We're about building resilience and knowledge to help you navigate life. Whether you're dealing with past traumas, trying to find your place in the world (aren't we all?), or needing extra support, we're here to listen. You deserve to be happy. You deserve Heartfelt care.
My name is Nicole, and I am a bilingual Spanish and English clinical social worker. I am a queer, Swedish-German American, cis-gender woman with chronic illness and an artist’s eye. I grew up with intergenerational wealth and no small amount of religious abuse. I have been a descendant of settlers on indigenous land my whole life, and plan to use the mind I’ve been given to fight for people’s freedom. All of this shapes who I am and how I enter my practice as a trauma therapist, artist, advocate and author.
My passion and experience are in trauma healing, and specifically those who are survivors of religious trauma, immigration injustice, female disempowerment, chronic health conditions, and the cumulative traumatic stress that can come from navigating this world as queer and/or trans. I provide individual (youth and adult) and couples counseling for the LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, kinky and sex positive communities.
The systems in place – the white supremacist, colonial capitalist patriarchy – have marred, exploited, shamed and erased so many of us. I believe you have an immense power inside of you to rise and to heal. My hope is to provide a space where you can tell the truth for as long as you need to. The truth about the way your body and spirit carry the pain, the truth about who you are when you feel totally free and what you need to thrive. It may involve creativity, story, psychoeducation and trauma reprocessing, always at a pace that feels right for you. You deserve safe companions, spaces that celebrate your becoming and see your strength.
