“For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.” -Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

ABOUT ME

I am cisgender, Houston born and raised in San Marcos, TX. I come from a working class family of mixed cultures-Ashkenazi Jews, French, German, Scottish and Russian.  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, neurodiverse; all faiths, nationalities, cultures and bodies.  I am a postmodern collaborative-dialogue practitioner and social- (de)constructionist.  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.  

SPECIALTIES

• Gender & Sexuality

• Gender-Based Violence 

• Latin American Family Issues

• Quien Habla Español

• Sex Workers

• Social & Cultural Identity

• Oppression, Power/De-powered

• Relationships, Family-of-Origin 

• Stress, Mood, Irritability, Worry

• Immigrants & Refugees

• "Borderline Personality Disorder"

• Withdrawal/Tapering from Psychiatric Medications

• Video Counseling/Tele-therapy

EDUCATION

• Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA:  PhD Student of Depth Psychology-Community, Indigenous, Liberation & Eco Psychologies

• Alliant International University, Mexico City: MA in Counseling Psychology, Latin American Family Issues

• University of Washington, Seattle: BA in Psychology; BA in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Texas #202168

EXPERIENCE

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I align myself  with Collaborative Dialogical Postmodern Practices, Liberation & Decolonizing Psychologies, Feminist Studies and Latin American Issues.  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, and Austin Child Guidance Center.  My work has focused on multicultural and marginalized populations; social & cultural identity; body politics; gender and sexuality; family issues and couples issues; people in crisis; people who experience disruptions in life due to stress, worry, mood, self-harm, suicidal ideation; "Borderline Personality Disorder"; domestic violence survivors; immigrant families and survivors of structural violence.