How can I best support you?
Individual and couple’s therapy that considers your intersectional identities, the systems in which you participate, and how to create the connections you desire.
With your permission, I’d love to help you on your journey to living your most authentic and joyful life!
Courage To Grow Counseling is a predominantly Queer-focused therapeutic practice serving the LGBTQ2IA+ community in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
I specialize in working with folks who are hoping to excavate their most authentic selves in a world where we are expected to fit into tiny neat little boxes that were never going to be big enough to contain our multitudes.
Identity formation, gender and sexuality exploration and affirmation, and individuation and attachment will be major focuses of our work together. I rely heavily on developing mindful communication skills to help you advocate for your needs and to feel seen and heard by your people.
My unique niche is working with “Fireflies” - aka individuals who have experienced being in a long-term committed monogamous hetero-seeming relationship and realized something new about their sexuality and/or gender within that relationship and have had to have very hard conversations with their partner about what to do with this new information. These individuals are sometimes referred to as “late-blooming lesbians” or “late bloomers,” however I strongly believe that your timing is perfect for you, and I wanted a more gender and sexuality inclusive and expansive term for this population!
I offer a peer support group for Fireflies each week as well as individual and couple’s therapy for those going through this “metamorphosis”.
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