BSW, RSW
Disability-Affirming Therapy
Affirming, Empowering, Consent-Based Care
Living with disability can mean navigating a world that isn't always designed with your needs in mind. Therapy can provide a space to explore what you need, what matters to you, and how to build a life that is sustainable and authentic to you.
I offer disability-affirming, consent-based therapy for adults living with visible and invisible disabilities, chronic pain, fatigue, chronic illness and other experiences that affect how you move through the world.
Together, we can explore self-advocacy, boundaries, accommodations, energy management, relationships, self-acceptance and the impact of internalized ableism.
You don't need to prove that your disability is “serious enough” to deserve support. You deserve a therapeutic space where your experiences are believed, your limits are respected, and your needs are taken seriously.
Disability, Energy and Sustainable Living
For many folks who are disabled physical energy may be impacted by their disability creating challenges at work and at home. I work with clients to establish sustainable frameworks, improve boundaries and reduce demands to address energy concerns.
Disability, Alienation, and Lonliness
One of the challenges for people living with disability can be a lack of understanding from friends, family, workplaces and school. I work with clients to facilitate setting boundaries, gaining insight into the impacts of disability in your own life, and working with you to support relationships.
The Challenges of Invisible Disability
While some disabilities are immediately obvious, others are invisible. Some people who are neurodivergent, or living with mental health issues, or chronic pain, or fatigue may not immediately present as disabled. For some people this means that they are able to maintain privacy about their challenges and may provide some comfort. Other people experience diminishment from the world around them in the form of misunderstandings and erasure.
Gaslighting and Medical Dismissal
I work with clients to process gaslighting in their lives. For some disabled people, members of their family, members of the medical profession, even friends can minimize the impact of disability, it's frequency or the pain or exhaustion that may be present. This minimization can lead clients to feel distress and sadness. I work with clients to process these emotions and to use coping skills to reduce the impact of other's thoughts and opinions.