Consultation services for mental health and other healthcare professionals

Available for single or ongoing sessions

*Sliding scale rates of $125 to $225 a session.

I have a Masters Degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Portland State University, and am currently licensed in the state of CA to practice therapy. I have been providing therapy to 2LGBTQIAP+, HIV+, Poly, Kinky, People with Disabilities, Sex Workers, and Substance Using communities since 2017, worked as a residential counselor in a youth crisis shelter prior to obtaining a masters degree, and have been involved in community activism since 2010.

My experience with gender affirming practice includes direct client services, research and trainings: I conducted research with Gender Health Services at SFDPH from 2016-2017 exploring clients’s gender affirming care surgery satisfaction; I was involved in the SOGI committee at SFDPH implementing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity demographic tracking for SFDPH clients to better assess service needs; I have provided multiple gender affirming care trainings to Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford mental health and medical students, interns and providers since 2016; and, have provided direct client care, assessment and evaluation for clients obtaining gender affirming surgeries from 2017 through present. I have provided direct client care to fold using substances throughout my career and have provided substance use training to interns and staff at UCSF, as well as been a part of SFDPH committees integrating Harm Reduction strategies system wide.

Consultation sessions are 50 minutes virtually through the Sessions Health video platform. Consultation includes and is not limited to time for me to get to know you and your practice, education about the communities, best practices and specific services available, educational materials, guidance in consulting with PCPs, surgeons and other partners in care, guidance in exploring clients gender journeys and preparation and readiness for surgery, assessing for substance use, determining readiness for change and working with contemplation, establishing informed consent, role play, specific client consults, and follow up consultation as needed.

*2 consultation slots a month are available for providers who need significantly further reduced fees