About Therapy

“I can’t continue living like this.”

I have heard this time and again from the women of color who reach out to me, exhausted, frustrated, and desperate for a change in their lives.

They describe feeling worn out.

They feel uncared for – by colleagues and even people in their inner circle.

They’re tired of dealing with doctors, therapists, and other healthcare professionals who downplay their symptoms of stress.

They feel like they have to be a “superwoman” to everyone.

But when they look around for support… crickets.

Here, you don’t have to “be” anything for anybody.

In therapy, we focus on YOU and your needs.

Too often, the clients I serve tell me that no one in their world stops to ask how they are doing or offer support. I will support you immediately when we start working together. I give you the help that you so desperately have needed for so long.

I begin supporting you from the start because I know how hard it is to feel like you must carry the world alone and without support.

You will begin to feel uplifted and empowered because, FINALLY, you got the affirmative support that you need.

When you share your story, you heal yourself.

We’ll talk about the challenges in your life – where you’re struggling and where you want to make a change. We’ll honor your lived experience and personal story.

Talking about what’s happened to you will relieve you from some of the emotional burdens of a painful past and help you see possible solutions.

This process elevates your identity as a Woman of Color. You’ll realize that you are not the problem and can start creating positive change in your life.

And as we explore your story, you’ll get the support you need.

I support you by listening to your story while centering and celebrating your experience as a Woman of Color. Because I am a Woman of Color, I know that our society places unrealistic and damaging expectations on Women of Color. These expectations often make Women of Color feel like they are failing or wrong.

You are not wrong. You are just too often misunderstood.

In our work together, we will return to this repeatedly. Over time, you will see yourself with more grace and self-compassion. You will start to be kinder to yourself and feel more energy to create meaningful change in your life right where you are.

You will feel empowered when you can practice creating change in your life, no matter how small it seems to be. You will get better at focusing on what you can change and less on what you can’t. You begin to feel less burdened by the unrealistic and harmful expectations that society places upon you.

You will heal as you continue to practice kindness and compassion toward yourself.

Therapy should help… not harm.

With me, your lived experience as a Woman of Color will be at the center of our journey together.

That means you won’t have to waste time and energy educating your therapist on what it means to be a Woman of Color. You’ll get a therapist who lives at the intersection of race and sex, just like you.

You’ll get a therapist who can understand that being a successful Black woman can be an incredibly complicated and lonely place.

It’s about time…

I know that you weren’t created to be a superwoman.

And I know what it feels like to be there for others and not get that support in your time of need.

You shouldn’t have to carry the ongoing weight of adversity and scrutiny alone.

I want to ensure you are seen and heard, starting immediately.

Let’s schedule your free 30-minute consultation so that I can learn more about what you need from me and therapy: (352) 642-6755.