Inclusivity & Values: Justice-Rooted, Trauma-Informed Therapy at Healing Hearts Healthy Minds

A Space to Show Up as Your Full Self

Healing Hearts Healthy Minds is committed to creating a space where people can show up as their full selves. I practice cultural humility, not cultural competence. That means I don't assume expertise about your culture, identity, or lived experience. I listen, I ask, and I stay open to learning.

Naming Systemic Harm, Not Avoiding It

I acknowledge the history of harm within the mental health field, especially toward communities of color, LGBTQIA+ communities, disabled communities, and people who have been marginalized by systems of power. I work to counter that harm through transparency, accountability, and a willingness to repair if I miss something.

Care for Every Kind of Family

I welcome clients from all backgrounds, identities, and family structures. I honor chosen family, blended families, multigenerational households, and families that don't fit traditional molds. I recognize that distress is often shaped by racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, poverty, and other systemic forces. Therapy with me includes space to name those realities.

My Commitments

• Practicing with humility and curiosity

• Naming power dynamics in the therapy relationship

• Being transparent about my role and limitations

• Repairing harm when it occurs

• Honoring your autonomy and lived experience

• Creating a space where you don't have to explain or justify your identity

Relationship, Context, and Care

This is a practice rooted in relationship, context, and care.