More about me
MY APPROACH
Mental Health Services & Gender Affirming Voicework
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Within the therapy services that I offer, I use a collaborative, nonpathologizing, resource-oriented therapy approach that fosters creative healing spaces for personal growth.
Basically, this means that while I certainly bring my knowledge, resources, and lived experiences into the therapy space, I strive to honor your expertise of who you are as a person and your own strengths and resources. My work tends to be focused on cultivating strengths and resources rather than treating pathologies. Together, we will work to foster the kind of life that you want to be living, whether that's related to your own mental health and/or accessing and embodying a more affirming singing/speaking voice.
My practice is holistic in nature -- with some folks coming to me solely for mental health services, some coming for some flavor of voicework, and some coming for a combination of the two. While what we do in your sessions will depend upon your needs and intentions, I use a variety of models and theories to inform and ground my work. This includes Internal Family Systems, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Humanistic Therapy, Resource-Oriented Music Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Health at Every Size, Estill Voice Training, Somatic Voicework, and gender affirming voicework.
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Singing Voice Lessons
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While the singing voice lessons I offer primarily focus on music-related goals, I tend to bring my resources as a therapist into the teaching space as they are helpful for students.
MY BACKGROUND
I am a board-certified music therapist (No. 12781), licensed professional counselor (No. PC016736), and voice teacher. Therapeutically, I have worked with people of all ages in a variety of settings, including youth group homes/residential treatment facilities, inpatient and outpatient mental health centers, mobile mental health settings, and community music settings. As a voice teacher, I tend to work with fellow music therapists, musicians, and singer/songwriters.
During my graduate work, I began developing gender affirming voicework as a music therapy model and opened my own practice to begin engaging in this work alongside fellow trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive folks. Upon completing my graduate work, I also began offering mental health services through my practice.​
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In 2016, I earned my Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy degree with a Voice Concentration and a Gender Studies minor at Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, PA). I immediately continued my studies at Slippery Rock University and earned a Master of Music Therapy degree with a Counseling Endorsement in 2019. I am currently a doctoral student in Shenandoah Conservatory's Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Pedagogy program (Winchester, VA). ​
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​​In my spare time, I am a singer / songwriter. My social locators are white, nonbinary genderqueer, endosex, queer, mid fat, polyamorous, kink-friendly, non-disabled, and neurodivergent.