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People often come to therapy to seek answers to questions, some of which can be addressed, and many of which can never be fully resolved. I work with many of my clients to build coping strategies, which are indeed important ways to feel more empowered as active participants in our own lives. At the same time, we are also living through a significant moment in history in which we are expected to function in our day-to-day tasks while genocides, catastrophes, and violence play out endlessly in the screens in front of us as well as in our own communities and neighborhoods. Focusing on symptom management or reduction is woefully insufficient in the face of larger systemic forces that are actively creating harm, and there aren't enough coping skills out there to mitigate the daily trauma of witnessing this ongoing harm. We are facing the immense task of creating meaningful lives for ourselves within systems that seek to dehumanize us all. In my quest to meet the challenge of this moment, what I keep coming back to is the urgent importance of connection—connection to ourselves, our bodies, our sense of self-sovereignty; connection to support, community, and other living beings who share our values.​

In many ways, we are currently moving through a prolonged period of in-between—we are in between the world that we came from and the world that we wish to see. There is still life to be lived in this liminal space. As convenience, ease, and efficiency are increasingly prioritized over nuance, patience, and imperfection, the most valuable thing we have to offer one another is our full humanness. I prioritize doing my own healing and tending to my own needs as best as I can, not only to model what I share with my clients but also so that I can show up as another human being available for meaningful connection during these times. While I may not have all the answers to your questions (trust me, I'd tell you if I did!), I do have my own human self to offer in connection with you—because what I know what to be true now is that the only way we will get through this is together, with one another.​