Gender Identity

I identify as agender/gender neutral and am a member of WPATH, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. I adhere to WPATH's standards of care when treating clients who are addressing concerns regarding their gender identity.

I have been providing Gender Affirming Care for 10 years now. I work with both adolescents and adults in exploring gender identity and support through both medical and social transitioning.

I work with members of the trans and non-binary community and help with gender questioning, gender dysphoria, transition decisions, family issues, relationship issues, and discrimination. I leverage my medical background to help people navigate medical and surgical transition.

Although I am a cisgender woman, I have been providing gender-affirming therapy to gender expansive / transgender / gender questioning clients age 13 & up since 2013, and over the years, this population has constituted the majority of my clients.

My desire to work with gender identity was a critical component to my inspiration in becoming a sex therapist. I am passionate about delivering gender affirming care at all stages of exploration and/or transition.

I have a background in supporting individuals navigating gender identity issues, helping them explore and affirm their unique experiences. My approach is grounded in understanding the complexities of gender, and I aim to create a safe and affirming space for all clients. I recognize that each person’s journey is unique, and I am dedicated to providing the support needed for self-discovery and empowerment.

There are many hurdles for people who are trans*, such as exploring gender freely, without judgment, to seeking gender confirmation services. Beyond providing a safe space for trans folx, I am ready to write documentation after a single session to be used with other medical professionals to assert your readiness for any medical assistance with your transition that you might need.

While working with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, I specialized in supporting gender-expansive clients. I provided individual psychotherapy to clients who were exploring their gender identity & expression, & considering & often pursuing medical aspects of gender transition such as hormone therapy, hair removal & gender affirming therapies. I provided WPATH letters for surgery & often supported clients in preparing for surgery & recovery.

The gender journey can be an exciting and daunting adventure, fraught with self-doubt and stigma. Working with a therapist through that journey can ease distress and support you in reaching a state of gender euphoria.

I use my lived and clinical experience to support others in their gender exploration and journey. If you or someone you know has been questioning gender, transitioning, coming out or facing heteronormativity, I am here to help. I began my clinical training at the former Gender Identity Center and have continued to learn and support others through my career. Wherever you are at on your gender journey to authenticity and beyond, I would be honored to support you or help you support another.

More than half of my clients identify as *trans. I have been a member of WPATH off and on for over a decade. I was in on the ground floor training of their Global Education Initiative. Identity is a right, not a privilege. You should get to be supported for who you are.

I have specialized training and years of experience working with the transgender, gender fluid, and gender non-confirming community, providing affirmative care. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families in processing transitions and living authentically.

Trans-affirming and experienced in helping clients explore their gender identity, writing letters in accordance with WPATH standards and collaborating with trans-affirming physicians

As a trans clinician, we can talk about gender, and we can talk about every other thing going on in your life that may not have anything to do with gender, or maybe it has everything to do with gender. Maybe we are just searching for what gender is, or how we experience gender. We may leave with more questions about out gender than understanding of it. I am on my own gender journey, as are you, and I would love to create a space that is validating of you and your experience

I work with members of the trans community and help with gender confusion, gender dysphoria, transition decisions, transition disorders, family issues, relationship issues, and discrimination. I leverage my medical background to help people navigate medical and surgical transition.

My expertise and training is working with gender and sexuality, which is often to say working through issues in expression and understanding. I offer space to further explore and understand gender, or otherwise affirmation and understanding. We go at your pace.

Being transgender and non-binary, I have a special place in my heart for working with others who are similarly struggling with shedding the gendered expectations and norms imposed on them to find their own unique gender identity and way of expressing it in the world. I am particularly interested in helping such individuals free themselves from the impacts of the traumas woven into this experience and relinquishing the hold of addictive or other behaviors that interfere with their true self.