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Black & BIPOC · Culturally Grounded Care
Healing that looks like you, comes from where you're from, and stands at the same intersections you do.
Culturally grounded, trauma-informed therapy for Black and BIPOC folks. Your history, your family, your faith and your experiences with racism are part of the work, not something to leave at the door.
What's different here
Context is the starting point.
You won't have to explain the backdrop.
The history, the family dynamics, the unspoken rules of the rooms you move through. You can start where you actually are.
Racism is named for what it is.
Race-based stress and racial trauma are real, and they live in the body. You won't be told you're being too sensitive.
Your strengths come with you.
Family, faith, culture and community are resources, not just complications. We build on what has already carried you.
Who this is for
Wherever your roots are.
What we can work on
What you've been carrying
Racial trauma & race-based stress
From single events to the slow, daily accumulation of microaggressions and vigilance.
Intergenerational trauma
The patterns, silences and survival strategies passed down before you had any say in them.
Code-switching & identity fatigue
The cost of shifting between who you are and who a room expects you to be.
Racism at work & school
Being the only one, being overlooked, being overmonitored, and deciding what to do next.
Family roles & expectations
Being the first, the provider, the translator or the one everyone calls, and what it takes from you.
Colorism, texturism & body image
Messages about skin, hair and bodies that started early and still echo.
Grief & collective loss
Personal loss, community loss and the grief of watching it play out in the news, again.
Faith & spirituality
Bring your faith into the room as a resource, or work through religious harm. Both are welcome.
How I work
The parts that learned to protect you deserve respect.
Racial trauma isn't only a memory. It shows up in the body as vigilance, tension and exhaustion. EMDR and Brainspotting help process it at that level. Internal Family Systems helps us understand the parts of you that learned to stay guarded in spaces that weren't safe, and to let them rest where they can.
As a clinician of color, I don't need you to translate your experience for me. Just bring it.
At every intersection
Your identities don't take turns.
Black and queer. BIPOC and neurodivergent. Black, kinky and poly. You shouldn't have to pick which part of you gets care today. Here, they show up together because they live together.
Ways to work together
Find the format that fits
Questions people ask
Do I have to talk about race?
No. Some people come specifically to work on racial trauma. Others just want a therapist who already understands the context while they work on something else. You decide.
I'm BIPOC but not Black. Is this space for me?
Yes. Culturally grounded care means honoring your specific history, family and community, whatever they are.
Is there help with cost?
Yes. I accept Arizona insurance through Headway and Alma, CHAMPVA in all six states, and reduced-fee care through Open Path Collective. I'm also a Loveland Foundation provider, which funds therapy for Black women and girls.
Related specialties: Racial Trauma · Intergenerational Trauma · Trauma & Dissociation
All parts are welcome.
Every part of you belongs here and deserves healing.
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