Online therapy in Oakland, the Bay Area, & across California
a safe place for every part of you
Religious Trauma | Depression & Anxiety | Burnout & Life Design | Adult Autism & ADHD
The pressure and demands of everyday life are OVERWHELMING.
You might be holding it together - even excelling – on the outside, but on the inside, you’re barely scraping by. And you can’t help wondering, “Is life really supposed to be this hard?”
But after years of being told to “stop whining” or “being lazy,” to “pray more” and “work harder” — you’ve learned to keep these feelings to yourself. Stuffing these questions down hasn’t made life easier though, just lonelier.
Even if you could take off the mask, you don’t know who you are underneath anymore. It’s terrifying to be alone with the fire hose of worries or aching emptiness – and how you’ve been trying to deal leaves you feeling more shame instead of any lasting relief.
You don’t know who to turn to, what to do with the endless doubts and paralyzing uncertainty, or how to handle the flooding feelings and scary thoughts.
But you do know – you just can’t keep going like this.
Hi, I’m Erin
There is nothing wrong with who you are
— now let me help you truly believe that.
If you’ve looked for answers, had “fixes” forced on you, or maybe tried therapy before, but come away feeling even worse than before – you’re not alone.
So many BIPOC, queer, trans, and neurodivergent folks – myself included - have had harmful experiences and their identities invalidated in relationships and encounters in the mental healthcare industrial complex, evangelical Christianity and other high-control religions, the education system, and even in supposedly progressive, inclusive spaces.
I’m passionate about collaboratively creating a safer space for therapy that’s deeply respectful of your own unique experiences and self-knowledge. Instead of pushing you into overwhelm and panic or shutdown and shame, we’ll go at your pace.
Together, we can make sense of your past with compassion and curiosity, and empower you to step into a more embodied, authentic, and expansive life.
Specialties
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Deconstructing from evangelical Christianity can be so isolating. People either don’t understand (or straight-up reject) you, or they can’t get something they’ve never experienced. Even if it’s been years since you stepped in a church, you’re frustrated to still be feeling guilt, self-doubt, and shame.
We’ll unpack these imposed and internalized beliefs, untangle your relationships with sex, gender, and sexuality from Purity Culture, and explore your chosen values to reclaim authentic connection and meaning.
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You’re living in a constant state of overwhelm – and shame that you still can’t keep up with life. In therapy, we’ll interrupt the anxiety-spirals and paralyzing depression and build towards emotional balance using achievable, actually useful coping skills. Conscious of your capacity, we’ll get beneath the surface to unpack what’s keeping you stuck.
Together, we’ll free you from feeling trapped and help you step into a meaningful, authentic life you actually want to be around – and can feel – present for.
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When you wake up exhausted already, rethinking what your job - your life - could look like is a daunting prospect.
So together, we can take a step back from the daily slog to actually look at what’s not working and why – and to get you back in touch with what gives you energy and satisfaction. Taking your individual strengths, passions, needs, limitations, responsibilities, etc in mind, we’ll begin mapping out what a life (including, but not defined by, a job or other roles) designed for your holistic health could look like.
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You’re questioning or may have recognized that you might be Autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD as an adult – and it’s a bomb drop that’s got you rethinking your whole life.
Together, we can use this new realization as a lens to make sense of your past experiences, and to process the anger, relief, shame, and grief of misdiagnoses, unmasking, and late-recognition of neurodivergence. We’ll explore your unique spectrum of neurodivergent traits, support needs, and strengths with creativity and compassion.
HOW IT WORKS
Ready to get started?
1. Schedule a free consultation
Start by clicking the button below to schedule a free 15 minute consultation phone or video call with me. We’ll talk about what’s got you looking for therapy, and I’ll answer any questions you have. If we think we’d be a good fit to work together, we’ll schedule your first appointment.
2. Discover what works
As we get started, we’ll identify and focus on your priorities while going at a pace that works for you. Combining your expertise on your own experiences and my broad range of clinical knowledge, we’ll develop an actually effective plan that’s tailor made just for you.
3. Find a freer way to live
As you break out of binaries and boxes keeping you stuck, we’ll help you connect with a sense of meaning and purpose, the people you love, and yourself.
Help happens where you are
I provide convenient & confidential online therapy to folks throughout the state of California.
There can already be so many barriers to starting therapy; why add more worries about how bad today’s commute traffic will be or if you’ll have the spoons to leave the house? Finding parking, being perceived, strangers’ migraine-inducing cologne – it’s a lot.
Therapy should help your anxiety, not be another source of stress.
Online therapy lets you be in the comfort of your own space and saves you the energy of getting to yet another place on time, while being just as effective as in-person therapy – and more accessible.
Ready to get support that works with your needs and schedule?
Life doesn’t have to be this hard — and you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Online therapy in Oakland and across California
Land Acknowledgement
With deep gratitude and respect, I acknowledge that Oakland, California is on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Muwekma Ohlone people. Their care for this place stretches beyond memory and continues today. I honor their enduring relationship with this land, remember the injustice of their persistent displacement, and support their ongoing fight for federal re-recognition of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (https://muwekma.org/).