As a young adult I identified as a lesbian, and then transitioned to a queer identity.  Before I got my Master of Social Work degree, I did undergraduate and graduate work in gender studies.  At that time I explored how individuals and communities constructed boundaries and definitions of lesbian, queer, masculine, and feminine.  Then, about 15 years ago (still before I was even working as a therapist), I had a partner who came out as a transman during our relationship.

I supported him and participated in his therapy and medical process as much as he wanted me to.  Dismayed by the few choices he had for gender therapy, and frustrated that those choices were too rigid and and not queer friendly, it became important to me to support others who wanted to do their gender in their own way.  I've been doing gender therapy with folks for 10 years now.

Yes.

• Individual counseling- individual sessions can conducted be in my office or online.
• Relationship counseling- couples sessions only meet in my office.
• Family consultations- either in person or using secure videoconference technology you can invite family members to participate in some of your sessions, if you would like.

Yes, I do offer online sessions for people more than an hour away from my office.  All you need is a computer with a high speed internet connection.  Reach out to me and I can talk to you more about how that works and whether online sessions would be a good fit for you.

Yes, sliding scale fees are available.  Depending on your income I can offer up to a 35% discount on my regular sessions fees.

I currently accept Caresource and Medicare.  If you have a different insurance provider they may reimburse you for a portion of the cost of seeing an out-of-network therapist (I'm happy to tell you more about that if you're unfamiliar with it).  Finally, you can also use any HSA funds you may have to pay for therapy.

My office is conveniently located in central Columbus, in the Clintonville neighborhood.  The address is 3006 North Hight Street, Suite 2A, Columbus, OH, 43202.

Therapy provides a safe container for learning more about yourself and developing the skills necessary to fully become the 'you' you want to be. I work hard to offer a warm, supportive, and honest environment in which you can grow.

Insight and change occur as you experience being accepted in the therapeutic relationship and are able to accept yourself.  I use an eclectic approach to therapy-- combining the strengths of Gestalt, somatic, cognitive behavioral and object relations psychotherapy.