Individual psychotherapy is available to clients presenting with a multitude of concerns and treatment goals. I'm in this with you for the long-haul if you need a professional committed to helping you see through trauma treatment, longer-term growth goals, or simply the continuity and stability other providers or agencies aren't structured to offer.

I also offer short-term intensive trauma treatment with extended IFS sessions to allow the Parts of your psyche the time they need to slow down and be fully present with the process in each sitting, without worrying about the clock.

If you are struggling in your relationships have a partner or family members who are unable or unwilling to engage in the therapy process, you still have the option of showing up for the betterment of your relationships and working on relational goals within individual sessions.

If one of your family members is coming out or transitioning, and you need support as a family in how to adjust to these changes, family psychotherapy at Higher Octave may be a strong fit for your needs. I work to help translate between family members across differences in social location and help foster more secure attachment, greater empathy & co-regulation, parental leadership, community engagement, and greater adaptation and accommodation for the family members that need it the most.

I specialize in offering child-centered family therapy on a wide variety of concerns, with an emphasis on trauma, neurodiversity, (dis)ability, queer & trans identity, and diaspora identity/first-generation immigrant identity, and mixed identity/mixed marginalization family concerns. If your family has previously received Family-Based Mental Health Services, Higher Octave can be a valuable outpatient step-down if you have the resources to sustainably access non-CBH care.

The people we love the most will almost always trigger us the most— it doesn't inherently mean you're incompatible. It simply means your central nervous systems may still need to learn to work together harmoniously rather than discordantly.

Couples therapy doesn't need to be the last step before separation. Couples who proactively recognize their own personal challenges in attachment, trauma history, and trust can often have the greatest hope of successfully breaking the cycle of dysfunctional relationships together.

I work on helping couples understand and distinguish dysregulation and triggering from the actual ways members of the relationship are showing up in the present.

I am comfortable dealing with a wide variety of issues and concerns around trauma, communication, sexuality, commitment, co-parenting, and differences in social location. I am poly/ENM-friendly and kink/BDSM-friendly.

Coaching differs from therapy in the way one intervenes— instead of treating a diagnosis, coaching mobilizes clients towards their goals and addresses the practical and abstract obstacles in one's way. It's the praxis to therapy's theory. Coaching approaches can be integrated incrementally in almost any stage of psychotherapeutic treatment. As you build momentum towards pursuing your goals, you will find the obstacles progressively less cumbersome.

My coaching specializations focus on maximizing executive functioning and increasing your resiliency and problem-solving skills when facing structural abandonment and oppression. When the stakes for your and your family's health and welfare are at stake, you deserve an advocate— and no one can better advocate for you than you. I just teach you to use the tools that have always been at your disposal.

Using my years of training and experience as a vocologist, I provide gender-affirming voice instruction blended into somatic psychotherapy sessions. This is not a traditional approach— my approach is designed to be slower and grounding. Think "wax on, wax off" work à la Karate Kid to ensure you are set up for sustainable and healthy voice use and healthier self-perception of how to navigate verbal and non-verbal communication in your affirmed gender expression.

My approach is designed for people who struggle to overcome psychological blocks, physiological tension, or distortions of self-perception stemming from overwhelming dysphoria that impede progress from more traditional routes, such as working with a Speech-Language Pathologist. I can work in partnership with, or temporarily in lieu of an SLP.

Are you in leadership of an agency, organization, or business looking for training on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEI / DEIB), including transgender, disability, BIPOC, and other cultural issues? Higher Octave also provides consultancy and in-service training to various organizations. Inquire further on my contact page to discuss how I can be of service to your organization and/or we might partner to deliver instructional material.

I am presently working with multiple colleagues to develop various accredited trainings for CEUs intended for mental health professionals. Stay tuned for more information on my mailing list here.