About Us

We believe that genuine healing extends far beyond individual symptom relief—it awakens our capacity to transform both ourselves and the world around us. Drawing from the wisdom of people who came before us, we recognize that therapy can either serve as a way to unburden, but it must be intentional.

Understanding Our Starting Point Many adults who seek therapy carry the weight of adverse childhood experiences—whether overt trauma like abuse and neglect, or subtler wounds from living in systems that failed to see, protect, or nurture their authentic selves. We recognize that these early experiences, both intentional and unintentional, shape how we navigate relationships, boundaries, and our sense of agency in the world.

Beyond Individual Comfort While we honor the importance of reducing personal suffering and improving relationships, we understand that true therapeutic work must also cultivate the courage and energy needed to address the very systems that created these wounds. We see emotional well-being not as an end goal of comfortable adjustment to harmful norms, but as a foundation for meaningful action in preventing ourselves and others from experiencing similar harm.

Understanding Harm as Survival Strategy We recognize that when people cause harm to others, they are typically operating from their own unhealed wounds and survival mechanisms developed in response to their adverse experiences. Few people have a natural instinct to harm others—rather, harmful behaviors usually emerge as unconscious attempts to manage pain, maintain safety, or regain control in a world that once felt dangerous. This understanding allows us to approach even those who have caused harm with both accountability and compassion.

Breaking Intergenerational Cycles Through Inner Work Our therapeutic approach recognizes that childhood sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and other forms of trauma often perpetuate across generations when left unhealed. The adults who experienced adverse childhoods may unconsciously recreate familiar patterns—not from malice, but from what they learned was "normal." We help survivors process trauma and develop healthier relationships—not to simply "get better," but to become conscious cycle-breakers who can prevent these harms from continuing in their families and communities.

From There to Here Rather than using empathy to help clients simply cope with the aftermath of their childhood experiences, we use it to help them reclaim their authentic power and recognize their responsibility in creating safer communities. We support individuals and couples in transforming internalized patterns of hopelessness, shame, or hypervigilance into the emotional resilience and clarity needed to speak truth, set boundaries, and actively participate in creating cultures where children and intimate partners are truly protected.

Transforming Relationships, Transforming Systems We understand that the adverse childhood experiences that bring adults to therapy are not random personal misfortunes but symptoms of broader systems that deprioritize creating worlds for children's wellbeing and safety. By helping individuals heal from these early wounds and develop truly equitable, consent-based relationships, we contribute directly to dismantling the cultural foundations that normalize harm to the vulnerable.

A Living Community of Protection and Change We are committed to being both healers and protectors—supporting individual and relational growth while remaining actively engaged in creating communities where the next generation can grow up free from the adverse experiences that brought us to this work. Our therapeutic healing serves the broader vision of ending intergenerational cycles of trauma through both personal transformation and systemic change.

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming, so we've designed our process to be as straightforward and welcoming as possible. It begins with a fifteen-minute phone consultation where we get to know each other and explore how we might work together. This isn't a therapy session - we won't dive deep - but it's a chance for you to ask questions, get a feel for our approach, and see if it feels like a good fit. If you hate phone calls, let us know and you can just set up an initial therapy session instead.

If we seem like a match, we'll schedule your first session and send you some brief intake forms (nothing too intense, just the basics we need to get started). Your first appointment is typically more formalized - about 60 minutes - giving us space to really understand what brings you in, get a background history and what you're hoping for from therapy.

From there, we work at your pace. Some people come weekly, others every other week, and some prefer monthly check-ins. Our therapy rates are based upon the clinician’s level and also offer sliding scale options because we believe cost shouldn't be a barrier to getting support. Sessions are available both in-person at our office and via secure telehealth.

Our team speaks both English and Spanish (Portuguese coming in October), and we work with people from all backgrounds, relationship styles, and walks of life. Whether this is your first time in therapy or you've been before, we're here to meet you exactly where you are.

Ready to get started? Reach out for that consultation - it doesn't need to be anything too specific. We'll figure out the next steps together.