Psychotherapist - Pre-teens and Teens (11+), Adults, Relationships, Couples & Families

"As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others — what and whom we can work with, and how — becomes wider." — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

Therapy can be a space to pause. I don't view therapy as a place to fix or "cure" — my commitment is to creating a container of welcome. When given room to explore with compassionate curiosity, therapy can be a safe refuge from which to face difficulty and to access dreams, longings, and acceptance— a starting place for personal change and collective liberation.

My approach is trauma-informed and rooted in a framework that integrates sociocultural systems, narrative and somatic theories alongside recent work in interpersonal neurobiology. This integrative orientation rests on two central convictions. First, that we are hurt and we heal in and through relationships — with ourselves and with all beings. And second, that we are always situated within layered, overlapping contexts. Our coping, our suffering, and our ways of relating to ourselves and others are shaped by personal, familial (how we were raised and how we live now), biological, cultural, social, economic, political, and historical forces.

I take a strengths-based, gender-affirming, outside-of-binary approach to our shared humanity. I believe that working across identity-shaping social groups (e.g., race, class, gender) has the potential to be transformational, and yet I also know that ways we relate across human differences can reaffirm ongoing experiences of forms of oppression. I bring awareness, humility and accountability to these dynamics through ongoing inner work, training, and professional consultation.

I offer a 30-minute complimentary phone or video call — a chance for you to ask me questions and get a sense of what it might be like to work with me.

I am “in network” with Premera, Likewise, and some BCBS and Anthem plans, and provide Super bills that can be submitted to your insurance provider for “out of network” insurance plans.

To learn more about me and my work, visit my web-site: https://jenlindsaytherapy.com/