For many, the deepest wounds aren't just from personal events, but from systemic oppression, racial violence, and identity-based marginalization. We understand that traditional therapy has often pathologized these experiences rather than acknowledging them as valid responses to an unjust world.

What "Culturally Responsive" Means in Our Trauma Work

Our clinical approach is rooted in the understanding that your identity influences both how you experience trauma and how you find the path to resilience.

• Decolonizing Therapy: We move away from "one-size-fits-all" Western models that prioritize individualism. Instead, we honor community-based healing, ancestral knowledge, and the strengths inherent in your heritage.

• Intergenerational & Collective Healing: We specialize in identifying the "unspoken" burdens passed down through generations—from the lasting effects of colonization to the weight of immigrant survival.

• Affirming All Identities: We provide specialized care for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and fat-bodied individuals who have faced identity-based trauma, ensuring you won’t have explain the basics of your lived reality to your therapist.

• Safety & Power Dynamics: We are mindful of the power imbalances in the therapy room. We strive for Cultural Humility, constantly unlearning our own biases to ensure our office is a truly safe, non-retraumatizing space.

• Supporting Health Equity: We are aware of the ways that therapy practices have excluded people based on income which limits access to care. We are committed to taking on utilizing insurance to pay for care instead of expecting clients to take on the burden of self pay which is impossible for most people.