK
I have worked in social services and counseling for 22 years in Austin, Houston, Seattle and Mexico City. Some organizations where I have worked are Lifeworks, Salvation Army (Tepito), Family Crisis Center, Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services, Family Violence Center, Austin Child Guidance Center and Phoenix Academy. My work has focused on economically oppressed and marginalized populations; social & cultural identity; body politics; gender and sexuality; family issues and couples issues; survivors of sexual trauma; domestic violence survivors; immigrant families and survivors of structural violence.
ADDRESS
604 W. 35th Street
Austin, TX 78705
Neighborhoods: Hancock, West Campus, Hyde Park, Windsor Park, Central Austin
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